Troy Davis' Sister Recounts Last Moments With Executed Brother

[Canuckistanian]

The sister of Troy Davis, the Georgia man executed Wednesday night, said her brother was calm and treated his last moments with his family like any doting uncle would: he watched his 3-year-old niece's latest ballet moves.

"Our last moments were joyous. My brother was giving us charge as to what he wanted us to do, telling us to hold our heads up, telling my nephew to continue to be all that he could be... My niece was showing him her ballet shoes and telling him to stand on his tippy toes like a ballerina," said Kimberly Davis from her Savannah, Ga., home.

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Following Davis' death, the Twitter and Facebook world buzzed with the lyrics of Strange Fruit, the poem sung by Billie Holiday about the lynching of black men in the South. Some felt Davis' death equated to a modern day lynching.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/troy-davis-sister-kimberly-davis-recounts-moments-executed/story?id=14580835

[rosesaylavee]

1. Some felt? Most healthy/thinking individuals agreed.

The only reason that man was executed was the color of his skin. Say it out loud.

[teddy51]

2. It was a modern day lynching, and I hope the scum bags responsible rot in hell. n/t

[RebelOne]

4. I hope that some day there will be proof that Troy Davis

was not guilty. Then those responsible will live a life of hell since they knew they sent an innocent man to his death.

[lunatica]

3. She's very kind to share these intimate moments with us.

I feel a knot in my throat.

[hlthe2b]

5. I agree....

She has nothing to gain by sharing these extremely private last moments. Courageous and generous to do so.