Black-On-Black Violence by Amos N. Wilson

His driving the dog mad and thus allegedly having precipitated the dog's attack as argued by the prosecutor is irrelevant and immaterial! Has not a man the right of self-defense? Besides, he was only a dog prone by dog-nature to go mad. Master John as represented by his lawyer pleaded self-defense - 'It is cut and dried,' his lawyer exhorted! 'The dog was mad and in his madness he sought to attack his master, who in self-defense, shot him. Because there was a law against shooting dogs Master John was tried before a jury of his peers.

Master John felled him with a single shot from his elephant gun. One day as fate would deign it, the mad dog attempted to attack its master. I wish he'd just go away.' Filled with hatred and resentment, Master John, by various cruel and ingenious means, drove his dog rabidly mad. All he wants to do is just lie around and eat-up my food. He could be heard often saying - 'He is lazy, a good-for-nothing cur. This situation changed Master John's feelings toward his once prized possession. As the vicissitudes of capitalism would have it, there came a time when there was no longer any money in the show dog business. The Criminalization of the Black CommunityĪ PARABLE: A man named John once owned a show dog who had won for his master many prizes, helped him to become wealthy, win the envy of his friends, and even helped to save his master's life on a number of occasions.

The Psychodynamics of Black Self-Annihilation in Service of White Domination' by Amos Wilson. The following is an excerpt from 'Black on Black Violence.

Black-On-Black Violence by Amos N. Wilson