You know what I find so incredibly heartbreaking about Troy Davis’ possible execution? That this is also a collective punishment and a reminder to everyone of how society regards certain people. This is how the State reminds us all that if you are Black, you are poor, you hang out in public spaces where members of the dominant culture would prefer you were not seen, if you are without resources, then you are simply a disposable body.<\/p>\n
Not even the mere pretension of justice will be afforded to you. And that is a very powerful message to send out.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You know what I find so incredibly heartbreaking about Troy Davis’ possible execution? That this is also a collective punishment and a reminder to everyone of how society regards certain people. This is how the State reminds us all that if you are Black, you are poor, you hang out in public spaces where members …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"loftocean_post_format_gallery":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_ids":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_urls":"","loftocean_post_format_video_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_video_url":"","loftocean_post_format_video_type":"","loftocean_post_format_video":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_type":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_url":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_audio":"","loftocean-featured-post":"","loftocean-like-count":0,"loftocean-view-count":1412,"loftocean_coauthors":"","alpaca_post_content_reading_setting":"","alpaca_reading_speed_per_minute":0,"alpaca_reading_speed_unit":"","alpaca_single_post_template_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2119],"class_list":["post-1635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-troy-davis"],"yoast_head":"\n