This must be stopped.  state murders are essentially the continuation
lynching by other means.
WC Meecham, PhD>
> I would like to say that I did not kill Bobby Lambert. That I'm an
> innocent
> black man that is being murdered. This is a lynching that is happening
> in
> America tonight. There's overwhelming and compelling evidence of my
> defense
> that has never been heard in any court of America. What is happening
> here is
> an outrage for any civilized country to anybody anywhere to look at
> what's
> happening here is wrong.
>
> I thank all of the people that have rallied to my cause. They've been
> standing in support of me. Who have finished with me.
>
> I say to Mr. Lambert's family, I did not kill Bobby Lambert. You are
> pursuing the execution of an innocent man.
>
> I want to express my sincere thanks to all of ya'll. We must continue to
>
> move forward and do everything we can to outlaw legal lynching in
> America.
> We must continue to stay strong all around the world, and people must
> come
> together to stop the systematic killing of poor and innocent black
> people.
> We must continue to stand together in unity and to demand a moratorium
> on
> all executions. We must not let this murder/lynching be forgotten
> tonight,
> my brothers. We must take it to the nation. We must keep our faith. We
> must
> go forward. We recognize that many leaders have died. Malcom X, Martin
> Luther King, and others who stood up for what was right. They stood up
> for
> what was just. We must, you must brothers, that's why I have called you
> today. You must carry on that condition. What is here is just a lynching
>
> that is taking place. But they're going to keep on lynching us for the
> next
> 100 years, if you do not carry on that tradition, and that period of
> resistance. We will prevail. We may loose this battle, but we will win
> the
> war. This death, this lynching will be avenged. It will be avenged, it
> must
> be avenged. The people must avenge this murder. So my brothers, all of
> ya'll
> stay strong, continue to move forward.
>
> Know that I love all of you. I love the people, I love all of you for
> your
> blessing, strength, for your courage, for your dignity, the way you have
>
> come here tonight, and the way you have protested and kept this nation
> together. Keep moving forward, my brothers. Slavery couldn't stop us.
> The
> lynching couldn't stop us in the south. This lynching will not stop us
> tonight. We will go forward. Our destiny in this country is freedom and
> liberation. We will gain our freedom and liberation by any means
> necessary.
> By any means necessary, we keep marching forward.
>
> I love you, Mr. Jackson. Bianca, make sure that the state does not get
> my
> body. Make sure that we get my name as Shaka Sankofa. My name is not
> Gary
> Graham. Make sure that it is properly presented on my grave. Shaka
> Sankofa.
>
> I died fighting for what I believe in. I died fighting for what was just
> and
> what was right. I did not kill Bobby Lambert, and the truth is going to
> come
> out. It will be brought out.
>
> I want you to take this thing off into international court, Mr. Robert
> Mohammed and all ya'll. I want you, I want to get my family and take
> this
> down to international court and file a law suit. Get all the video tapes
> of
> all the beatings. They have beat me up in the back. They have beat me up
> at
> the unit over there. Get all the video tapes supporting that law suit.
> And
> make the public exposed to the genocide and this brutality world, and
> let
> the world see what is really happening here behind closed doors. Let the
>
> world see the barbarity and injustice of what is really happening here.
> You
> must get those video tapes. You must make it exposed, this injustice, to
> the
> world. You must continue to demand a moratorium on all executions. We
> must
> move forward Minister Robert Mohammed.
>
> Ashanti Chimurenga, I love you for standing with me, my sister. You are
> a
> strong warrior queen. You will continue to be string in everything that
> you
> do. Believe in yourself, you must hold your head up, in the spirit of
> Winnie
> Mandela, in the spirit of Nelson Mandela. Ya'll must move forward. We
> will
> stop this lynching.
>
> Reverend Al Sharpton, I love you, my brother.
>
> Bianca Jagger, I love all of you. Ya'll make sure that we continue to
> stand
> together.
>
> Reverend Jesse Jackson and know that this murder, this lynching will not
> be
> forgotten. I love you, too, my brother. This is genocide in America.
> This is
> what happens to black men when they stand up and protest for what is
> right
> and just. We refuse to compromise, we refuse to surrender the dignity
> for
> what we know is right. But we will move on, we have been strong in the
> past.
> We will continue to be strong as a people. You can kill a revolutionary,
> but
> you cannot stop the revolution. The revolution will go on. The people
> will
> carry the revolution on. You are the people that must carry that
> revolutionary on, in order to liberate our children from this genocide
> and
> for what is happening here in America tonight. What has happened for the
>
> last 100 or so years in America. This is the part of the genocide, this
> is
> part of the African (unintelligible), that we as black people have
> endured
> in America. But we shall overcome, we will continue with this. We will
> continue, we will gain our freedom and liberation, by any means
> necessary.
> Stay strong. They cannot kill us. We will move forward.
>
> To my sons, to my daughters, all of you. I love all of you. You have
> been
> wonderful. Keep your heads up. Keep moving forward. Keep united.
> Maintain
> the love and unity in the community.
>
> And know that victory is assured. Victory for the people will be
> assured. We
> will gain our freedom and liberation in this country. We will gain it
> and we
> will do it by any means necessary. We will keep marching. March on black
>
> people. Keep your heads high. March on. All ya'll leaders. March on.
> Take
> your message to the people. Preach the moratorium for all executions.
> We're
> gonna stop, we are going to end the death penalty in this country. We
> are
> going to end it all across this world. Push forward people. And know
> that
> what ya'll are doing is right. What ya'll are doing is just. This is
> nothing
> more that pure and simple murder. This is what is happening tonight in
> America. Nothing more than state sanctioned murders, state sanctioned
> lynching, right here in America, and right here tonight. This is what is
>
> happening my brothers. Nothing less. They know I'm innocent. They've got
> the
> facts to prove it. They know I'm innocent. But they cannot acknowledge
> my
> innocence, because to do so would be to publicly admit their guilt. This
> is
> something these racist people will never do. We must remember brothers,
> this
> is what we're faced with. You must take this endeavor forward. You must
> stay
> strong. You must continue to hold your heads up, and to be there. And I
> love
> you, too, my brother. All of you who are standing with me in solidarity.
> We
> will prevail. We will keep marching. Keep marching black people, black
> power. Keep marching black people, black power. Keep marching black
> people.
> Keep marching black people. They are killing me tonight. They are
> murdering
> me tonight.
>
> Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice
> http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/grahamgarylast.htm
>