{"id":5333,"date":"2017-06-17T01:43:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-17T01:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/?p=5333"},"modified":"2017-06-17T01:43:04","modified_gmt":"2017-06-17T01:43:04","slug":"going-take-philando-castiles-mother-reacts-not-guilty-verdict-police-officer-death-son-city-killed-son-im-mad-hell-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/2017\/06\/going-take-philando-castiles-mother-reacts-not-guilty-verdict-police-officer-death-son-city-killed-son-im-mad-hell-right-now.html","title":{"rendered":"What is it Going to Take? &#8211; Mother reacts to Not Guilty Verdict Against police officer in the death of her son: &#8220;This city killed my son&#8230;I&#8217;m mad as hell right now.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Her cry is all of our cry. &#8220;Enough.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Her pain and heartbreak is all of our our pain and heartbreak.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;the system continues to fail black people. it will continue to fall you&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>No more.<\/p>\n<p>We will reconnect with our neighbors. We will get out into our communities, away from the telvison and phones and celebrate our unity. We will not allow \u00a0our hearts have this moment to reset and bend toward love.<\/p>\n<p>We hear this cry. We hear this cry. We hear this cry. We will reach out with understanding. We will connect to our humanity. We will stand together and take action and be united.<\/p>\n<p>First we grieve. We grieve for all senseless loss we are witnessing. We grieve for this woman and for all of us. \u00a0Heart broken.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Castile Family Outraged After Officer Acquitted\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nG3J4_KzusE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>May all energies transform and may someway a miracle befall this situation. May we all be guided to peace filled action and love and nourishment for justice moving forward in all of our communities.<\/p>\n<p>All Systems Love.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Her cry is all of our cry. &#8220;Enough.&#8221; Her pain and heartbreak is all of our our pain and heartbreak. &#8220;the system continues to fail black people. it will continue to fall you&#8230;&#8221; No more. We will reconnect with our neighbors. 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