My Friend Yvonne

Picked her up from the hospital today. I'm sure that cop who smacked her in the head with the baton for asking why our friends Andre, Joseph, and Daniel were getting arrested would be happy to know there's no permanent damage or a skull fracture. I had to pick up my friends from jail the morning after they were arrested. Really wish our white policemen hadn't called Andre an animal for not responding to the derogatory remarks directed at him. Really wish my friends hadn't been arrested for peacefully protesting, and they weren't the only ones that night. But at least Yvonne is okay. We're not even close to done protesting. We're ready to hit up the next protests because that nightmare of an evening is exactly why quitting is stupid. And yeah, white privilege is a thing. All my friends who were arrested are people of color. Yvonne is black. And me, the skinny white kid next to them, didn't even get looked at. Thanks, police force. I'll legally obtain a gun and protect myself from home invasion. You're bad.