She heard the verdict. 50 shots that killed fiance Sean Bell on the morning before his wedding. 3 cops. No charges.
50 shots. 50 shots. 50 shots.
Getty Images' photographer didn't bother to get her name, but she heard that three New York cops were found not guilty on all charges of the shooting death of Sean Bell - and this is the day she's having.
50.
Who Else is Sad ...?
HE is.
I'm betting this cop's sad he didn't ask for this day off like maybe he thought about doing.
50 shots. 50? Really? 50?!
Who Else ...?
THESE GUYS were.
They were sad at some point in the day when some photographer wasn't around to witness it. Maybe privately. Maybe at work when they received an email blast. Maybe in passing at the foot of the steps of City Hall. Maybe years before at a completely different verdict, a different Sean Bell, another time.
But Sadness, when it's just bored with being sad, co-opts into Anger. And Action. And Unity.
And when the day passes, that Sadness ends up looking like this - the face of a group of people who KNOW that this verdict is not about race. Race is too easy. Race is not vogue anymore.
THIS VERDICT IS ABOUT POWER.
Power ... power is harder, more elusive, more, actually, to the point. It's about having too little and too much and WHAT WOULD YOU DO when you have too much
power?
sadness?
anger?
Look at these people -
- it's not about race.
It's about 50 shots.
50 shots of power.
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