I remember back in the day when I was 16, I was driving around planning on going to this huge party...when we pulled up, it was already busted by the cops. Their lights were flashing everywhere, walkie talkies on full blast.
So I put in my N.W.A. tape (yes, a tape...I am old), rolled down the windows and played "F*&K the Police" really loud to annoy them. It was great fun...but I don't think that song or any other rap song would influence me to kill a cop. Or so he says....
So I put in my N.W.A. tape (yes, a tape...I am old), rolled down the windows and played "F*&K the Police" really loud to annoy them. It was great fun...but I don't think that song or any other rap song would influence me to kill a cop. Or so he says....
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A man was executed Thursday for gunning down a Texas state trooper in 1992, a slaying his trial attorneys had argued was prompted by anti-police rap music.
For his final statement, Ronald R. Howard looked at the trooper's widow, daughter and brother and said he hoped "this helps a little. I don't know how, but I hope it helps."
Then he turned to friends and a brother who were among his witnesses, expressing love and thanking them for locating two of his young children, who visited him on death row within the past week. "Love you all. Thank you so much," he said. As the drugs were administered, he lifted his head from the gurney and said, "I'm going home." Twelve minutes later, he was pronounced dead. The slain trooper's widow and daughter, who were standing next to the window, hugged and kissed as the 32-year-old Howard slipped into unconsciousness.
"Today justice has been served," said Linda Davidson, widow of Department of Public Safety Officer Bill Davidson. "It's real frustrating the wheels of justice turn very slowly." Howard was executed for killing the 43-year-old Davidson during a traffic stop outside Edna, about 100 miles southwest of Houston.
At the time of the shooting, Howard, then 18 and a father of four, was on probation for burglary. Defense lawyers argued at his trial that Howard's constant exposure to gangsta rap music and its anti-police messages influenced him to pull the trigger.
For his final statement, Ronald R. Howard looked at the trooper's widow, daughter and brother and said he hoped "this helps a little. I don't know how, but I hope it helps."
Then he turned to friends and a brother who were among his witnesses, expressing love and thanking them for locating two of his young children, who visited him on death row within the past week. "Love you all. Thank you so much," he said. As the drugs were administered, he lifted his head from the gurney and said, "I'm going home." Twelve minutes later, he was pronounced dead. The slain trooper's widow and daughter, who were standing next to the window, hugged and kissed as the 32-year-old Howard slipped into unconsciousness.
"Today justice has been served," said Linda Davidson, widow of Department of Public Safety Officer Bill Davidson. "It's real frustrating the wheels of justice turn very slowly." Howard was executed for killing the 43-year-old Davidson during a traffic stop outside Edna, about 100 miles southwest of Houston.
At the time of the shooting, Howard, then 18 and a father of four, was on probation for burglary. Defense lawyers argued at his trial that Howard's constant exposure to gangsta rap music and its anti-police messages influenced him to pull the trigger.
18 and a FATHER OF FOUR?!?!?!
WHAT THE HELL IS THAT ABOUT????
WHAT THE HELL IS THAT ABOUT????
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