Hip-Hop Reacts To Troy Davis Execution
September 21, 2011 @ 11:45 PM EDT
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Troy Davis was officially pronounced dead at 11:08 pm EST in the State of Georgia. Earlier this evening, Davis’ execution was delayed due to a request for a stay, but it was denied by the Supreme Court hours later.
Troy Davis was convicted of murdering an off-duty police officer in 1989, but witnesses have recanted their testimonies over the years. Recently, thousands across the nation protested and petitioned to prevent today’s execution.
Whether they were for or against the decision, the Hip-Hop community took to Twitter to react on today’s events.
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9th was so right.
They should not of done that plus it/s indian summer so let’s try to remember it this time..Bless
huey p newton is the best
Who Cares that mans in a better place, better than any of us could imagine.
RIP.
INCOMING TEXT FROM mac DIESAL.
THIS IS HIS ASSISTANT!!!
ON THE BEHALF OF mac DIESAL HIS FAMILY AND HIS ORGANIZATION HE SENDS HIS CONDOLENCES OUT TO THE DAVIS FAMILY. 🙁
STILL SHOULD HAVE NEVER SHOT A COP THO!!!!
…HA!!!!
DONT HATE ON ME OR MY BOSS’S OPINION!!!
I am now bound and determined to do something good. We need to use this case of injustice as motivation to get out there and work for the betterment of society. Get out there and mentor our young people. Don’t let this man have died in vain. #riptroydavis
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THERE IS NO JUSTICE IN AMERICA!
But, hold up, y’all don’t complain about abortions??????
YET PPL LET A LIL HIP-HOP WANNABE WHITE BITCH RUN AROUND HOLLIN’ NIGGA. SHITTIN’ ME…..
Plus, half of these rappers are dumb, anyways!
They had folks saying it wasn’t him and they still murdered him god be with the one who let it happen and now he’s in a better place with GOD R.I.P MY brother
WHILE THAT CASEY ANTHONY CUNT IS ON SOME BEACH IN HAWAII SMH.. R.I.P HOMIE
STYLES P MASTER OF CEREMONIES OCT 4
Ok so now who kills the executioner? More murder is the answer right?
No one should have die like that, but look at the evidence people. They said 5 of the 7 withdrew their testimonies, but those 2 still stayed. In the Casey Anthony case, they had nothing concrete (cause they fucked with the evidence). Davis should have gotten a better lawyer, and second, did they have anything that absolved from being at not one but TWO crime scenes the same night? Nah that was shaky too, so its fucked up that he died like this, but we dont know if he was the one that got himself in that situation in the first place.
Lastly, this dude has been in jail since 1991 at least and was supposed to be executed anytime from then to three years after. He got multiple stays of execution through trials for ten years, so why the fuck is everyone just hopping on this shit now?!?! Bandwagon ass muthafuckas.RIP to the dude, but too many fake niggas in the Hip Hop industry…….
Charlamagne definitely has it right!
damn they coming for boosie next
NO EVIDENCE SWAG
YALL SHOULD HAVE JUST POSTED ALL OF BIG BOI AmD CHARLAMAGNE TWEETS ABOUT THIS SITUATION BIG BOI WAS ACTUALLY THERE PROTESTING WITH THE PEOPLE
damn that nigga charles manson still gettin his breathe on
The death penalty serves no function in society besides revenge and a false sense of closure. It does not deter people from committing violent crimes and it is not cheaper than a life sentence.
Violence Begets Violence… JMT or MLK?
@ Sam I Am
Inconclusive evidence warrants a prison stay, but NOT the death penalty. And since 7 out of 9 witnesses took back their testimonies, and their wasn’t conclusive evidence of him taking the shot, that would mean he had more in favor of his plea than of the death penalty. And as for bandwagonners, this isn’t some new rap group, I don’t think you would mind last minute supporters if you were about to die
but we the public really don’t know the entire story, we can only react from what others feed us
Props to big boi. He was out there protesting with us. RIP Troy Davis. The circle of hate never ends.
SAM I AM is the only one who has any knowledge or facts to base and argument on.. The rest of you are all jumping on a hiphop bandwagon to kill whitey… Why did everyone wait 2 days befor the man was to be put to death to stand up and show support?
@able danger… If a family memeber of mine was killed or raped. I would exspect nothing more than the same for the offender… Rapest murders and serial killers can not be reformed therfor deserve to die.. Drug smugglers hustlers trying to provide drug addicts and homeless people can serve jail time and possibly change ways.. Jail and prison are memt to change people..
