Dumb Things White People Say: thetart: White kids? I need y’all to listen. We are not all Troy...

Dumb Things White People Say: thetart: White kids? I need y’all to listen. We are not all Troy...

thetart:

White kids? I need y’all to listen.

We are not all Troy Davis.

This would not happen to us.

No, cork it and let that settle in for a second. This would not happen to us in this country and in this “justice” system and in this white supremacist culture that lets us think it’s the…

Um, no. When one person is put to death “legally” it harms all of us. I understand whites have it easiest because it’s supposed to be “our society” but the reality is that if the system wants to let you fall between the cracks, it can.  Period.  

Talk statistics all you want, but statistics don’t mean shit when it’s *you* on trial. So as long as any human can be put to death by accident, we need to fight the death penalty. 

We’re all potential Troy Davises, regardless of our ethnicity. End. Of. Story. 

Breaking News - US Supreme Court denies request for stay of execution for Georgia inmate Troy Davis - wire services

Breaking News - US Supreme Court denies request for stay of execution for Georgia inmate Troy Davis - wire services.

Well, that's fucking absurd.

Why is legally killing people legal?

Why are we so thirsty for blood and revenge?

dumbthingswhitepplsay:

jesus fucking christ

Yeah, America is so full of shit it’s not funny. We spend trillions on war but refuse to pay for everyone’s health care.  We invade two countries and kill hundreds of thousands to prove how great a country we are.  And now people protesting the execution of a black man convicted of killing ONE cop (possibly unjustly convicted) are having their freedom of speech suppressed by being arrested.

GOOD PLAN, AMERICA!

Oh and don’t forget: 

Troy Davis is Still Alive—let’s keep it that way! Call 404-656-5651

Troy Davis is Still Alive--let's keep it that way! Call 404-656-5651

Reblogged from DigitalMeowMix:

GA Parole/Pardons Board: 404-656-5651 has been regarded as STILL WORKING as of about 5 seconds ago. CALL THIS NUMBER. I dialed 0 at the first machine and 2 at the second!

I did and got a busy signal.  I'm going to keep trying off and on for the afternoon and see if I can leave a voicemail or talk to anyone.  What will I say to them? This:

"Please let Troy Davis live. There is too much doubt regarding his case. Please stop this from happening.  Thank you."

likeproust:

curiousgeorgiana:

littleorphanammo:

thecurvature:

writteninmysoul:

Too Much Doubt To Execute!!

Troy Davis was convicted of murdering a Georgia police officer in 1991. Nearly two decades later, Davis remains on death row — even though the case against him has fallen apart.

The case against him consisted entirely of witness testimony which contained inconsistencies even at the time of the trial. Since then, all but two of the state’s non-police witnesses from the trial have recanted or contradicted their testimony.

Many of these witnesses have stated in sworn affidavits that they were pressured or coerced by police into testifying or signing statements against Troy Davis.

One of the two witnesses who has not recanted his testimony is Sylvester “Red” Coles — the principle alternative suspect, according to the defense, against whom there is new evidence implicating him as the gunman. Nine individuals have signed affidavits implicating Sylvester Coles.

An execution date for Troy Davis is scheduled for September 21, 2011.

Tomorrow. They’re going to kill him tomorrow.

This makes me feel so helpless. What can we even do? I mean, no really. What can I do?

http://action.naacp.org/page/s/petition-larry-chisolm

The DA is basically the last hope.  Sign petition above. 

I am sitting in my law school in the Innocence Project office.  Our faculty advisor has been in tears all day.  I can’t even imagine what Troy’s family is going through.

Signed. It takes all of thirty seconds.

This kind of thing should be banned. Period.  By killing killers we become, YOU GUESSED IT: killers.

Masking our murdering under the guise of “justice” is jut lying to ourselves. There is no justice for the innocent dead so killing the killer only serves our base need for vengeance and solves nothing.  And shouldn’t their be some sort of parity between the crime and the punishment? Davis gets death for killing a single person and that’s fair?  That’s “Justice”?  I understand cops are heroes for taking the life-risking job they’ve taken, but surely life in prison is adequate.

And all of the above assumes Davis is actually guilty of killing that cop.  What if he isn’t? What if flawed humans reached a flawed conclusion?  Would you be OK with trusting the system if it were *you* on trial?