Dear Editor:
Let us acknowledge that if we fairly scrutinize the Troy Davis and Amanda
Knox cases, we would see an example of present-day racism.
Knox’s case and family receive 24-hour-a-day coverage with the obvious
assumption that she is innocent and a victim of a miscarriage of justice.
Her parents have been so courted and interviewed by the mainstream (no longer
news) anchors that they are treated as friends and are called by their first
names.
Conversely, these media anc
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by Mary Neal ~
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Troy Anthony Davis (Oct. 9, 1968 - ? )
What do American decision makers do whenever We the People begin to unite and press for social and economic justice? They create a diversion. The Vietnam War diverted attention and momentum from the civil rights movement when African Americans, whites and others joined together at the Poor People's March and other justice initiatives. Today people are UNITING to protest wars without provocation, mass incarcerat