Just like hiphop troy davis is dead… Get over it black people…. You never want to see a black man brought to justice and always blame the white system.. Aslong as your black and make up a majority of the prision systems and also alow rap a culuter or drug dealing pimping amd killing represent you hood niggaz.. You get no love
@kidcasper
I definitely agree with what you wrote. thats why i said it was fucked up how Davis went out. and my mistake on the number. 7 out of 9, not 5 out of 7 withdrew.
That being said, its still a broken system but i wish people understood what they were fighting for before jumping on. RR even posted that all witnesses had recanted, when that wasnt true. I also stand by what i said about we dont how he got involved in the first place and it could have been something he shouldnt have been doing or involved in the first place. And I would definitely appreciate last minute supporters (one of the criminals on the cross beside Jesus was a “last minute supporter” and he made it.). I just dont like when people bandwagon as you can see as evidenced from some of those tweets above.
I completely agree with Chuck D and QTip, but you can definitely see some bandwagon ass people up there (I wont say any names)
prison ism nazi racist torture,……jesus is alive and they stick a needle in him for him to tell him everything…..jesus is black cause whites have no faith education sucks……….but we have these masons from head to toe now….we stole money in the war with the mayans it all this appeared.billions….now there making them spend all there money. bin laden was not the only one who lied.the designer in the tower lied about the bolts that held every floor.there where not suppose to hold bin laden only wanted them to spend there money like fools he had no idea it would fall….the arabs protect nature and are cities are scrap so we have to go…………50 just release the headphone preview today he runs the metro and jay z runs the racist art world we have them from head to toe……….be aware awake and remember …it.s the summer of the indians this is there land…;) and this is my communion so tell the nation of islam
huey p newton is the best
Sometimes the best medicine is prevention altogether………
i thought lupe got off of twitter remember his big ass good bye speech and shit come on Lupe
yea i dont know if he did it or not but all the evidence that said he should be guilty turned out to false evidence they went on the basis of witnesses and if all the witnesses recant their story i dont see why he got executed or why he was still in prison it remind me of that hillary swank movie when her brother wrongfully got charged with murder and she went to law school and became a lawyer jus to get him out of jail and all they really had against him was some witnesses that lied its sad becuz they did everything to make that dude in the movie stay in jail for the murder but when he was exonerated they never went out to look for the real murderer yeah our justice system is very fucced up its the same thing with Casey Anthony is she didnt do it somebody did it yall motherfuccers need to go out there and find the murder shit instead of just tryin to shocc the world by coming up with a bs verdict that you know you dont even agree with same thing with OJ if cuz didnt do it somebody did and they are still out there ok OJ didnt do it then yall need to charging soembody for that murder after that suspect becomes famous off the trial and the verdict works in their favor its seems like the judicial system says fucc the case of the murder its like them saying we are letting who we believe and conifdently know killed some1 go
statik seleck said it best.
Wow….
Its good to see two voices of reason among many voices of ignorance and stupidity.
This morons probably think Jamal is not guilty as well.
There were total of 34 witnesses at trial all pointing to Troy Davis as the shooter, including a friend who said Davis tole him he shot the officer once in the chest and then in the head at close range. That detail was very significant since the detail of the victims wounds at the time not revealed to the public.
Of the 7 recantations only 2 changed their testimony in a way that could alter the verdict. The rest were mostly insignificant word changes on the affidavits. Also, at a hearing 3 years ago Davis’s defense refused to put those 2 on the stand and subject them to cross examination, without explaining why.
Learn all the facts before you jump on a media bandwagon.
Get rid of the Death Sentence. We are not in the dark ages.
R.I.P Troy Davis
And yeah, Charles Manson lives and is revered by his “fans”. All while the taxpayer foots the bill to keep a serial killer in food, water, housing & internet access. Where is the justice in that?
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I see B Dot’s tweets weren’t mentioned.
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if you aint white. you aint right.
Nobody gives a fuk about him so just stop it y’all ain’t martin luther king y’all kill and rob niggas eryday and hopin on the bandwagon are yal fukkin lawyers no and y’all voice dnt matter did it keep him alive no
Being a black man in america, I know first hand that we suffer alot of racism….some brothers let it effect themselves so much they become racist just to counteract the racism they see everyday. With that being said just b/c ur black doesn’t mean I blindly support ur cause.
Idk none of us know what truly happened. I agree with lupe’s statement totally idk what I believe I do know that in our justice system ur suppose to be innocent until proven guilty..I feel many believe he was asking to be released from jail when in actuality he was simply begging not to die now.
Idk tho idk…I dnt agree with the death penalty. either way..
STAND UP AMERICA!!! FIGHT AGAINST INJUSTICE!!! KILL THE GOVERNMENT!!!
Let’s remember that we cannot compare this case to the Casey Anthony one because they occurred in two different states. Different states = different laws. R Kelly didn’t go down and we all know ge was guilty but there were no cries for outrage then.
