Tuesday, December 13, 2005
State Violence
A few hours ago we watched on Link TV the independent news show Democracy Now with Amy Goodman. Tonight's show was about the State murder of Stanley Tookie Williams, who was executed in California. The mainstream press talks ABOUT him as an ex-gang member who never repented for murderous acts, while independent reporters, such as Goodman, talked WITH him to get his story, and what emerges from Goodman's interview is a thoughtful man, who regretted what he had done in his youth, who claimed that he did not commit the murder that gave him the death penalty, and who was, until he was executed, acting behind bars to stop kids from joining gangs.