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| Bobby Maurice Tillman Killed 11-07-09 |
Bobby Maurice Tillman, 18 yrs old, is only the latest in the unneccesary epidemic of death and violence amoung our youth. Bobby was randomly targeted while walking passed a house party in Atlanta, GA. The four boys ( I refuse to call them men) that jumped him did so as a act of retaliation for a confrontation with a female toward one of the group who said he couldnt hit her back because she was a female..
I wonder how many people were witnesses but stood by and did nothing. What made the other three follow the directions of the leader? They had no conscience that this was wrong? We are a nation of bystanders. There is no way that this should of been allowed to happen. No one wants to get involved and it is killing innocent people every day. It's funny how we have so many men walking around claiming that they are 'hard', that they are gansters and thugs. However, they wouldn't do anything to help someone in these circumstances. As a matter of fact, they are the 'followers' that do whatever they have to do to keep their reputation in the eyes of other men, and participating in these senseless losses of life that are plaguing our community.
I will be telling the stories of these children and anymore that arise on Freedom's INK! At what point do we as parent's teach our children to protect others. To not stand by and let someone physically hurt another person. Is it too late to start raising hero's and not bystanders?
I would love to get everyones comments on this subject. Feel free to leave them here.
ReplyDeleteIn Loving Memory of Bobby Tillman (Douglasville, GA)
ReplyDeleteMessage In Poem: I have never met this young man nor his family, but I felt compelled to write something because this made no sense! TO ALL MY YOUNG PEOPLE, NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE ON THIS EARTH, PLEASE HEED THIS POEM...
Going out with friends
Never did he think his life would end
At the hands of 4 other young men
What were they thinking within?
How can you just stomp another down on the ground
I’m sure with smiles on your faces and not frowns
What gives you the right to take the life of another!?
My heartfelt love and prayers go out to his mother
My young brotha’s do you truly understand
You’ve also ruined your lives by taking the life of this young man
I can’t fathom what was going through your minds
As you stomped Bobby Tillman time after time
This is craziness, will it ever cease?
It just seems to be an uncontrollable beast!
Young people thinking taking a life is fun
Be it using your hands, feet, knife or gun
Do you realize this is genocide
And its happening world wide
Why can’t our youth enjoy a happy life?
So many things are wrong, what will it take to make it right!?
I get more furious and angry every time I hear
Another youth has died, senselessly, as I drop a tear
People have rallied the streets so many times
Looking for solutions to these senseless crimes
Our voices have been heard over and over again
Yet we have no knowledge if things like this will ever end
People raise their children in most instances the best they can
Hoping and praying they’ll become a productive woman or man
But then a mother gets a call her child is dead
I fold my hands and bow my head
How many parents are going to have to continue to bury their children these days!!!?
Things are so clouded, people walking around dazed
Where is the regard for human life!?
This is agony & strife
It doesn’t matter what city in which you reside
Somehow there is a massive wipeout happening like an oceans tide
I’ve said this before, our youth are killing off generations
And they do it with little hesitation
So my young people, I’m reaching out my hand and ears to you again
If you have no one to talk to, I’ll be your friend
I want to see you succeed in life, go on to do great things
I know you have it in you, to become exceptional human beings
And I know you deal with peer pressure from every angle
But you must believe that you have a guardian angel
Who is watching over you trying to guide your footsteps in the right direction
To stop you from doing these horrible things that are such a negative reflection
It makes no sense that this young man was a target because he was walking down the street
So these other 4 young men decided he’d be the one they’d beat
How crazy & unruly does this sound
Now Bobby Tillman is heaven bound
All because of a decision that was made on Saturday, November 6, 2010
It caused his life to come to an end
I don’t understand and maybe I never will
As to why this young man was killed
To Ms. Rivarde, mother I’m sorry for your loss
You, my mother & so many others feel the cost
Of having had lost a child to the hands of another
The life that you brought in this world that can’t be recovered
But I encourage you to keep believing in GOD and continue to have Faith
He will guide your footsteps and your heart to a comforting place
Please know that Bobby now rests with our Father above
And will forever be your guardian angel with an abundance of Love
Peace, Blessings & Much Love!
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Poetic Flow Thank you so much. This is amazing. I am honored that you posted it.
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