Kim Kardashian, Diddy, Big Boi, Indigo Girls and other celebs tweet to protest Troy Davis execution
People.com
Troy Davis has become a cause celebre.
Reality television personality Kim Kardashian is among those lending their fame to Davis’ case.
“I want to vent about the execution of Troy Davis!” she posted on her Twitter feed Tuesday morning. “He is getting the death penalty tonight but I believe he is innocent!”
“This #TroyDavis execution is very disturbing!” actor LeVar Burton posted about an hour ago.
Tweeted Atlanta music producer Jermaine Dupri on Tuesday: “There is #TooMuchDoubt to kill Troy Davis tomorrow.” CNN commentator Roland Martin and Tameka Raymond, a boutique owner and former wife of R&B artist Usher, tweeted the same thing.
And Atlanta rapper Big Boi traveled to the state prison in Jackson where Davis, convicted in the 1989 shooting death of off-duty Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail.
“I’m heading to the rally in Jackson Georgia 40 miles outside of Atlanta,” the artist tweeted this morning. “Time to be seen and heard.” He’s been tweeting updates throughout the day, posting this photo of Al Sharpton about to speak.
Tuesday he tweeted, “Troy Davis is from my home town of Savannah Ga., and personally reached out to me.” It’s unclear how that contact was made but the two appear to be in touch, probably through Davis’ legal team.
Entertainer Big Boi stands in the pulpit inside the Towaliga County Line Baptist Church before the execution of Troy Anthony Davis at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison on Wednesday. AJC staff photo by Johnny Crawford jcrawford@ajc.com
“Just got word from Troy Davis,” Big Boi tweeted Tuesday. “He said thanks for all the support, he said keep pushin, he also refused his last meal.”
The state Board of Pardons and Paroles denied Davis clemency early Tuesday. He is set to be put to death by lethal injection at 7 p.m.
Many well-known personalities have spoken (or tweeted) out in support of Davis and are using their celebrity to spur people into action.
“There is #TooMuchDoubt to kill Troy Davis tomorrow,” music industry mogul Russell Simmons posted on his Twitter feed Tuesday, using a hash tag that’s become associated with the case.
This morning, both he and Sean “Diddy” Combs urged their followers to call U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and ask that he intercede.
The Atlanta-based Indigo Girls tweeted earlier this month, “Georgia plans to execute #TroyDavis even though 10 witnesses say another man committed the crime,” while country rock artist Steve Earle posted, “Tell #Georgia to stop a grave miscarriage of justice. Save #TroyDavis from execution.”
- Jennifer Brett/The Buzz/jbrett@ajc.com
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Steve
September 21st, 2011
7:57 am
Sadly, there are a great many people who do care about what Kim Kardaschian thinks about this and other matters. “A boutique owner and former wife of R&B artist Usher” is my go-to person for a review of the deficit reduction plan.
carla roqs
September 21st, 2011
9:27 am
finding it interesting that everyone is finding davis innocent except those who feel it is their God given right to judge him and take his life in exchange for one that he may or may not have taken: #too much doubt.
Dacula 1995
September 21st, 2011
9:37 am
I wonder if he regrets pulling the trigger now?
Really?
September 21st, 2011
9:43 am
@ Dacula 1995…. what proof do YOU have that he pulled the trigger?
Dacula 1995
September 21st, 2011
9:45 am
Really? Have you researched the case? More than what idiot celebrities are saying?
Dacula 1995
September 21st, 2011
9:46 am
It is funny that most that are fighting for Troy Davis’s life also demonstrate for abortion.
DGAD
September 21st, 2011
11:03 am
Well, her dad was OJ’s attorney and everyone knows he was innocent…
Tim
September 21st, 2011
11:09 am
Let’s find a new way to promote the state of Georgia:
“Hey, come to Georgia where our cops kill 92-year old women and then plant drugs in their house. And if that isn’t sadistic enough, we also execute prisoners when we have no physical evidence. We kill based solely on eyewitness testimony, and even when it is recanted, we ignore it. Welcome to Georgia.”
