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The Bitter Truth Uttered From The Lips of a Condemed Man
Submitted by Pete on Mon, 02/18/2008 - 11:48.Sometimes you come across something that just strikes you, it makes you think, a short statement, maybe even a picture or a sound and in that flash something else becomes clear, for an instant you feel awake, like you have just woken up.
I had one of those moments reading this quote, its from a condemed man that was executed in 1985 and in a nutshell it says whats fucked about america.
I want to thank Father Walsh for his spiritual help. I want to thank Bob Ray (Sanders) and Steve Blow for their friendship. What I want people to know is that they call me a cold-blooded killer when I shot a man that shot me first. The only thing that convicted me was that I am a Mexican and that he was a police officer. People hollered for my life, and they are to have my life tonight. The people never hollered for the life of the policeman that killed a thirteen-year-old boy who was handcuffed in the back seat of a police car. The people never hollered for the life of a Houston police officer who beat up and drowned Jose Campo Torres and threw his body in the river. You call that equal justice. This is your equal justice. This is America’s equal justice. A Mexican’s life is worth nothing. When a policeman kills someone he gets a suspended sentence or probation. When a Mexican kills a police officer this is what you get. From there you call me a cold-blooded murderer. I didn’t tie anyone to a stretcher. I didn’t pump any poison into anybody’s veins from behind a locked door. You call this justice. I call this and your society a bunch of cold-blooded murderers. I don’t say this with any bitterness or anger. I just say this with truthfulness. I hope God forgives me for all my sins. I hope that God will be as merciful to society as he has been to me. I’m ready, Warden.
Source: http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/porterhenrylast.htmMakes you wonder if we're that much better at giving equal justice for all here in Australia, even if we (thankfully) don't have the death sentence, injustice will always be injustice no matter how its perpetuated.
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