NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE!
Sunday
July 10, 2016

NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE!
The signs read,
as they walked 'round and 'round the block.
NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE!
They screamed and shouted,
as they approached the line of cops.

NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE!
Now they claim it's justice they want,
but only on terms defined by them.
NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE!
Responding with anger and violence,
over and over again.

NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE!
During a peaceful protect in Dallas,
more than a dozen were shot.
NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE!
A civilian or two,
but the vast majority were cops.

NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE!
Slaughtered like animals,
as they stood in a row.
NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE!
Guarding and protecting,
their one and only goal.

NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE!
Ironically,
they sacrificed their lives.
NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE!
So their actions,
you could criticize.

NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE!
Blamed and then killed,
for the sins of others they never even knew.
NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE!
Their last moments in this world,
of being vilified by you.

NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE!
And now,
the shock,
the outrage
NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE!
But why?
When your chants cried,
for no peace today.

NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE!
You creamed,
over and over again.
NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE!
The chant taken up across the country,
by hundreds of thousands of angry men.

NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE!
And now your threats of no peace,
carried out time and again,
NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE!
more often than not,
slaughtering completely innocent men.

NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE!
People whose only offense,
their choice to wear blue.
NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE!
Trying to protect our freedom,
our rights and even you.

NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE!
While some are certainly corrupt,
constantly escaping their blame,
NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE!
Most have integrity,
a credit to the badge and the name.

NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE!
Yet they're the ones who are targeted,
by your anger and rage,
NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE!
Your hatred spilling out,
like an animal escaping from his cage.

NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE!
Instead of the threats,
the calls for no peace,
KNOW JUSTICE! KNOW PEACE!
Try calls to "know" justice,
try calls to "know" peace.

KNOW JUSTICE! KNOW PEACE!
This is America,
where anything's possible.
KNOW JUSTICE! KNOW PEACE!
Despite the fact,
that no one's infallible.

Shawn L. Perrot CDCR# V-42461
MCSP Cell# C-13-229L
P.O. Box 409060
Ione, CA. 95640