My black brothers and sisters are being killed by police officers with impunity.<\/p>\n
I CAN’T BREATHE<\/p>\n
Dozens of U.S. cities prohibit people from feeding the homeless where they live.<\/p>\n
I CAN’T BREATHE<\/p>\n
The U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world, and private prison operators make money out of people’s misery and use the imprisoned as slave labor.<\/p>\n
I CAN’T BREATHE<\/p>\n
We are one of the richest countries in the world, and yet millions of our citizens lack adequate food, housing or medical care.<\/p>\n
I CAN’T BREATHE<\/p>\n
We are one of only three countries in the world without paid maternity leave, and millions of poor women have their unborn babies killed because they can’t see how they can support them.<\/p>\n
I CAN’T BREATHE<\/p>\n
Representatives of big corporate interests are put in charge of agencies that are supposed to regulate them, resulting in serious harm to our people, our land and our environment.<\/p>\n
I CAN’T BREATHE<\/p>\n
Palestinians are denied basic human rights, and my country gives billions of dollars to the oppressors.<\/p>\n
I CAN’T BREATHE<\/p>\n
Egypt sentences hundreds of peaceful protestors to death, and my Secretary of State praises the country ‘s “democracy” and we give billions of dollars to the Egyptian forces of oppression.<\/p>\n
I CAN’T BREATHE<\/p>\n
SOA\/WHINSEC trains those from Latin America who oppress those struggling for freedom, and kill with impunity.<\/p>\n
I CAN’T BREATHE<\/p>\n
U.S. drones attack foreign countries, and only 1 in 28 of those killed are official targets, and many more are children and women.<\/p>\n
I CAN’T BREATHE<\/p>\n
Billions of our innocent fellow creatures are held in inhumane conditions, tortured and slaughtered for our palates, causing considerable human health problems and contributing greatly to global climate change.<\/p>\n
I CAN’T BREATHE<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, I could go on and on.<\/p>\n
Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.<\/em> Amos 5:23-24 (NRSV)<\/p>\n How long, O Lord, how long?<\/p>\n -Bill Samuel, December 3, 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My black brothers and sisters are being killed by police officers with impunity.<\/p>\n I CAN’T BREATHE<\/p>\n Dozens of U.S. cities prohibit people from feeding the homeless where they live.<\/p>\n I CAN’T BREATHE<\/p>\n The U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world, and private prison operators make money out of people’s misery and use the imprisoned as slave labor.<\/p>\n I CAN’T BREATHE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12,10,5,6,11,16,106,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-consistent-life-ethic","category-environment","category-global-issues","category-peace","category-politics","category-poverty","category-pro-life","category-racism","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/billsamuel.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/billsamuel.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/billsamuel.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billsamuel.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billsamuel.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/billsamuel.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/billsamuel.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billsamuel.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billsamuel.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}