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Don't recognize my name ? That's OK; I understand. My name was Antonio West. I was the 13-month old child who was shot in the face at point blank range by two black teens, who were attempting to rob my mother, who was also shot. I think my murder and my mommy's wounding made the news for maybe a day, and then disappeared. A Grand Jury of my mommy's peers from Brunswick, Georgia ruled the black teens who murdered me will not face the death penalty... too bad it was me who got the death sentence from my killers instead, because Mommy didn't have the money they demanded. See, my family made the mistake of being white in a 73% non-white neighborhood, but my murder wasn't ruled a 'hate crime'. Oh, and President Obama didn't take a single moment to acknowledge my murder. He couldn't have any children who could possibly look like me - so why should he care?I'm one of the youngest murder victim in our great Nation's history, but the media didn't care to cover the story of my being killed in cold blood. There isn't a white equivalent of Al Sharpton, because if there was he would be branded a 'racist'. So no one's rushing to Brunswick, Georgia to demonstrate and demand 'justice' for me. There's no 'White Panther' party, either, to put a bounty on the lives of the two black teens who murdered me. I have no voice, I have no representation, and unlike those who shot me in the face while I sat innocently in my stroller - I no longer have my life. Isn't this a great country?So while you're out seeking 'justice for Trayvon', please remember to seek 'justice' for me. Tell your friends about me, tell you families, get tee-shirts with my face on them, and make the world pay attention, just like you did for Trayvon. I won't hold my breath. I don't have to anymore.

Update:

@ momuke just shows your racism..shame .I feel people like you may cause projectile vommiting

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  • 8 years ago
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    Waah! Waah! I'm not surprised you write from a baby's viewpoint.

    The mother said they demanded money. They didn't just walk up and shoot the baby screaming "Take that, honkey!" One teen was 17 and one was 14. Only a child thinks that is an appropriate age for execution. The baby was shot on Thursday and the teens were arrested on Friday.

    There are about 100 senseless shootings every day. How much time do you want the President to spend at the podium? And you'd be offended anyway since the majority of those shot would be black, so you'd claim he was racist, again.

    And only a child who has never lived the black experience and doesn't believe that exists would speak the way you do about people who fight discrimination. Now, go get your bippy and watch the mobile.

  • 8 years ago

    A black teen shot a little white baby in the face? That is true evil. I'm surprised Obama didn't call and congratulate the shooter.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    You can't be Antonio West. Antonio West is dead...

    Dead people can't use the internet!!!

  • 8 years ago

    Poor baby:(

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