Grand Rapids, MI – A leader of the Committee to Stop FBI Repression, Tom Burke, condemned the scheduled execution of Troy Davis, Sept. 21.

Burke stated, “The execution of Troy Davis is an outrage. It is a legal lynching. Everyone knows Troy Davis is innocent. Yet the state of Georgia will execute him because they want to spread fear amongst African-Americans and working people. The white elite who control Georgia are repressing African-Americans with violence just like the Old South.”