The parole board, crooked police, biased judges, and corrupt prosecutors in Georgia are simply contemptible. THEY CARE NOTHING about justice.
Pat
September 21st, 2011
11:35 am
It’s truly a sad day when the state of georgia is about to kill a man when they know full well he should at the most not be killed. 10 people said they lied back in the day. The state is full aware that they do not want to hear the truth about what the police did to those people back then. The police did make those people lie!
God is the only one that can save Mr. Davis today….
kat
September 21st, 2011
11:38 am
seriously @ Tim – if u think Georgia is that corrupt – MOVE!! On the subject of Troy – I would say RIP but cop killers don’t deserve that.
quintivious' mama
September 21st, 2011
11:46 am
OJ’s innocence is no longer in question–apparently he was just considered to have been smarter than he eventually showed himself to be #idiotsrun. the celebrities do not matter. Georgia’s court system does.
Tim
September 21st, 2011
12:01 pm
@kat
I’m not moving anywhere. This type of injustice just strengthens my resolve to fight this wicked state for the rest of my life. They have no evidence. You call him a cop killer, but that is based only on what the witnesses said over 20 years ago. Some of them were teenagers at the time and said they were coerced by the police. The whole case is based on their testimony, and now they have recanted. So the case IS BUILT ON NOTHING at this point. If you believed these same witnesses when they said Troy was guilty, why don’t you believe them now?
It is illogical to execute a man under these circumstances. If you don’t have the common sense to see that…. well, at least you’re smart enough to be on the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles.
JAY
September 21st, 2011
1:27 pm
http://www.thajayspot.com for more infor on troy davis
Steve
September 21st, 2011
2:30 pm
Tim – When you start with “they have no evidence” it shows your ignorance and indicates you don’t want to debate the actual merits.
Steve
September 21st, 2011
2:45 pm
Jay – Are you kidding? There is nothing at that website at all about Troy Davis. it is a crappy, cheap celebrity website that looks like it was created by some high school kid.
ZACK
September 21st, 2011
3:14 pm
Does anyone know where there will be any protest in the ATLANTA area?
Thanks
I am Troy Davis
Georgia Boycott
September 21st, 2011
3:17 pm
Let Boycott Georgia
Kellibean
September 21st, 2011
4:01 pm
I have not kept up with this story until the past couple of days. From what I’ve read, I think there is more to this story than the public knows. I cannot see the judicial system putting a man to death without having enough evidence. Everyone is talking about how 10 witnesses have recanted their story…has anyone thought that maybe they have been coerced from Davis’ camp to recant or have been paid a ton of money to change their statements? I just can’t see why his appeals have been denied several times (4, I think?) if there isn’t enough evidence to convict him. I don’t think we’re getting the whole story, which we don’t have to get…it’s up to the judicial system…
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Captain Midnight
September 21st, 2011
4:17 pm
The same “community” that believes he’s innocent believed OJ was innocent. Right Ms Kardashian?
Juice the cop killer and let the riots and looting begin. Burn baby burn…
Atlien
September 21st, 2011
4:19 pm
Do all the people who think he is innocent think he is innocent of only the second shooting, or of both shootings?
Shell
September 21st, 2011
4:20 pm
Kellibean actually we do have to know the whole story….that is why we have public trials, everything they know we are supposed to know. I don’t know if he is innocent or guilty but what I do know that is that there is too much doubt and a lot of questions regarding this case. And with death there is no we made a mistake and room for correction if if in fact he is innocent. Life in prison seems to be a reasonable choice. Also, who do you think would have money in his camp to pay off witnesses to recant…..he had a public defender to begin with and his attorney’s now are not being paid.
Frank Drebbin
September 21st, 2011
4:21 pm
The fact that the judicial system acknowledges doubts, but simply maintains that he was convicted in a court of law says about all that needs to be said about the death pentalty. The death pentalty is a political tool, not a punitive tool. It is administered to make Georgians believe law enforcement “protects” them and there is “justice”. The idea that Brian Nichols shot three people in a courthouse, with a deputy’s gun, possibly on camera; and got “life” and there has never been a murder weapon produced, yet Davis was convicted on “shell casings” and the testimony that has been recanted speaks volumes about the insanity of the death penalty and the lack of true “justice” in our courts.
