On August 19, 1989 Troy Anthony Davis gunned down and killed in cold blood Savannah Police Officer Mark MacPail a short time after Davis had fled the scene of another shooting which he was the predator.
Officer MacPail left behind a family, including a son that was only 7 weeks old when his father was murdered.
There have been years and years of appeals upholding the conviction of murderer Troy Anthony Davis. But that is not good enough for Hank Johnson and John Lewis. Because you see, John Lewis compares his own self to both cop killing Troy Davis and the murdered police officer Mark MacPail. He rambles on about his days of the civil rights movement when he was thrown in maximum security jails like Davis. He compares the beatings he took during those same demonstrations as being a victim of violent crime, just like Officer Mark MacPail. But Representative Lewis wasn’t killed, now was he?
Obviously missing from the article on John Lewis’ official website is when he met with the surviving family of Officer MacPail. Did he ask the son how it felt growing up from the time he was 7 weeks old to present without a father, the wife without a husband? Did Hank Johnson, an attorney, meet the prosecution team in Chatham County? Didn’t think so.
What gives either one of these men the right to make judgment by visiting Troy Davis for only 2 hours and declare how the courts and evidence have been wrong up until today?
Two men, two words: despicable vermin
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19 comments:
If you look at both of them , they only care about their own race. They both are bigots , remember Hank Johnson and his cowboy hat and bull whip at a Dekalb Commission Meeting.
Quit lambasting the Senators only because of their race. Report the fact that the majority of the 9 witnesses that testified against Davis recanted their stories. A couple of them stated police coersed them into making the statements and one or two of them stated they made up the stories. Yall know back then stuff like that was fair game So, Iam with the fine Senators let the man go and get the real killer. I believe the real killer admitted to killig the fine officer a long time ago. Its not about race, LET THAT MAN GO!!!!!
Jackasses
What are they thinking doubting the criminal justice system back then and even now they never convict the wrong person. I am not saying that the man is not guilty I don't know enough about the case to take sides. As law enforcement we can't defend just parts of the law we want but most defend all of it. Like it or not he is exercising his rights. "it is best for a guilt man to go free then to send an innocent man to prison".
Thank you for reminding me that we still have some individuals in this department that race plays a major issue in their thinking. Congressman Lewis has a long history for the fight against racial and civil injustice.
First, if you are going to post a blog about a case, you should at least get the facts correct. You write "Officer Davis" when I am quite certain that you intended to write "Officer MacPhail".
Second, you say that Officer MacPhail's son has been without a father, his wife without a husband until present... they have not. She remarried and therefore you show disrespect to the man who stepped in and became the father and husband in the MacPhail Family.
Third, as the daughter of a retired police officer, I empathize with all of the officers out there who were and are outraged at the murder of this fine young man.
Last, although I can empathize, I also want the RIGHT person in prison for the crime! This case was and is one in Savannah where police coercion and intimidation has happened before. The "witnesses" who testified and have now recanted (one who signed a statement although HE COULD NOT READ!) were terrified at the time of trial of retribution and are now willing to stand up and do the right thing in telling the truth.
The person who actually comitted this crime should be in prison!No doubts, no questions!
They are congressmen...representatives, not senators.
"This case was and is one in Savannah where police coercion and intimidation has happened before." You're right, it has happened almost everywhere before. However I doubt it happened in this case. There is nothing an officer takes more seriously than the murder of a fellow officer.
Was Anthony Davis' name picked out of a hat? I doubt the detectives said "Lets just stick the charge against that guy".
Coercing a perp into confessing is one thing (happened a lot in the old days) but coercing a bunch of witnesses? Hard to believe.
A written statement can be signed by a person who cant read, if it was written by a detective who then reads it back to him and asked him sign it if everything was correct (entire interview and statement should be backed up with audio recording though).
I wonder what the witnesses have been offered to recant their statements? Maybe a chunk of a big fat settlement check if he is granted a new trial and found innocent? (devils advocate).
In the end the courts will decide (even though they already have). We all have our opinion on whether he is innocent or guilty based on the knowledge we have about the case. Is there really a point to arguing about it? I won't change your mind and you won't change mine.
It is interesting to see the polititians getting involved and voicing their opinions even though they only have one side of the story from a convicted man.
Just think what they solved in two hours. We need them to look at more problems for them to solve.
To the guy who wrote, “Yall know back then stuff like that was fair game.”
Do you realize that this man’s trial took place in the early 1990s? What back then are you talking about? Good lord man, you act like this happened in 1952. Do you really even know the FACTS of the case? There is a tremendous amount of evidence against Troy Davis!!! You seem to suggest that just because a black man is on death row for killing a white police officer he MUST BE INNOCENT so we should just let him go!
