YOUTH
I CAN’T BREATHE By Tammy Lendore The Greek translation of breath is pneuma. In the religious context it refers to the Spirit or Soul. I CAN’T BREATHE is a slogan associated with the Black Lives Matter Movement in the United States of America. It originates from the last words of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who was killed in 2014 by the New York City Police after being placed in a chokehold. More recently, those were the same last words of George Floyd. Another black American man who’s death was witnessed by millions after a video went viral
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showing a police officer with his knee on Floyd’s neck. I CAN’T BREATHE is a slogan which now lives in infamy in our society and modern culture. Indelibly etched into our MINDS. For nearly a year the world has been gripped by the COVID 19 Coronavirus Pandemic. The Wikipedia definition for Coronavirus: A disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus. The connection between the two is that many who are seriously attacked or who have died, have the same problem as Eric Garner and George
Floyd. THEY CAN’T BREATHE (As a result of developing Pneumonia). People are dying because their BODIES can no longer breathe. Our Minds which we need to survive in society is under attack and evidenced by the Black Lives Matter Movement and its slogan. Our Bodies which we need also to survive, and function is under attack and evidenced by COVID-19. BUT our Souls: Those are not governed by our Minds or our Bodies. Neither Society nor Biology. Genesis 2 verse 7: And the Lord formed man of the
