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United States Government scheduled to Kill Troy Davis

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September 20, 2011
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(AP)  ATLANTA — Georgia’s board of pardons rejected a last-ditch clemency bid from Troy Davis on Tuesday, one day before his scheduled execution, despite support from figures including an ex-president and a former FBI director for the claim that he was wrongly convicted of killing a police officer in 1989.

Davis is scheduled to die Wednesday at 7 p.m. EDT by injection for killing off-duty Savannah officer Mark MacPhail, who was shot dead while rushing to help a homeless man being attacked. It is the fourth time in four years that Davis’ murder execution has been scheduled by Georgia officials.

#TooMuchDoubt

Checkout a few tweets from popular micro blogging site Twitter about #TroyDavis:

Innocent Man on Deathrow: Save Troy Davis

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September 19, 2011
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A Chatham County judge signed a death warrant for Troy Anthony Davis, who was convicted of killing a Savannah police officer in 1989.

The warrant sets the execution between Sept. 21 and Sept. 28. The state Department of Corrections will set the actual date. Davis has been on death row for 19 years.

Davis’ appeals are exhausted. He is expected to once again ask the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles to grant him clemency. The board has previously denied that request.  Davis continues to maintain his innocence, and several witnesses have recanted their testimonies. Some even say that one of the witnesses was, in fact the killer of the off duty police officer.

Supporters of Troy Davis include former US President Jimmy Carter, Reverend Al Sharpton, NAACP founder Ben Jealous, Bernice King (MLK’s daughter) and the staff of GWOP Magazine.  Davis is set to be put to death by lethal injection on Wednseday (September 21, 2011) by the state of Georgia.

#TooMuchDoubt

For more info: http://troyanthonydavis.org

Glen Rice & Sarah Palin back in ’87

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September 16, 2011
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Former U of M basketball star and Flint,MI native Glen Rice recently in the news for having a one night stand with former vice-presidential candidate and Alaska governor; Sarah Palin. Sarah Palin’s new book, “The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin” gives details of the event from back in ’87.

Washington Post writes

Palin, according to the book, had a fling thing with Rice in 1987, while he was in college and she was a sports reporter fresh out of college and working at KTUU in Alaska. Rice was a junior at the University of Michigan at the time and their one-night stand occurred while he and the Wolverines were playing in the Great Alaska Shootout. Less than a year afterward, Palin, hockey mom and former basketball player, married her husband Todd.

S/O out 2 Glen Rice and FREE Rumeal Robinson

Tupac Shakur 15 years later (1971-1996)

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September 13, 2011
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(June 16, 1971 - September 13, 1996)

 

On September 13, 1996 Tupac Shakur died from injuries sustained in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, NV.

To date there have been 14 official 2Pac albums — 8 of those were released posthumously. All but 1 has gone gold. 10 of the discs have been certified platinum, and his ‘Greatest Hits‘ album is certified diamond.

Shakur was also an accomplished actor. He had 6 Hollywood films under his belt at the time of his death. He’s best remembered for his 1st role as Bishop in the movie ‘Juice.

Afeni Shakur has helped to keep her son’s name alive by opening the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation in Atlanta, GA. Established in 1997, the foundation provides art programs for young people.

R.I.P. Tupac Shakur

6 years ago this Week: Hurricane Katrina

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August 31, 2011
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Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States.  Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall. At least 1,836 people died in the actual hurricane and in the floods that followed, making it one of the deadliest U.S. hurricanes of all time.

The most significant number of deaths occurred in New Orleans, Louisiana, which flooded as the levee system  failed, in many cases hours after the storm had moved inland.  Eventually 80% of the city and large tracts of neighboring parishes became flooded, and the floodwaters lingered for weeks. The Bush administration sought out over $105 billion in repairs and reconstruction from the effects of Katrina, making this the most costly Hurricane in US History.

Legendary filmmaker Spike Lee produced a film on the effects from hurricane Katrina entitled, “When the Levees Broke” Watch a few clips below: