Antwon Rose

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h an honorable college bound Black young man with such a pure heart and soul and such a bright future filled with so much promise walked away from his crime. He was deemed inculpable. The officer walked away as a totally free man who was unfazed by his vicious act.Sadly, when the life of Antwon was viciously taken, his mother, family, friends, teachers, coaches, neighbors, and all who dearly loved him were sentenced to a lifetime of anguish and held captive by the questionWHY?<figure id="73c7"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*eeMrKHSSn1uyCsEF"><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@ahda_gallery?utm_source=medium&utm_medium=referral">Adrien Aletti</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com?utm_source=medium&utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure>They will never know freedom again because they are entangled in and utterly consumed by eternal sadness and grief that won’t go away. Ever.There will never be closure for Antwon because the crime against him continues to be an open book that reads LOUDLY and BOLDLY“his life mattered!”The memory of Antwon Rose personifies the Black Lives Matter Movement. On the second annivers

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ary of his death, the community must continue to remain engaged to amplify the power of this movement.I honor him.<figure id="baf7"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*QKrL30j0PNzPOaMz"><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@ktmdphotography?utm_source=medium&utm_medium=referral">KTMD ENTERTAINMENT</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com?utm_source=medium&utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure>I invite you to join me by uniting together to create change in this area. Be sure to sign up to be on my email list at [email protected] to receive a periodic copy of my newsletter and specific information about advancing theIgnite Family Engagement Movement.Here’s my golden ticket that helps me accomplish my mission.Dr. Deborah M. Vereen is a retired Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher, School Principal, Director of Pupil Personnel Services, Assistant to the Superintendent for Family and Community Engagement, and Professor of Multicultural Education. Her website is <a href="http://www.Drdeborahmvereen.com">www.Drdeborahmvereen.com</a> and she is dedicating the rest of her life to serving as a Family Engagement Influencer.</article></body>

Say his name

Antwon Rose and the poem he wrote for an assignment in his Honor’s English class called “I Am Not What You Think!” a few years before his death

I honor the memory of Antwon Rose and the beautiful life that he lived.

On June 19, 2018, Antwon was murdered in cold blood by a police officer who shot him as he ran out of a car. He was 17 years old. Absolutely nothing justified the killing of Antwon. He was unarmed and posed no threat to the police officer who shot him. The death of Antwon epitomized the historic and unending cycle of the use of excessive force perpetuated against Black men, women, young people, and children at the hands of the police.

Despite all of the peaceful protests that filled regions of East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and other areas as cries and demands for justice for Antwon prevailed, the judicial system found the police officer innocent. He was acquitted of all charges.

While the verdict shocked many, it actually came as no surprise.

The heinous man who recklessly stole the precious life of such an honorable college bound Black young man with such a pure heart and soul and such a bright future filled with so much promise walked away from his crime. He was deemed inculpable. The officer walked away as a totally free man who was unfazed by his vicious act.

Sadly, when the life of Antwon was viciously taken, his mother, family, friends, teachers, coaches, neighbors, and all who dearly loved him were sentenced to a lifetime of anguish and held captive by the question

WHY?

They will never know freedom again because they are entangled in and utterly consumed by eternal sadness and grief that won’t go away. Ever.

There will never be closure for Antwon because the crime against him continues to be an open book that reads LOUDLY and BOLDLY

“his life mattered!”

The memory of Antwon Rose personifies the Black Lives Matter Movement. On the second anniversary of his death, the community must continue to remain engaged to amplify the power of this movement.

I honor him.

I invite you to join me by uniting together to create change in this area. Be sure to sign up to be on my email list at [email protected] to receive a periodic copy of my newsletter and specific information about advancing the

Ignite Family Engagement Movement.

Here’s my golden ticket that helps me accomplish my mission.

Dr. Deborah M. Vereen is a retired Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher, School Principal, Director of Pupil Personnel Services, Assistant to the Superintendent for Family and Community Engagement, and Professor of Multicultural Education. Her website is www.Drdeborahmvereen.com and she is dedicating the rest of her life to serving as a Family Engagement Influencer.