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Brandon Bernard was executed at 9:27 pm.
We can learn from this. Next time, call your local senators and your governors, call the Supreme Court, do what you can to not let this happen again. Boost black voices on social media. Sign petition, put up flyers. Do not stay silent.
He was 18 when the crime happened and he spent the rest of his life in jail. They would not have done this for a white man.
Black Lives Matter and they will always matter. It is a not a social media trend. Black lives have been taken from us for stupid and benign reasons; fuck, a black man was killed the other day holding a fucking sandwich. It is incredible just how racist this country is and it is not going to stop until we fucking do something about it.
We are allies and we will not be silenced. Black lives will not be silenced. This should not and can not happen again. I thank all of you for your support in signing the petition.
Fight for what's right. Scream in the streets. We will not stop until those black lives are fought for and justice is sought.
JUSTICE FOR BRANDON BERNARD.
JUSTICE FOR THE BLACK LIVES TAKEN FROM US.
BLACK LIVES FUCKING MATTER.
Rest In Peace, you beautiful soul. I’m so sorry we failed you. You will always be remembered. I promise.
9:27pm.
I don't remember feeling so affected since I learned about George Floyd.
Brandon Bernard has just been killed by the federal government for a crime he committed at 18, he killed nobody & he's already served 22 years. His lawyers had also just petitioned to reopen the case having found evidence that was with held in the original trial, rendering it unconstitutional.
But nobody cared. Nobody listened. We were all so hopeful when the injection was delayed tonight, too. Like maybe in the 11th hour someone had heard, maybe they were rethinking it.
They weren't.
My chest hurts.
Oh & Dylann Roof? The man responsible for the Charleston Church Massacre? He gets to live though. He gets to live.
i feel so incredibly sick, i can’t believe this has happened.
if you don’t know who brandon bernard is, here is his story.
brandon was a young african american man who was an accessory to a crime in 1999. he was only 18 years old at the time. despite not having the main role in the case and even with several details remaining unknown, brandon bernard was sentenced to death. after 21 years in prison, he was put to death, murdered by the federal government on december 10th 2020.
brandon did not have a leading role in the crime committed. he was an accomplice at only 18 years old. he demonstrated positive behaviour throughout his two decades in prison and he even reached out to others to counsel them not to follow in his path. when he was found guilty, the government and jurors both lacked critical details and had an incomplete picture of the man brandon was and the offense committed.
five of the nine jurors who originally found brandon guilty, as well as the prosecutor who assisted in getting him on death row, all asked trump to intervene and halt the execution. when these jurors were given new information YEARS after his sentencing, they either fully supported brandon’s clemency petition to get him off death row or were not opposed to his death sentence beinf commuted to life without parole instead. the SAME jurors who 20 years ago, with the incomplete information they had at the time, found brandon guilty and unanimously voted for the death sentence. former prosecutor, angela moore, who helped put him on death row argued for the trump administration to spare brandon’s life. “i urgently hope that a court or the president will step in to stop brandon’s execution.”
brandon bernard was pronounced dead, on december 10th 2020 at 9:27pm.
despite a clemency petition and thousands of letters, the us government and trump administration murdered this man. brandon bernard was a friend. a son. a father. remember him. remember his smile and his kind words. this world needs to change and we have to be the change. please remember this mans name and his story.
“if these are my last days, i pray that my words will live on forever...i hope that my death will bring a meaning other than destruction and it will ripple through generations positively.” 🤍
rest in peace, brandon bernard.
We couldn’t save Brandon Bernard, we couldn’t save Corey Johnson, we couldn’t save Dustin John Higgs, but we can still save Pervis Payne.
Pervis Payne is set to be executed on April 9th, we still have a decent amount of time. That being said, don’t wait to speak up and act. Time is still precious. Here’s an article by the Innocence Project about Pervis Payne’s case. As a bit of a side note: the Innocence Project is an amazing organization that deserves as much support as they can get. I’m not telling you to donate to them or anything, however I AM telling you to read up on their cases and resources.
Along with this, President-Elect Joe Biden opposes the death penalty. He WILL listen to people who oppose capital punishment, unlike bloodthirsty Trump. Raise awareness, DEMAND that the White House bring an end to such a cruel, inhumane practice.
Here is a list of anti-death penalty groups to support and use as resources.
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THIS IS SO IMPORTANT IF YOU'RE SEEING THIS PLEASE HELP OUT IT TAKES LESS THAN 1 MINUTE TO SIGN!!!!
HE
DOES
NOT
DESERVE
TO
DIE
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http://chng.it/yCzHFcYhsF
YES THIS IS YET ANOTHER PETITION FOR BRANDON BERNARD BECAUSE HIS LIFE F*CKING MATTERS!!!!
HE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY INNOCENT BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN HE DESERVES TO DIE!!!
EVEN MOST OF THE JULORS WHO SENTENCED HIM TO DEATH REGRET THEIR DECISION!!!
SO PLEASE IF YOU'RE SEEING THIS, *PLEASE* HELP OUT AND GIVE HIM ANOTHER CHANCE...
WE CANNOT LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN! THERE ARE STILL OTHER PEOPLE WE CAN HELP!!!!
PERVIS PAYNE:
https://innocenceproject.org/petitions/stop-execution-pervis-payne/
http://chng.it/4YkbtBZMmJ
http://chng.it/WrD6dRN6bM
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