Bob
September 21st, 2011
4:22 pm
Thanks to Troy Davis for putting a small town like Jackson Ga on the Map woo hooo
Brian30101
September 21st, 2011
4:26 pm
This has nothing to do with Troy Davis…this is about opposistion to the death penalty. Once Troy is dead tonight, all these so called “concered” people will pack up their circus and head to the next one. They don’t care about about Troy Davis, he is a means to an end.
Peadawg - Troy Davis should NOT be executed
September 21st, 2011
4:28 pm
Too much doubt surrounding this case to execute Mr. Davis. Period. Death penalty is ok if it’s beyong a reasonable doubt…which is not the case w/ Mr. Davis.
Frank Drebbin
September 21st, 2011
4:29 pm
Kellibean, It would appear you have not “kept up with” the judicial system. Our courts are a joke. Ham and egg lawyers cut deals and arrange plea bargains with little or no regard for justice, the facts of the case or evidence. Ask yourself this; why is Troy Davis different? Why does his case stand out? GA has executed lots of criminals over the past couple of years, but you don’t hear Big Boi, the Pope, Jimmy Carter, or even any of the “anti-death penalty” crowd raise much of a stink. Ever ask yourself “why?” The truth is, there is doubt. Heck, have another trial, or commute his sentence to life, but this is insane.
Frank Drebbin
September 21st, 2011
4:31 pm
Brian3010, you’re dead wrong. This case is different. The fact that the victim was a police officer has more to do with Davis’ sentence than the evidence presented a trial.
Captain Midnight
September 21st, 2011
4:34 pm
Hi Bob, and welcome to Georgia. Georgia has been executing convicted murderers in Jackson for decades. Those of us who follow the news already know this. Look up Carl Issacs, Emanuel Hammond,Jack Wallace etc. Not our first rodeo and won’t be OUR last. God Bless the Judicial system of the United States.
DON'T HATE
September 21st, 2011
4:35 pm
I hope Troy is guilty. If he’s not, GOD help us all.
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Bob
September 21st, 2011
4:42 pm
I am sure that through out all of this if there was any proof to his innocense it would had come out by now. The Parole team consisted of Two African American men if there were any doubt they would had gave him a pardon. you all are going to look like idiots supporting a Cop killer.
Daimler Benz
September 21st, 2011
4:45 pm
Celebrity idiots are impotent to aid the convict. Witnesses who recant sworn testimony have little credibility. The time to tell the truth is in court, under oath. What they may babble later has little impact. As it should be.
Frank Drebbin
September 21st, 2011
4:46 pm
Bob, You have it backa**wards. Evidence is presented to prove guilt. It is obvious that the evidence presented at the trial was dubious, but as I said, because the victiom was a police officer, I think maybe the court wanted to make an example. And if “cop killers” are worth of the death penalty, what would you have us do with the killer cops, who gunned down Kathryn Johnson?
Marinemom
September 21st, 2011
4:51 pm
I have a lot of questions about who, what where, when. My post may ramble on a bit but I’m not quite sure how to say or ask what I really mean to say or ask. I hope you can read through the confusion. I’d like to know what the Parole Board and the court system know or don’t know. What makes them feel so certain that Mr. Davis is guilty after having most of the witnesses recanting their testimony and the finger being pointed at another man? If Mr. Davis is guilty, then he should be executed as scheduled. However, I don’t believe innocent people should be executed. I believe there is too much doubt right now to carry out the sentence. Is it a matter of pride? They’ve gone this far, can’t go back now kind of thing? What would be the harm of a polygraph test? What would be the harm of holding off a day or two for this reason? They’ve waited this long to execute him, the family has waited this long, the State has waited this long, what is a couple more days or a week. Don’t the attorneys file appeals months prior to an execution date? Get their ducks in a row before the day of execution? Did they try before today to have his polygraph taken only to be denied? Maybe because today’s the day and the urgency is greater. Maybe they’ve researched and heard all they need to hear. No one wins on this one unless he is truly guilty and taken to task by his execution or found totally innocent and set free.
raymond
September 21st, 2011
4:53 pm
I have failed to read the opinion of any celebrity in this article that I have any respect for. Just because you can sing, act, or wear a bathing suit real nice doesn’t mean your right.
