Reportback on court support for Bomani Shakur, by Ben turk From LucasvilleAmnesty.org
**Disclaimer for anarchists- the goal of this peice is not to claim that Keith’s experience of injustice is exceptional or that his innocence affords him special treatment relative to others who suffer in US prisons. I am an abolitionist and an anarchist, I beleive that all prisoners are political, and nothing the state does it legitimate. The point of this post is to witness and detail one of many examples of how threadbare and absurd state’s arguments can be when they attempt to legitimize lynching someone. If you want more info on Keith’s back story, please visit KeithLamar.org. For more on the prison uprising that led to Keith being placed on death row, visit LucasvilleAmnesty.org The state does not only murder black men hands up in the street, but also through these grotesque and torturous legal proceedings.
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