Dennis Ryan

Wellsville, New York

Dennis Ryan

Wellsville, New York

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America Is A Police State

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Monday, June 8,2020

- written in memory of George Floyd (October 14,1973—May 25,2020)

The powerful do not relinquish power willingly—
this is a fact of history, a record of human struggle.
America is an enduring police state and protests
against police killings are not going to change that.
The killings will recommence—it's only a matter
of when and where and how often if not already.

Dennis Ryan

Monday, June 8, 2020

Topic(s) of this poem: america,american history,history,murder,police,police brutality,power,powerful,protest,social injustice

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State legislators write laws that empower the police and protect them from prosecution.

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