Buffalo Souljah

Cariol Horne forcibly removed a white officer and traded blows
with him after he put a Black man, who was handcuffed, into a
chokehold. 15 years later, a judge said her firing was wrong.
— @nytimes (Twitter)
Photo Courtesy: cbsnews.com

Will one good apple

Be the miracle

To fix the rut in the Big Apple?

Will one fighting female ex-cop

Unspoil the rotten bunch?

And introduce a much needed

Change to the dreadlock

That's as twisted as dough well kneaded?

Cariol Horne got nailed

Cause she stayed true to the game

She knocked a fellow officer

For trying a chokehold

On a handcuffed brother

So they told her to hit the road.

When Cariole put her job on the line

She lost everything.

But he didn't lose his life.

She did the right thing

And the suspect still breathes.

She punched down the wall

And stepped in the court

She straddled the ball

And scored her shot

On goal.

She saw tomorrow

And she took it

And claimed it for her own.

She got vindicated

At a fifteen year cost

But what we all benefitted

Is more than can be measured.

She ain't gon' let nuthin'

Hold her back,

Blow for blow she

Took and she gave some back.

Ain't no stopping Cariol Horne

Cause she set a new record,

The system passed the 'Cariol's Law.'

You know what that means?

Ain't no shitty cop doing jungle justice

No more, no way.

Cause he sure as hell gon' get his

Today and alway.

Akpan