Photos like this rock me to the core and make me call my brother just to hear his voice.

There’s nothing comedic or funny about dressing up as a teenager who was murdered.

It’s not a punch line.

It’s not trendy.

It’s not acceptable.

It’s deplorable.

It’s disgusting.

It’s hurtful.

It’s racist.

It’s not just “too soon”- there will never be a time when his name can be used as a joke.

This is more grave than “a bad costume decision” to dress in blackface as the Huffington post called it….

It’s the reason I pray for the black children in this world.

The death of an innocent black child became a punch line.