Cop K**ler-Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal selected to give commencement address at Vermont college
Oct 1, 2014 09:06:10 #
Cop k**ler, former Black Panther to give commencement address at Vermont college, Washington TImes, September 30, 2014
Mumia Abu-Jamal has been selected by undergraduate students at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont, as their commencement speaker on Sunday.
Abu-Jamal was convicted in the 1981 slaying of Philadelphia police Officer Daniel Faulkner. He was originally sentenced to death, but his sentence was reduced on appeal to life imprisonment.
The inmates notoriety helped to sink the nomination earlier this month of Debo Adegbile, who was Mr. Obamas choice to lead the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department. Mr. Adegbile had helped to represent Abu Jamals case on appeal while working at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
Senators opposed to Mr. Adegbiles nomination said he went beyond legal representation into political advocacy in the case. Mr. Adegbile withdrew from consideration earlier this month, and Mr. Obama has not announced a new nominee for the post.
The college said Abu-Jamals speech has been prerecorded by Prison Radio.
As a reflection of Goddards individualized and t***sformational educational model, our commencements are intimate affairs where each student serves as her or his own valedictorian, and each class chooses its own speaker, Goddard College Interim President Bob Kenny said in a statement. Choosing Mumia as their commencement speaker, to me, shows how this newest group of Goddard graduates expresses their freedom to engage and think radically and critically in a world that often sets up barriers to do just that.
The college said Abu-Jamal received a bachelor of arts degree from the school in 1996, completing his coursework by mail.
Mumia Abu-Jamal has been selected by undergraduate students at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont, as their commencement speaker on Sunday.
Abu-Jamal was convicted in the 1981 slaying of Philadelphia police Officer Daniel Faulkner. He was originally sentenced to death, but his sentence was reduced on appeal to life imprisonment.
The inmates notoriety helped to sink the nomination earlier this month of Debo Adegbile, who was Mr. Obamas choice to lead the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department. Mr. Adegbile had helped to represent Abu Jamals case on appeal while working at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
Senators opposed to Mr. Adegbiles nomination said he went beyond legal representation into political advocacy in the case. Mr. Adegbile withdrew from consideration earlier this month, and Mr. Obama has not announced a new nominee for the post.
The college said Abu-Jamals speech has been prerecorded by Prison Radio.
As a reflection of Goddards individualized and t***sformational educational model, our commencements are intimate affairs where each student serves as her or his own valedictorian, and each class chooses its own speaker, Goddard College Interim President Bob Kenny said in a statement. Choosing Mumia as their commencement speaker, to me, shows how this newest group of Goddard graduates expresses their freedom to engage and think radically and critically in a world that often sets up barriers to do just that.
The college said Abu-Jamal received a bachelor of arts degree from the school in 1996, completing his coursework by mail.
Cop killer - should have been executed!!
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