Sean Bell

The Woman on the right was going to be Sean Bell's bride. Shot down in a hail of bullets, not five, not fifteen, but fifty bullets...50 YALL. The protests that shut down activity in lower east Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn are a reaction to the aquittal of the three cops that shot him down. The crazy part is the amount of shots. Or the crazy part is that it was based on speculation; there was no actual illegal activity happening, and the officers just assumed. Sean sacrificed his life, and in many ways the life of his bride to be, to draw attention to an issue. The awesome thing is the power of all these people coming together in honor of someone, in the name of love, and movement towards a cause. Peace, love and harmony. Justice.
It is difficult to see the bigger picture. But when something like this affects so many people and reaches out past the community, it is for a reason. There is beauty behind the pain, there is a poem and a moral to be found. It is an allegorical tale. This earth is the valley of tears at this time, very much like the abyss. What better place to observe than New York City, to see the planetary twistings and turnings, the sorrows and triumphs of the melting pot.
Reflected in all of us, all over the world. The challenge is to see past this moment, or to embrace the moment, and realise that it is the seeds we sow now that create change and determine what will bloom blossom and grow. There is no such thing as death - only the illusion that it is so. We're never handed anything we can't handle. The beauty of these kind people, staying strong, to be a mirror & a message.
No one can escape the law of Karma, and everyone will meet their true destiny.