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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. 527 - The brutal, grotesque, barbaric execution of John Grant was quintessential America. And illegal.

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Last night Oklahoma executed a man named John Grant. What happened was as gross as anything I’ve ever heard of. Let me unpack and explain to you why it was illegal. It’s also more American than apple pie or baseball.

Between me and you all - this was one of the worst things I’ve ever heard of in modern American history. And I cover and fight evil for a living.

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Yesterday, Oklahoma executed a man named John Grant.

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It's widely being called a botched execution.

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In some ways, we call it that because we lack the right vocabulary

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or maybe even the willingness to call it what it really is.

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It's a lynching.

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They're all botched.

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What happened yesterday was not only cruel and unusual.

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It was grotesque, it was despicable, it was barbaric,

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and it was illegal.

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Let me unpack and explain it.

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This is Sean King, and you are listening too.

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