Adam Foss was educated in the intricacies of the law, and after years of prosecuting Black men and women, he was forced to see that the tools the State provided him with were actually shovels to dig graves and bury alive as many Black defendants as he possibly could during his time as a prosecutor.
But as he looked out at all the Black people/ his people that had been duly convicted for crimes, clawing for life and crying for justice, his profession began to conflict with his conscience. It was in that moment he came to the realization that what he did in those courtrooms was morally wrong because he took advantage of the disadvantaged.
Just as God spoke to the Prophet Ezekiel, Adam’s conscience spoke to him, instructing him to return to those who were buried alive and give them an opportunity to give a first-hand account of what it’s like to be Black in America, to be poor in America, to be preyed upon in America, and to end up in one of America’s jails.
July 1, 2018
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