> "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." > > > > > __________________________________________________
