Civil disobedience at governor's mansion for Kenneth Foster

About 200 members of Kenneth Foster's family, friends, and supporters rallied today in Austin to demand that Governor Rick Perry hear the Foster family's pleas for clemency.

In a dramatic turn, six activists sat down to block the gates of the Governor's mansion in a physical demonstration of solidarity with Foster's non-cooperation with the criminal justice system. In June 2000, a dozen activists were arrested during a similar protest of the execution of Gary Graham (a.k.a. Shaka Sankofa).

In the face of the State's unwillingness to engage the Foster family and other supporters, the crowd spread out across the street, blocking traffic for forty-five minutes.

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• kenneth
• disobedience

[blueshark69]

You get the same group of leftwing pieces of shit at every execution demonstration. You never see these bastars showing any compassion for the victims of these human garbage cans, just the murderers ... like it wasn't really their fault.

In a truly fair world, these sorry-ass demonstrators would be the next victims of the worthless bastards they feel such sympathy for.

[411withit]

"vengence is mine" said the lord!!!!

[killingdrew]

Justice and vengeance are rarely the same thing. There are many arguments against the death penalty based on ethos, logos, and pathos, whereas arguments for are almost always purely bathos.

[Satella79]

You people are worthless, Foster knew what he was doing, and he is gonna pay for it, vengence for Lahood's family will be had

[scorpioscouse]

Meg sat watching clapping along.. little activist in the making =)