A CONDITION FOR WHICH THERE IS NO CURE BUT ACTION

A CONDITION FOR WHICH THERE IS NO CURE BUT ACTION

Introduction:

I want to thank Pastor A.J. Johnson for the invitation to speak today at Urban Hope Refuge Church.

  Luis Anglero -18 years old- was tasered August 19, 2014 in Hartford by Hartford Police Dept. officer Shawn Ware. Luis posed no threat –with hands down- but Ware tased him. All of this followed the incidents of Michael Brown being gunned down in Ferguson, Missouri while Eric Garner was choked to death in New York.

  People of color are faced with “a condition for which there is no cure but action.” That is why I helped organize a protest of 100 people that marched into HPD Aug. 28^th demanding justice for Anglero.

Activists read a Manifesto statement telling police what the community wanted—justice and accountability from police. Pastor A.J. Johnson helped champion the cause of Luis. Pastor Johnson knows that in America people of color are facing “a condition for which there is no cure but action.”

  And because of strong community action on Luis Anglero behalf, prosecutors Dec.10^th dropped all charges against this youth.

In conclusion let it be said that the Anglero victory is being claimed by many. However the people that initially paved the way for this victory understand better than most, the oppressed suffer from “a condition for which there is no cure but action.”

 

This speech was given by Cornell Lewis December 14,2014 at Urban Hope Refuge Church in Hartford, Connecticut... on Westland / Barbour Street. The occasion was a community celebration that all charges against Luis Anglero were dismissed.