I'll bring the marshmallows.
How do you have a candlelight vigil during the daytime?
When is this man scheduled to fry so I don't have to hear about him again?
Williams' supporters, with help of the media (who could check the facts), continue to perpetuate this myth.
Juror #12, William James McLurkin, was a Black man. His death certificate lists his race as Black. Juror #1, Larry Sabala, has provided a sworn affidavit which confirms that one of the jurors was Black. According to Mr. Sabala, “one of the jurors who served with me was a Black man. It was obvious to everyone that he was a Black man.”
The most bizarre part of the lie about McLurkin's presence on the jury has been the statement of Williams' attorney (and I wish I could find the exact quote), saying that McLurkin was light-skinned and looked like a Filipino and therefore didn't count as a Black man.
It is true and (and in most cases) shameful that there is a history and a present practice of prosecutors using discretionary strikes to try to remove all Black jurors from juries where Black defendants are on trial, or where the death penalty is being sought (there are other theories where women or people with certain occupations, like social workers, are also struck from juries).
However, when did "a jury of your peers" mean not only a bundle of jurors of the race of your choosing, but in the case of Blacks, a degree of Blackness of skin tone as well? Am I entitled to a jury of stocky white guys who are bald and hairy-backed?
Where's Whorealdo?