Persons Executed for Interracial Murders in the U.S. since 1976;
White Defendant/Black Victim 15
Black Defendant/White Victim 217
Current U.S. Death Row Population by Race:
Black 1,397 or 41.7% White 1,517 or 45.3%
According to Wikipedia, U.S. population statistics as of 2005:
White American 74.7% or 215.3 million; Black American 12.1% or 34.9 million.
What do Troy Anthony Davis, Kenneth Foster, Jr., Genarlow Wilson, the Jena 6, and defenseless pitbulls have in common? They're all expendable. But, most of us will never hear of or concern ourselves with the unjust sentences and outcomes of these young black men.
The dogs, however, have been guanteed primetime and continued outrage for their sickening hangings and electrocutions.
All God's Creatures Great and Small. But not Black.
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