I have found that most people who talk about this case really do not know what they are talking about in terms of the facts. People just react out of emotion and say whatever comes to mind. To hell with the facts! Of course some people still believe O.J. is innocent.
The truth is that the ANTI-DEATH PENALTY MOVEMENT is what is really driving this propaganda machine. All of these witnesses gave statements and then testified in open court 2 years later! There is a much better chance that these witnesses are being pressured to change their story now by the political organizations that oppose the death penalty. These organizations do not care if Troy Davis is guilty or not. They oppose the death penalty under ALL circumstances and they will do anything and distort the facts to carry out their agenda.
Officer MacPhail was working an extra job at a Burger King. He ran to help a homeless black man who was being threatened and he was shot and killed. The jury that convicted Troy Davis was majority African American. The same .38 pistol that was used to kill Officer MacPhail was also used to shoot another man earlier. Troy Davis was also convicted of that shooting! Well I could go on and on but I will stop. I realize that some people will never see the truth because they simply do not want to see the truth.
Senator or Representative what does that matter. I bet you are one of those genius with a ged. Spare me dummy!
How about instead of worrying about what goes on in Savannah, DeKalb law enforcement focus on managing their own.
You have a jailer arrested for smuggling in cigarettes, marijuana, and clothes to a man arrested for armed robbery. Two other jailers were fired for knowing about what happened but not reporting it. One of whom actually handled the packages being smuggled in but did not check the contents of the package. Imagine if a weapon had been smuggled in!
You also have both a police sergeant and an officer accused of having sex with women while they were on duty. I can't wait to see the video recorded by the private investigator.
First, Kevin Sowell, then Javier Garces, and now these two guys. The "one bad apple" excuse is wearing pretty thin right now.
A previous poster said, "The "one bad apple" excuse is wearing pretty thin right now."
I had a long response, but will spare you the disgust.
Suffice it to say, you give an inch, they take a mile. Little things have a way of becoming BIG things.
At the initial phase.....We need officers, so we stop looking closely at misdemeanor convictions. At the sworn phase.....We need officers, so we justify "minor" infractions of the LAW. Etc..Etc...Boys will be boys.
IMHO
Stick to dekalb county and police issues.. You reveal your limitations when you go into a matter such as Troy Davis and the subsequent death penalty..
its not about race at all!!! im from savannah an i know both families!!!! he was a scape goat cause they were scared of the real killer!
The bottom line is Police Officers are NOT..I repeat NOT perfect. The wrong man have been placed in prison for crimes they did not commit every day. The Innocent Project just reported that over 280 black males have been freed on DNA evidence and only 13 White Males since the project began. I'm Law Enforcement and I know how tough it is to do your job. I've done it all. Narcotics, Robbery/Homicide so I'm not new to this. Bottom line is the officer goes out and he/she do his/her best to put the right person in jail. But we should not be shocked if the officer is wrong. Just read the other day, Man spent 23 years in jail for a rape of a woman and murder of an officer that he DID NOT DO. And he was on Death Row and one point. So it happens. I wonder what evidence they had against him. Since one writer wrote the evidence was pointing at Mr. Davis. I wonder was the evidence pointing at the man who gave 23 years.
Instead of bragging about your experience and your apparent love for perps, maybe you could spend some time reading about the evidence against Troy Davis. It's readily available on the internet. You may also want to look up some websites on grammar while you're at it.
Innocent people being sent to prison is an extremely rare occurrence. In your "I love perps and think they're all innocent" diatribe, you mentioned that over 200 people were freed by DNA last year. I'll be generous here and say your numbers are low. Let's say for every 1 guy that was freed, they actually should have freed 50 guys! That number of perps... I mean people... would account for... are you ready for this.... .006 of the prison population nationwide!!
Don't get me wrong. It's horrible that innocent people are sent to prison and it should NEVER happen. But get off your soap box! It's not a rampant problem. Even when I multiplied your statistics by 50, it's still an extremely small number of innocent people in jail.
I'll bet I have put more people in jail over the last year than you have put in jail your whole time at Dekalb. As for as my grammer, I'm not looking to be graded on my post. I don't have a love for perps that's why I took the job. I'm simply saying...INNOCENT PEOPLE GOES TO JAIL ALL THE TIME. So instead of trying to find something wrong with my post, go write another ticket, 59 with your buddies at QT. Or what ever you do to pass your 10.
No, innocent people don't go to jail all of the time. It's a myth. The numbers don't lie. It's a small, infrequent problem blown out of proportion by people like you.
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