Life After A Plea Bargain: American Violet Movie Reaction

After a supporter of Black Positive Image watched American Violet, we received this Movie Reaction expressing their opinion and beliefs of the movie. We want to let others showcase their voice and concern for things happening in our community. Not all the opinions and views you see in the Reactions section on Black Positive Image you will agree with or understand, but apart of our mission is to give a voice to people often not heard. Enjoy, leave your comments below.

Dear Mr./Mrs. District Attorney,

Inside the court house, the District Attorney's are wiping the Judges' ass and they all shitting on the poor and disenfranchised. Offering plea bargains like a man at a park giving candy to little girls, rapist. Raping the poor, mostly black neighborhoods and people, of the little rights you have offered through your kind and generous "welfare" program.

What the hell is life after a plea bargain? What the hell is life as a convicted felon? Not much of a life at all. 90% of criminals are coping plea bargains and sent back into the world as felons. No jobs, no support, no housing, no food, unable to obtain education, unable to vote and you wonder why people are mad. You would be mad to if you had no income, no roof over your head, no ability to learn new things, the inability to speak your mind and tell your story, all while your stomach growls louder than the police sirens in our neighborhoods.

Just left hurt. Pain eroding so deep you don't know what to do. We need pain relief! So of course the backwards government supports us by dropping narcotics into our neighborhoods. The government knows narcotics are a great reliever for pain. Is it a coincidence, that "pain relief" drugs run so fluid through our communities. The government gets us addicted, label the behavior deviant, enforce laws on the deviant behavior, arrest us, and there you are, trying to cop a plea.

The court systems, the government, the police, the hospitals, all the pawn players, the whole fucking system has us going in circles. The system hand keeps turning and spinning us in circles, over and over again. That would make you dizzy and mad as hell. Might make you want to slap the shit out of someone who steps on your hard earned shoes, shoot your father for calling your stupid for 23 years, or kill your boyfriend for beating you one last time. Now we are back in jail, and there you are, your ass all in our face, trying to cop a plea.

Life after a plea ain't no life at all and the minute you offer the "deal", you write us a death sentence. You are a grim reaper, a walking contradiction of what education and justice really mean. I won't mention what you are doing to our kids, passing them over to your family lawyer friends.

I don't know how you sleep at night knowing you kill hundreds a people a year, but I I know one thing you will not kill me. I will bleed on these pages before I cop a plea. Your system has held to many people down, far to long. Killed many of my people harmlessly, trying to eradicate us in every way possible. So lock me up and throw away the key because life without a plea don't mean shit to me and I know it's going to kill you knowing that one of us died of natural causes.

Sincerely,

Lock Me The Fuck Up

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Movie Review: American Violet

On June 16, 2009 I received an e-mail entitled: "A Movie You Are NOT Supposed To See! A Must See Movie: American Violet." I immediately followed the link to www.americanviolet.com and watched the trailer (BELOW). I sat in my chair at work for about 30 minutes surfing the internet for a release date in my city (Atlanta), so I could make sure I was in the theater on opening day. This is a story I wanted to see, I story that needed to be heard.

To my surprise, the e-mail title was correct, this was definitely a movie I or anyone else was NOT supposed to see, as it was only playing in limited cities for limited screenings. I was sure this movie would break out of the film festival circuit and make it to the big screen. It wasn't until October 13, 2009 that this movie was released on DVD, and as the e-mail title says this is "A MUST SEE MOVIE!"

No exaggeration, American Violet IS a must see movie. Weather you are familiar with the story or don't have a clue that this was going on, everyone in America needs to hear this story. American Violet is not a embellished movie about the truth of the "justice" system or another story about life in the projects; American Violet is a movement with a message.

The message speaks for it self: "Someone Must Take A Stand." Why not you???

Black Positive Image endorses this movement and the movie American Violet with a rating of: A+. Not just because it is a Black movie and not just because of the message. This movie resounds in fact and speaks a message. With a breakout star (Nichole Beharie) and a cast of Black actors that really make the message stand out. Our review is not meant to bias do to the nature of exposing the justice system in light of the Black communities issues, but this was a movie that definitely stood out in all aspects.

A MUST SEE MOVIE, You weren't supposed to see!!!