The Death of Samuel Lawrence

The hand-written paupers plea to the federal court are effectively his last words, and a moral indictment. Read them.

As we absorb news of yet another death at the Fulton County jail — the stabbing murder of 23-year-old Dayvion Blake — I am struck by how little this parade of preventable death appears to be moving the needle in public outrage.

If eight people were killed in a bus crash on I-85 today, it would be the subject of national media attention. If eight people w…