Kellibean
September 21st, 2011
4:54 pm
Honestly, I don’t care one way or the other. I just can’t see going through all of those appeals and having so many different people look over the case and believe he is innocent. I really hope they are not about to execute an innocent man, but they have reason to believe he is guilty…
Donna P.
September 21st, 2011
4:54 pm
I’m for justice for Mark MacPhail; remember he is the REAL VICTIM here.
Brian30101
September 21st, 2011
4:58 pm
The Victim being a police officer is irrelvant to the “manufactured outraged” They have a political agenda amd nothing more. 12 courts and 17 judges, 2 or 3 clemency boards have looked at this case. Never has his guilt been in doubt among those who sworn oath it is to look at such things. Just the hired guns of anti-capitalism gang.
Donna P.
September 21st, 2011
5:01 pm
Here’s a website debunking the myths of Troy Davis’ innocence: http://www.fop9.net/markmacphail/debunkingthemyths.cfm.
Captain Midnight
September 21st, 2011
5:02 pm
Brian30101, Bam! Well said brother.
A dad
September 21st, 2011
5:16 pm
Once again I’m struck by people opining about he Davis case without knowing the actual facts. 10 witness have not reversed their testimony. 7 of 9 have, and of those 7, well, let’s just say their cerdibility in reversing their prior testimony is suspect at best. As far as physical evidence, a bullet casing found at t he spot where McPhail was shot and killed was postively linked to the gun Davis used to shot another individual in the face earlier that say at a pool party in Cloverdale, GA. As for the celebrities and rappers protesting this, like I really care what they think. Funny thing how none of those protesting “don’t execute” Davis aren’t calling for his release. If he’s innocent, why not demand his release instead of demanding life in prisonz? He either did the crime or he didn’t. Seems like the protesters aren’t quite as sure of his innocence as they sound, which leads me to believe this is in fact just another chance for anti-death penalty protesters to bark and spew their venom. Davis had his chances again and agan, and we are still where we are. Guess crime really doesn’t pay.
Emma
September 21st, 2011
5:16 pm
It’s not whether if he is guilty or not guilty it’s about Reasonable Doubt. If he is put to the death the battle is not lost! He was just a casualty in the fight… If you ever have to sit on a jury just remember if YOU have any kind of Reasonable Doubt you must not convict. Know the facts/evidence not the emotional facts/evidence. There is a difference and remember there’s three sides to every story: 1)our side-2)their side-3)and the truth. You win some and you lose some…
Wally
September 21st, 2011
5:23 pm
Oh he did it,you can bet on it. And now he is gonna pay the piper. He is lucky he got 18 years to live, that police officer sure did not. Good Riddance Troy Davis! This world will be better without you on it.
jim
September 21st, 2011
5:25 pm
At 7PM tonight, justice will finally be served. About 10 years too late. BYE BYE TROY………
JD
September 21st, 2011
5:28 pm
Kill Davis already. He’s taking up too much time in the national news. The national news should be about broader issues like the economy, international relations, war and famine, not about one insignificant, utterly worthless human being who deserves what he is getting. As for the debate about capital punishment, one thing is clear: For virtually every person put to death legally (with the possible exception of Ted Bundy), the collective IQ of humanity is increased, thereby advancing human evolution. Think about it.
