[News] Teen Executed in 1944 May Have Been Innocent!

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“George Stinney, Jr. was 14 years old when South Carolina executed him in 1944, making him the youngest person executed in the U.S. in the 20th century. He was convicted of murdering two girls. Now there’s a move to clear his name. NBC’s Mark Potter reports….”

14 years old! You see where I’m going with this now, right?

[NBC Nightly News via The Grio]

[News] Texas Man Convicted of Wife’s Murder Freed From Prison After 25 Years

Not just Black folk (although it is an issue that disproportionately affects ‘us’). Luckily for Michael Morton, he did not suffer Troy Davis’ fate. Get the full back story via LA Times HERE.

[News] Police charge 26-year-old London, ON man over NHL banana-tossing incident

Since I’m now back in Canada, I feel obliged to pay attention to the national obsession with hockey more than my personal passion would normally warrant. But y’all should know by now, as previous posts have demonstrated, that I’m gonna do it from my own particular perspective here at The Kitchen:

“London Police Chief Brad Duncan speaks at a press conference September 28, 2011, announcing police have charged Chris Moorhouse, a 26-year-old London, Ontario man in the banana toss incident at last week’s Philadelphia Flyers, Detroit Red Wings exhibition NHL game at the John Labatt Centre.”

CLICK HERE to read the full article and CLICK HERE to watch the CTV News piece on the story.

Related:

In the very same week as this banana-tossing f-ckery though, Wayne Simmonds has been on the other end of a second ugly alleged intolerance incident:

NHL bad boy Sean Avery accuses Simmonds of uttering gay slur: Globe & Mail | Toronto Star

Al Qaeda Goes in on Ahmadinejad for Promoting 9/11 Conspiracy Theories!

Watch The Young Turks video above then read this NPR article to learn more. This would be straight comedy if it wasn’t so bizarre!

Breaking: The US Supreme Court Refuses to Stay the Execution of Troy Davis

After hearing there were vigils, not only in the US but around the world including Iceland, I went down to the US consulate in Toronto thinking maybe there would be one down there too. Crickets! Toronto, tonight I’m ashamed to be from here….