Hadda Takemdown

It seems the right moment (say their names: Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd) to re-publish the weird nerdy retro-slam poem I wrote a few years ago. It's not been updated. 2019 copyright Steve McGlamery

Eric shoulda not resisted

Eric shoulda not resisted garner sellin’ doze eyeloveloosies didn’t he staten know that was a ‘spectable hood ny pantaleo hadda takimdown

John looked dangerous crawford pointing that III gun at walmart shoppers (nflers brought ‘im to notice) that cracker called and oh williams for the public safety hadda takimdown

Levar no quick moves jones getcher regis bam quick trig soc groubert just about (not thank god dead) tookimdown

Tamir threatenin’ the public rice looked older who knew it was just a toy tackle his sister cuffer and thrower in back oh loehmann in 2 secs hadda takimdown

Eric don’t do th’crime harris wasn’t reserve dep’s fault certified sort of ok bates oops haddit comin’ tookimdown

Walter shouldn’t a run scott noc slager’d still be a cop ‘cept for that video thrown to the wolves ‘cause he in cold blood tookimdown

David failure to follow orders washington are you on drugs sprayed and tased runover foot va jerkins you understand hadda kinda (still alive) takimdown

Freddie why’d you run gray knee in neck shackled no strap give ‘im a ride alright whole m(a)d gang of them hadda takimdowntowndown

All of ‘em haddit comin’ no not gonna mention michael handsup (bs) holdup brown but mo collardcops needed a little corruption here and there tookimdown

Bryant heyward rekia boyd akai gurley thaddeus mccarroll cedric bartee tony robinson enuffnow jonathan Ferrell we getcher point daniel please covarru stop bias the protectorservers tookemalldown

Ervin tasered to death Edwards big deal tanisha bodyslammed anderson so what Natasha tased and died mckenna doesn’t prove noth

Abner (who?) louima (wait) amadou (huh?) diallo (hold it) ousmane (really?) zongo (how far back you gonna?) sean (gimme a break!) bell (no more!) rodney (don’t say it!!) cali (whew) kerner (there’s a blast from the) commishking (dammit!) and so on and so forth and on and on

Who’s the brute reality?