KGray
September 21st, 2011
5:33 pm
You people are nothing more that a bunch of CRAZY Pathetic people and especially that trailer trash Captain Midnight who is probably married to his cousin. He is one of the most negative people on the blog. Just as you said on the Michael Vick blog my husband and I have never had any government public assistance, is that because, your toothless mother has always been on public aid. My husband and I both work and live quite well and I’m sure that trailer gets tight with that BIG FAT NASTY LOOKING WIFE AND 3 SNOT RUNNING FAT KIDS!
kevin
September 21st, 2011
5:33 pm
Nobody is saying he is innocent- we weren’t there, we don’t know! We just know there is TOO MUCH DOUBT! Everyone wants justice for the family of the officer that was killed, but frying a man that didn’t do the crime IS NOT JUSTICE!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Davis_case
Joe the Plutocrat
September 21st, 2011
5:36 pm
Donna P. justice for Officer MacPhail would require his murderer be killed; not a “convicted murderer” or even “a murderer”. BIG DIFFERENCE.
Brian 30101 – the fact that the victim was a police officer most certainly came into play. Do you not believe it possible that the officers who arrested Davis might have been blinded by their rage and dedicated to avenging the death of a “brother”. as has been noted, there are some celebrities who are anti-death penalty, period, but in this case, it seems there is enough doubt to commute his sentence to life.
A dad. are you suggesting the witnesses were “credible” at the trial, bit have become suspect since? frankly, I think they should execute the witnesses who lied under oath; regardless of what they do to Troy Davis.
Everyone – our justice system does not place ANY value on the truth. it places it on testimony. and since we KNOW BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT that people LIE IN COURT ALL THE TIME, how can we convict and execute based on testimony? no murder weapon has ever been found. get a murder weapon, some DNA or compeling forensic evidence and stick a needle in his arm, but until then; this is madness.
Frank Drebbin – spot on re: Brian Nichols vs. Troy Davis.
Wally
September 21st, 2011
5:36 pm
Come on Folk’s. We all know what this really about…THE DEATH PENALTY. Either you believe in it or you don’t.I do as most people do. Does Troy Davis, Brian Nichols,Gary Hilton, and the kid that killed the Clayton County Policeman deserve death? Hell yeah they do.And if you kill a child,pregnant mother, or the elderly it should always be a death penalty case..no excuses.Faster than 18 years I might add.
Banned Poster
September 21st, 2011
5:42 pm
What people like Joe the Plurocrat always fail to mention are the facts that Davis shot another man earlier in the day and the ballistics from the MacPhail murder are a match with the earlier shooting. How is that for “compeling forensic evidence”?
markie mark
September 21st, 2011
5:45 pm
I dont see anyone here talking about Troy Davis being convicted of TWO murders. The first one happened earlier in the evening when he opened fire at a party. The shell casings from that murder, which he DOES NOT deny and was convicted of, matched the shell casings of the gun used to murder MacPhail. Do some of you protesting for Davis even know that MacPhail intervened when Davis was pistol-whipping a homeless man, and thats what got him killed? No physical evidence, my ass……
Wally
September 21st, 2011
5:47 pm
Party, my house 7.05 EST. Free drinks, snacks,party favors. We also will be serving JUSTICE in its purest form. We gonna have a good time tonite..lets celebrate..and have a good time.
markie mark
September 21st, 2011
5:48 pm
sorry, Banned Poster…I was typing while you were posting…
Shannon, M.Div.
September 21st, 2011
5:58 pm
You know, anything that gets Jimmy Carter, the Pope, Bob Barr, and a former FBI director to *agree*…
Even people who are pro-death penalty recognize that Davis’ case has too many irregularities and would not meet the standard of evidence required today.
The Carnivore
September 21st, 2011
6:02 pm
Troy Davis has lived for 22 more years than he deserves, on the taxpayers dime. Where is the protest to recoup all that money? By my estimate, he has cost the taxpayers about $1 million over 22 years to keep him alive this long.
I am NOT Troy Davis
September 21st, 2011
6:09 pm
Troy Davis and his legal team have had almost 2 DECADES to prove his innocence. This is nothing more than death penalty opponents trying to get publicity. Those of you that support Troy Davis need to take a serious look at your own lives and think about the skeltons you have in your closet that lead you blindly support a cop killer. Criminals supporting criminals. Yes – you supporters are most certainly Troy Davis!
