And so this scene is when our five bloods are told over the radio two days after the fact that Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated. I was 11 years old, and also the Vietnam War was the first war that was televised into American homes. We control our rage.” But it was about to— to be the jump off for those black soldiers. That’s an order!” Knowing they’re fighting an immoral war, knowing they have nothing against the Viet Cong. And even today, we’re still being shot down, choked to death, and people are marching all over the world, seeing the gruesome 8 plus minutes of our king, king Floyd’s life.
Source: New York Times January 17, 2021 17:03 UTC