And some say this
country isn’t upside down.

My
name was Antonio West and I was the 13-month old child who was shot at point
blank range by two teens who were attempting to rob my mother, who was also
shot. A grand jury of my mommy's peers from Brunswick GA determined the teens
who murdered me will not face the death penalty...too bad I was given a death
sentence for being innocent and defenseless.
My family made the mistake
of being white in a 73% non-white neighborhood, but my murder was not ruled a
hate crime. Nor did President Obama take so much as a single moment to
acknowledge my murder.
I am one of the youngest murder victims in our
great nation's history, but the media doesn't care to cover the story of my
tragic demise. President Obama has no children who could possibly look like me
- so he doesn't care and the media doesn't care because my story is not
interesting enough to bring them ratings so they can sell commercial time
slots.
There is not a white equivalent of Al Sharpton because if there
was he would be declared racist, so there is no one rushing to Brunswick GA to
demand justice for me. There is no White Panther party to put a bounty on the
lives of those who murdered me. I have no voice, I have no representation and
unlike those who shot me in the face while I sat innocently in my stroller, I
no longer have my life.
So while you are seeking justice for Treyvon,
please remember to seek justice for me too. Tell your friends about me, tell
you families, get t-shirts with my face on them and make the world pay
attention, just like you did for Treyvon.
Thank
you.