Justice Served
September 21st, 2011
6:18 pm
Justice will be served when TROY DAVIS is taking an eternally long DIRT NAP, becoming worm food and pushing up daisys…..too bad we don’t still use the Electric Chair to give him a charge on his way out…….BURN IN HELL TROY DAVIS!!!!!
Wally
September 21st, 2011
6:22 pm
“Criminals supporting criminals” Never thought of it like that but yes you are right.Anyone who has looked into this case knows Troy was guilty as hell.This guy is no way the angel he is portrayed as in the media.It should never had taken it this long to impose the death Penalty.Think of the court time,expense,wasted ink spent on this “COPKILLER”. I for one am glad this is about over..35 min. and counting.Thank God
Suavez
September 21st, 2011
6:45 pm
Has anyone else noticed that black folks only protest the death penalty if the person being executed is black and the victim is white or Asian?
Eye Roll
September 21st, 2011
6:55 pm
Oh please, Kim Kardashian was upset that Casey Anthony got away with murder and tweeted about that as well. Does anyone remember the look on her father’s face when his friend OJ was acquitted of murder? That was the look of shock, guilt and remorse for supporting a “friend”. Atleast he felt some remorse for supporting a murderer, too bad he didn’t pass those genes to his big butt twit of a daughter!
These celebrities are just looking to get a bit of publicity. The more causes they support the more money you fools throw at them because you think they care. Please, this just pads their bank accounts. We all know how P Diddy loves his Cristal!
Supporters should be ashamed at the slap in the face they are giving the McPhail family. Troy Davis supporters are making themselves look like idiotic, uninformed zombies. A double whammy of making yourselves look like morons.
Jonathan Bun Ought to be next
September 21st, 2011
7:31 pm
Jonathan Bun – cop killer – ought to be next…….just as they take the needles out of Troy Davis’s dead arms they ought to just go ahead and stick them in Jonathan Bun’s and rid the world of that piece of trash! Cop Killers Deserve to Die Horrible Deaths!!!!
molly
September 21st, 2011
11:17 pm
First and foremost,this really breaks my heart deeply.I believe that Troy Davis is an innocent man and this is an real injustice….These jurors recant their stories and this count for nothing.OMG…this goes to show that we as a nation still lives in segregation and racist…..Shame on Gerogia….The thing about life….We all have to meet our maker and the person that gave or about to give mr davis the lethal dose has his day with FATHER GOD ALMIGHTY………SHAME ON GEORGIA…..
B. Livsey
September 21st, 2011
11:32 pm
All Black males be aware Troy Davis’ death is a lesson for all of you. The state can sentence you to die for a crime that you did not commit. There is not a JUSTICE system in America especially in the South. No physical evidence will send you to jail just because, you are poor, black, or in the wrong place at the time the crime is committed. The jails are builted for black men.You can visit any court room and the majority of the clients waiting for trial are black men. Be Alert you could be next.
Banned Poster
September 22nd, 2011
12:33 am
Though I hardly agree with the guy and think he is too far right for my tastes, Erick Erickson has a good writeup on this case and lays out FACTS that the Troy Davis supporters always omit in their rants:
http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/09/21/there-is-no-travesty-of-justice-in-georgia-executive-troy-davis/
“I like Guy Benson a lot, but his column on Troy Davis got my blood pressure up.
I’m hearing a lot from people opposed to Troy Davis’s execution that there is no physical evidence in the case — and a whole lot of other hoo-haa.
First of all, let’s set out that the case has been going on for twenty years.
Second, let’s point out that two witnesses at Davis’s trial testified under oath that Troy Davis admitted to the shooting.
Yes, those witnesses have now, twenty years and much badgering by anti-death penalty advocates later, recanted. A federal judge spent two days reviewing the evidence and the testimony last year and issued a 172 page order explaining why the witnesses recanting was “smoke and mirrors.”
