<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div>Courtesy of <i>KDKA Local News</i> (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) at:<div><br></div><div><a href="https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/06/21/haunting-poem-by-antwon-rose-written-years-before-he-was-killed-by-east-pittsburgh-police/">https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/06/21/haunting-poem-by-antwon-rose-written-years-before-he-was-killed-by-east-pittsburgh-police/</a><br><div><br></div><div>———————————————</div><div><br></div><div><div><h1 class="title" style="margin: 0px 12.015625px; padding: 14px 0px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 52.5px; font-size: 4.2em; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-position: 0px 0px;">‘I See Mothers Bury Their Sons, I Want My Mom To Never Feel That Pain:’ Antwon Rose Writes Haunting Poem Two Years Before He Was Killed By East Pittsburgh Police Officer</h1></div><div><br></div><div>PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – During a downtown rally for Antwon Rose, the teen killed by East Pittsburgh police, a poem that Antwon had written years earlier was read.</div><div><br></div><div>The Woodlands Hills School District released the poem.</div><div><br></div><div>“His mom, Michelle Kenny, wants everyone to have it,” Superintendent Licia Lentz said in a message.</div><div><br></div><div>Rose reportedly wrote the poem two years during a 10th grade Honors English class at Woodland Hills High School.</div><div><br></div><div>The poem, titled, “I AM NOT WHAT YOU THINK!” describes Rose’s fear of violence in his community.</div><div><br></div><div>antwon rose poem I See Mothers Bury Their Sons, I Want My Mom To Never Feel That Pain: Antwon Rose Writes Haunting Poem Two Years Before He Was Killed By East Pittsburgh Police Officer</div><div>(Photo Credit: STK, Embrace Life/Woodland Hills School District)</div><div>One line reads, “I see mothers bury their sons; I want my mom to never feel that pain.”</div><div><br></div><div>The 17-year-old was shot and killed by an East Pittsburgh police officer as he ran from a car that officers had stopped.</div><div><br></div><div>The officer fired three shots at Rose as he ran from the scene, hitting him in the back, killing him.</div><div><br></div><div>Approximately 10 minutes later, a patrolman in East Pittsburgh pulled over a car matching the description of a vehicle that had been spotted at the Braddock shooting. Officials say that Rose and the second suspect jumped from the back of the car and began running away.</div><div><br></div><div>The officer fired three shots, striking and killing Rose as he ran between two buildings. The second suspect got away.</div><div><br></div><div>The East Pittsburgh police officer involved in the shooting is on paid administrative leave while Allegheny County police investigate.</div><div><br></div><div>Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala issued a statement saying he met Thursday with investigators “and received a detailed and thorough briefing on the officer involved shooting” and that the investigation is ongoing.</div><div><br></div><div>The activist group Black Political Empowerment Project (B-PEP) called on the State Attorney General on Thursday to take over the investigation of Rose’s death from the DA.</div></div><div><br></div><div>———————-</div><div><br></div><div><div><b>“I AM NOT WHAT YOU THINK!”</b> by Antwon Rose</div><div><br></div><div>I am confused and afraid</div><div>I wonder what path I will take</div><div>I hear that there’s only two ways out</div><div>I see mothers bury their sons</div><div>I want my mom to never feel that pain</div><div>I am confused and afraid</div><div><br></div><div>I pretend all is fine</div><div>I feel like I’m suffocating</div><div>I touch nothing so I believe all is fine</div><div>I worry that it isn’t though</div><div>I cry no more</div><div>I am confused and afraid</div><div><br></div><div>I understand people believe I’m just a statistic</div><div>I say to them I’m different</div><div>I dream of life getting easier</div><div>I try my best to make my dream true</div><div>I hope that it does</div><div>I am confused and afraid</div></div><div><br></div><div>———————————————<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares"</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></body></html>