Vertina Brown

Injustice

My story isn't about race
But my tragedy at a horrible place
Where my only child was shot in the face

It happened September 2016
A terrifying guy just so mean
Not an adult but a teen

O'Juvert festival wild no structure
Suppose to be a celebration of culture
Is where this kid ended Tiarah future

The trial didn't go too well
I told my daughter’s killer to go to hell
This put my family through a horrible spell

Jury read.. "Criminal Negligence Homicide"!
The tears fell from my eye
And I thought I just died!

The verdict should've read murder one
This guy think he's won
Its like a slap to my face I was done

Even the judge knew the jury was wrong
1-4 years for murder is wrong
In the end I just have to be strong

This injustice is not over still
I'm a fighter I have a strong will
I asked my senator to pass a bill

So that this will never happen again
Not to another family THEY WILL WIN!
Gun violence has to come to an end.