Tookies death meant that the ‘racist slaughterhouse’ is still in full effect and was an act of ‘legal lynching.’
He wasn’t executed for the crime he maintained his innocence, but he was executed for co-founding the Crips, which he was never charged, tried, or found guily with in the court system.
The trial was a sham filled with a racist prosecutor and judge, a biased jury, circumstantial evidence, and snitch testimonies (all who had incentives to testfy).
His death meant that the 150,000 phonecalls and letters he received from at risk youth thanking him for his influence diverting them from a life of violence meant nothing.
His death meant that we as a society, still legally accept violating constituional rights (no cruel & unusual punishment) by administering a vengeful and punitive penalty of death that can last 15 minutes (or longer)… I.e torture is A-O-K!!!
His death meant that Vengeance supersedes justice.
His death meant that redemption is arbitrary and political!
Now to address ‘well what if he killed your family’
The feelings would be personal, and it would be vengeance that motivates one’s reactions, not rational objective thought.
or ‘what about the victims and their families’
His death will not bring them back or change anything for the better or give them anything? What about the family members who opposed his death?
‘but what about all the violence that ensued b/c of the crips’
There were gangs before Tookie, there are gangs after Tookie… who is to say it would be the Bloods who were 3 times as large, or GD or VL’s migrate to take their place… Killing Tookie ain’t gonna stop some other crip or any gang member from doin’ what they do, period.
Isn’t it more constructive to address the issues which create the need/want of this lifestyle?
Hopefully, his death (since it is irreversible) will show us as a society how flawed capital punsihment is.
Hopefully, his death meant that he will become a true martyr in steps towards a moritorium on capital punishment, until the entire defective system of the death penalty is re-evaluated and eventually abolished…
Just look at the other barbaric countries that use this form of punishment, now think, wow do we really want to be in that catergory…
I’ve obstained from commenting for a while b/c I’ve been hella sick, but now I’m on the road to recovery and can’t sit silent anymore…
It’s amazing y’all have so much hate and animosity for a guy you’ve never met and hardly know anything about?
How can y’all honestly say you’re a fan of Gangster rap music yet viciously slander the name of a dead soldier?
I’m exhausted, so enough for now…
In the meantime keep in mind
The death penalty is dead wrong
It is racist (proportionally, so don’t come at the angle of more white people on death row than black people, b/c that don’t fly, the key word is proportionally, if you don’t understand do some
research)
It violates the 8th and 14th ammendment of the constituion
It is pure vengeance and nothing more
It does not solve anything or deter capital crime
It is barbaric
It is financially more expensive than life in prison (with the appeals process, and no we should not just deny due process to make it cheaper)
It is irreversible, in fact numerous innocents are executed annualy w/o discretion… (how many innocent government murders is justified to kill guily villains?)
Capital Punishment is the most thought out and methodical form of premeditated murder ever.