In fact, one of the chief nuggets of the case is that there was no physical evidence. Except that is crap. There is the matter of Troy Davis’s bloody clothes that you’ve probably never heard of.
There was a .38 caliber gun. Both Troy Davis and the man Davis’s team claims in the real murderer, Sylvester Coles, had a .38 caliber gun.
Davis’s gun had been used in another shooting and the gun casing were linked between both shootings. Everyone likes to gloss over that. They point out that the man who claimed Davis fired on him has now recanted — yet again 20 years later.
But here are some additional facts — if we’re going to deal with things that weren’t in contention twenty years ago.
The federal courts and state courts in Georgia have all denied Davis’s appeal. Prior to 2008, Georgia’s Supreme Court was decidedly liberal and even they passed.
For the first time in 50 years the United States Supreme Court ordered a federal court to conduct an entire rehearing of all the evidence. The court did and found all the new stuff was, again, “smoke and mirrors,” including the retracted confessions. And while building the case to claim that Sylvester Coles was the real murderer, the defense would not call Coles in for examination.
But then there is Officer MacPhail himself and what the defense all too conveniently forgets to bring up. Officer MacPhail “testified” at Troy Davis’s murder trial. See, MacPhail, an Army Ranger and police officer was working a second job that night as a security guard. He chased Davis and Sylvester Coles, who were assaulting a homeless man over a beer.
MacPhail reported in that he had run passed Sylvester Coles. MacPhail was shot from the front in the chest and face — not from behind where Coles was, but from the front where MacPhail himself located Troy Davis.
And then, if we really want to get into the weeds and talk about facts, consider this fact. Troy Davis immediately became the suspect and fled. Police roped off his house, obtained entry, and searched the home. In the laundry they found Troy Davis’s shorts from that night with evidence on the clothing directly tying him to Officer MacPhail’s murder — Officer MacPhail’s blood.
According to Darrell Collins, who is now recanting everything or claiming not to remember anything, Davis admitted to Collins that Davis had shot MacPhail in the chest and then went back to shoot MacPhail in the head at close range because MacPhail had seen his face — hence MacPhail’s blood on Davis’s shorts. Oh, and at the time Collins gave his statement way back in 1989 it was not public knowledge that Officer MacPhail had been shot in the chest and then at close range in the face.
(remember as well that there were 34 witnesses, not the 9 as claimed. The defense claims seven witnesses changed their testimony. That’s actually not true. Only two materially changed their testimony and Davis’s attorneys refused to present those two in federal court in 2010 to be examined in the evidentiary hearing even though they sat outside the courtroom door. Among the eyewitnesses were three airmen in the Air Force in a bus who had prime viewing for the murder and all identified Troy Davis as the wearer of the white Batman t-shirt, which is what the murderer wore)
Of course, this justice system that is supposedly about to carry out a travesty of justice ordered Davis’s shorts excluded as evidence from the trial because the police did not get a search warrant. So anti-death penalty advocates can conveniently say there is no physical evidence by discounting the gun, the casings, and ignoring Officer MacPhail’s blood on Troy Davis’s clothes found in Troy Davis’s laundry all because the very same court system that found him guilty without that physical evidence followed the law and excluded it.
Troy Davis is a cop killer and I’m perfectly fine with his execution.”
Navia
September 22nd, 2011
3:44 am
RIP Troy, you are in a better place
Critical Thinker
September 22nd, 2011
4:20 am
The pathetic right-wing trolls here would be hilarious if they weren’t so sad. Their only reason for favoring the death penalty is their love of vengeance due to their lack of power in society. It’s really no different than the Roman crowds that cheered on while lions ate Christians. It makes you these deeply ignorant and sociopathic people feel like they have some control over their worthless lives to see a scapegoat be killed. They fetishize state power (except when it helps the disadvantaged–because that’s “socialism”) and believe those who serve the state deserve special consideration (thus calling Davis a “cop killer” without evidence–present physical evidence or rely on your useless opinions, your choice).
