Victory! Senate Rejects Obama’s Choice of Cop-Killer’s Advocate As Head of DoJ’s Civil Rights Division

Atlas Shrugs  "The fact that Obama chose Debo Adegbile for this post in the first place shows how much of a subversive hater of  American values the

Faulkner, his widow, and Mumia

egotist in the White House really is. Mumia Abu-Jamal murdered a policeman in cold blood. He has been a cause celebre among the left, and they have tried numerous times to get him freed, but he is still in prison because the evidence is so overwhelming that he is guilty. And Obama wanted an advocate for this murderer to be head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. It shows how much he values our nation’s police officers."

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"In a statement released following the vote, Obama blasted the senators who voted against Adegbile’s nomination, saying they “denied the American people an outstanding public servant.' ”

 

Explaining the Mumia Abu-Jamal Controversy   "Mr. Abu-Jamal is imprisoned for a 1981 shooting that left officer Daniel Faulkner dead. At traffic stop involving Mr. Abu-Jamal’s brother, police said, Mr. Abu-Jamal shot Mr. Faulkner several times, killing him.

 

"A revolver registered to Mr. Abu-Jamal was found at the scene. Mr. Abu-Jamal, a radio reporter and former Black Panther, also was a supporter of MOVE, a black separatist organization that clashed repeatedly with Philadelphia police.

 

"A jury convicted Mr. Abu-Jamal in the fatal shooting, and he later was sentenced to death. The case has drawn international attention as supporters argued he was innocent and that racism led to Mr. Abu-Jamal’s conviction."

 

How Mumia Abu-Jamal doomed Debo Adegbile in the Senate  "Following a morning vote on President Obama's nominee to head the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, vulnerable Democrats who voted for Debo Adegbile's confirmation were already in the line of fire."