Cop killer's chilling last words before death by lethal injection

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A police killer sentenced to death for his crimes uttered chilling words to law enforcement officials before his death by lethal injection.While some inmates on death row use their last words to apologise, Torrey Twane McNabb cursed the state of Alabama in a final act of defiance during his execution on October 19, 2017.McNabb was convicted of fatally shooting Montgomery Police Officer Anderson Gordon in September 1997 and spent 18 years on death row.He sued Alabama over its lethal injection method while he was incarcerated, the Mirror reports.Before receiving the lethal injection, McNabb was asked if he had any final words and he told his family: "Mum, sis, look at my eyes.

I have no tears. In my eyes, I'm not afraid."He then raised his fingers in a lewd gesture as he cursed the state of Alabama."I hate you motherf****rs.

I hate you. I hate you", he said. Just before he lost consciousness, McNabb raised both of his middle fingers.McNabb, 40, was pronounced dead less than one hour after the lethal injection at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama, at around 9pm.Due to his involvement in a lawsuit challenging the state's lethal injection procedure, his lawyers had tried to stop the execution but were unsuccessful.Inmates argued people were left to suffer an agonising death as they claimed the procedure involved a controversial sedative that does not make people completely unconscious while the drugs stop their heart and lungs.McNabb's family and attorneys expressed concerns that he remained conscious after the sedative was injected.

He was injected with the sedative midazolam and appeared to be breathing for around 20 minutes afterwards.When a guard pinched him, said his name and pulled back his eyelid, he