Fucking genetic recessive crackas run this world… Fucking primitive crackas which fucked with dogs in caves, thats why they call dog best man’s friend. Power to the Original Black People! Crackas was created to protect Blacks but crackas tasted blood and turned into fucking devils. Oh btw amerikkka please change them racist faces on dollas which ain’t black friendly, just imagine you see Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Huey P. Newton on dollas instead of these crackas slavemasters. Don’t praise the devil (white), praise the God (Black). And before you crackas and offspring of slavemasters start bitching go first study your wicked history! I hate this white devilish society which is created against blacks.
How could they go through all that and him be innocent, fuckem
BLACK ppl are too passive, always want to say peace, act civil, meanwhile the civil white man drops bombs and kills millions while drinking tea and going back to golf.
just like arab countries,one by one,they get invaded till they all fall and are under control.
if he was white none of u would give a fuck
@kill whitey
Prisons don’t change people, they punish people, check recidivism rates. Personally I don’t believe in heaven and hell, therefore If someone killed or raped your family member I would want them to suffer in solitary confinement until the day the die, alone. I’m no bleeding heart bandwagoner, trust. I just think death is an easy way out! Revenge should not be a function of OUR judicial system. Justice could still be served and like my man J. Cole said it’s hypocritical.
Black people rally around the wrong shit. This shit was completely random. I didn’t follow it.
Stop marching and actually do something.
Who the fuck is Troy Davis and why do I care if he lives or dies?
Only children are innocent.
Everything’s foul except the kids (c)
FTW
Sheeple are random.
How about you stop bitching and go to law school? The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 played a large part in this case. But no one is attacking the case on a legal front, just holding signs and signing petitions. No one knew if he was innocent, they just wanted him to have the right to appeal…again. After he was convicted of a previous shooting the court showed no leniency. Most rappers don’t do shit to change the social consciousness of the people, so should probably stfu. This is what happens when you’re dumbing down the public not paying attention. Most of you people have no fucking idea what you’re talking about.
Who the fuck is Troy Davis and why do I care if he lives or dies?
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america just shitted on African Americans..once again..smh
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The evidence was overwhelmingly against Troy Davis. He was convicted by a mostly black jury. 7 of 34 people changed their testimony years later, 2 of which changed the story in a way that would change the verdict, the defense were not willing to put those 2 on the stand (most likely for good reason). I honestly believe he was guilty of the murder however the death penalty accomplishes absolutely nothing and he should be in prison not laying dead today.
Clown was a murderer no matter what way you look at it, he deserved death.
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The hard truth is that this man was found guilty and justly executed. Blacks always make things a racial issue and never accept responsibility for their actions and im sick of it. I don’t hear any blacks standing up for that officers family? his kids lost their father, his wife lost a husband? Everytime something happends its not racial. NEWSFLASH COLORED PEOPLE!!!! You behaive in a fashion that is unappealing, don’t expect others to have oppinions. All blacks care about in money, fat asses, and jordans. thats the extent of a blackmans world. He wears his pants below his ass, he glorifies violence and guns in the “hood”, just listen to rap music, or watch their videos. He degrades all woman, even his own black woman, he is proud to have been incarcerated like its a badge of honor. Shall i continue? So the next time an event occurs, please look in the mirror black people and ask yourselves, AM I PUTTING OUT THIS NEGATIVE ENERGY THAT PAINTS ME IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT”? Its always easy to blame racism when you refuse to accept responsibility. Which is why I expect a lot of hate after my comment. The hate will be because you prolly do not have enough intillect to have an respectfull debate about this issue. so…let the hate begin…
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I love how so many people are responding to this with things like ‘Take down the government’ or ‘Kill all white people.’ Yeah, that really helps Davis seem innocent. Reading these comments just makes me think that he, too, subscribed to those thoughts. I mean, listen to the majority of rap songs these days. It’s all about bling, drugs and cop killing. You want people to believe that Davis wasn’t guilty? Tell African-American rap artists to stop writing lyrics about stuff like that. Convince your brothers and sisters to stop acting like fools. That’s the only way anything is going to change. You’re treating this man like a martyr and calling for blood, yet Martin Luther King Jr. (RIP) was a true martyr for your cause, and he simply wanted to live in a world where everyone could get along. That’s not going to happen when you have people like the ones I’ve seen in these comments running around. You can blame the police or the government or whatever you want for your failures, but the truth is, it’s all you. You don’t want to try to make anything of your life, so you resort to crime and need a convenient scapegoat in the form of the ‘race card.’ Take a look at your lives and ask yourself who is really to blame for things like this.
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