Davis might very well be guilty, but that’s the burden the state has to bear: They did not do that. They committed murder, and all of you cheering them on are so in love with pain that you revel in it when it happens to someone else. You don’t care about justice, only about your own impotent rage and insecurity over being nothing in life.
Truthpaste
September 22nd, 2011
7:34 am
Critical Thinker (aka Moronic Stinker)
The guilt for the crimes you have done must be eating you up inside. Criminals support criminals.
@ Critical Thinker
September 22nd, 2011
7:38 am
You are, beyond reasonable doubt, what is wrong with our society. The lowest common denominators like “Critical Thinker” are the underbelly of the US. You only crawl out of your hole when it’s convenient for you. You are most definitely Troy Davis.
carla roqs
September 22nd, 2011
8:40 am
@bob-you should thank God that butchering the english language is not a crime punishable by death. @markie mark- no one has ever said troy davis KILLED TWO MEN that day, because he did not. he shot one in the face, and that one did not die. and we STILL do not know for sure that he killed the police officer. and no, this was not about his freedom, this was about his life. understand this– i believe in the death sentence totally. period. i am definitely not troy davis, but many on this blog could be. i was not on the jury, i was not in the courtroom, i was not on the scene at the time of the crime. i simply know this:the information shared with the public for the course of the last two weeks indicated only one thing. #too much doubt
Eye Roll
September 22nd, 2011
8:46 am
Hey, Mr. “‘Critical Thinker”‘ … twice the US Supreme Court said NO. Even President Obama refused to hear the case. You think the Supreme Court and Obama would put an ‘”innocent”‘ man to death?
Davis had over 20 years to clear his name and prove his innocence, and his legal team(s) went out and produced crackpots that would lie to save their own butts.
So much for you being a “‘Critical Thinker’”!
modest proposal
September 22nd, 2011
11:27 am
JD raises an interesting point: “For virtually every person put to death legally (with the possible exception of Ted Bundy), the collective IQ of humanity is increased, thereby advancing human evolution. Think about it.” I have thought about it and can see clearly now: something needs to be done about the fact that convicted criminals who are sentenced to life in prison are breeding like rabbits. The only problem is, given that a death sentence is more expensive to carry out than a life sentence, how are we to ensure (in these difficult financial times) that the state’s precious resources are being used only to execute the stupid people? Perhaps we should consider an IQ test for all accused criminals, with the presumption of innocence reserved only for those who score above 100?
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September 22nd, 2011
2:16 pm
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carla roqs
September 22nd, 2011
2:35 pm
modest, i know you are being facetious, please tell me you are being facetious…some of the most intelligent beings in the world have managed to be sadistic criminals– intellect is not indicative of innocence…except in my case, lol.
Ron Burgundy
September 22nd, 2011
6:46 pm
STOP THE EXECUTION…..BIG BOI AND THE KARDASHIAN HOs HAVE SAID HE DESERVES TO LIVE!!!!!! WHEN WILL WE LISTEN TO REASON!!!
Maybe Troy Davis could have hired Kadashians dad and he would have gotten away with it.
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September 22nd, 2011
8:14 pm
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Ralph Formato
September 23rd, 2011
11:53 am
I think the state of Georgia executed an INNOCENT MAN…. Isn’t it funny how ALL the witnesses said that LAW enforcement coerced them to say that they saw Troy Davis murder the off duty Officer… My condolences to the Officers family… But the way the officers family reacted to Troy Davis’ execution is totally absurd and very, very childish… The mother of the officer saying..”Now justice is served, the Davis family will know how we feel now without their son”….Now, if that wasn’t nasty and biggotted, I don’t know what is then.. She is so wrong with her beliefs….. After all, doesnt the Lord say you must forgive in order for Him to forgive you and to have peace in our lives….? I personally think this execution of this man is very, very sad and disturbing……. God Bless the Davis Family and may they find peace and forgiveness in their hearts……Now the state of Georgia should go find the real killer of the slain officer…….