We are Troy Davis

[TheBigotBasher]

I watched Democracy Now in shock at what was happening in the State of Georgia in 2011.

I admired the dignity and grace of the Davis family who believed in American justice and who believed it would all become right.

I watched the dozens of police cars turn up when it started to become known SC Judge Thomas had the papers. I kind of knew what was going to happen. I just did not believe it.

For even the strongest defender of the death penalty will say, it should not apply when there is doubt. There was just too much doubt.

The United States of America has been responsible for thousands of deaths. One man should not make a difference. Except it does. The murder of Troy Davis by the State of Georgia is a wake up call to any who continue to support the death penalty. It is not just a question of mistakes being made. Whenever there is a murder, wherever you are in the World,there is an outrage and as a result a desire to "get who did it" and quick.

That desire to feed the press means innocent people get caught up.

Once they become the accused that accusation is difficult, if not impossible to disprove. Especially when you are faced with the whole apartus of the State against you.

If the State murders in response to murder there is no way back for the "culprit" if later found innocent or for the original victim. Neither get a "do over". There is no re-try button to press. There is no x box controller to pick up and try again.

I just hope that the screaming yahoos that cheered Perry now understand this. Perhaps we will see this tonight. People around the World did and watched many Americans sink in to a state of murderous depravity. We can follow them and cheer more death. Or we can learn from this. We can adopt the dignity of the Davis family and see that the death sentence is wrong.

It is nothing but judicial murder. Eye for an eye where everyone ends up blind.

We can all be Troy Davis.

[Vincardog]

1. I am Troy Davis

[Riley18]

2. I feel like they killed someone in my family. It is just wrong.

[TheBigotBasher]

5. We are Troy Davis

was the call of the family yesterday, even when there was a possibility that the execution was to be stayed.

What we saw yesterday was the argument against the death penalty horrifically personified.

Now is the time to end a penalty that should have ended centuries ago.

[Jester Messiah]

3. Nope, last I checked, I hadn't been murdered. (Yet.) n/t

[DataException]

4. what was the name of the policeman that was murdered?

just wondering...

[Raine]

6. Officer Mark Allen McPhail

I suppose you thought no one here knew his name since apparently you didn't. :eyes:

[EFerrari]

7. He was working a security shift at Burger King

was a very young father with two small babies at home. If that had happened to one of my boys, I would have lost my mind.

And killing Troy Davis in these circumstances is still wrong as possible.

[EFerrari]

8. This event is another one of those benchmarks, where government fails

nakedly and destructively, and we are stuck as forced witnesses.

[SoapBox]

9. The Troy Davis story...from Wikipedia

...I've not known all the story...mostly the recent news, which makes the case
feel anything but absolute.

SO...here it is on Wikipedia...I'm gonna assume that most stuff is factual.

NOTE the segment, the hearing by Judge Moore, who decides who is/who is not credible...My feeling
is that the JUDGE is the one that was not credible.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Davis_case