Posted on 10/05/2014 7:44:50 PM PDT by Phillyred
PLAINFIELD, Vt. (AP) - A one-time death row inmate now serving a life sentence for the 1981 murder of a Philadelphia police officer spoke to students graduating from a Vermont college on Sunday, encouraging them to strive to transform the world.
Mumia Abu-Jamal spoke by video to 20 students receiving bachelor degrees from Goddard College in Plainfield. He earned a degree from the college in 1996.
"Think about the myriad of problems that beset this land and strive to make it better," Abu-Jamal said in the video.
He said his studies at Goddard allowed him to learn about important figures in distant lands.
MORE COVERAGE Police union to protest Mumia speech Smerconish: Consider facts on cop killing Toomey urges Vt. college to cancel Abu-Jamal speech "Goddard reawakened in me my love of learning," he said. "In my mind, I left death row."
The former Black Panther did not address the crime for which he was convicted. He originally was sentenced to death for killing white police Officer Daniel Faulkner on Dec. 9, 1981, but he was resentenced to life in 2012.
His claims that he's been victimized by a racist justice system have attracted international support. A radio show, documentaries and books have helped publicize his case. Goddard College describes him as "an award winning journalist who chronicles the human condition."
But the decision to allow Abu-Jamal to speak angered police and corrections officials in Vermont and Pennsylvania. The Vermont Troopers Association said it showed a disregard for the victim's family at a time when the nation is seeking solutions to gun violence.
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Jamal is a hero to the Marxist basement dwellers and their Marxist professors.
Unreal. Surreal. What friggin’ country am I living in?!?!?!
This black panther radical deserves a bullet to the head. just sayin’
He’s human garbage
There, fixed it.
CC
Why didn't they go to Mumia's prison to hear him speak firsthand? Spend the night even. I'm sure some of Mumia's fellow prisoners would be more than willing to share their cells with these morons for a night.
If he ran for president, there are people who would vote for him.
Recta. Latin, 2nd declension, neuter.
Oh great, VTA, so... reject this Marxist murderer because... accepting him gets in the way of gun confiscation?
Some liberal is patting themselves on the back saying, "see, no matter what, this way the conservatives will end up agreeing to surrender their guns, or they side with a Marxist murderer! Bwahaha!"
Liberals are children.
Nasty, twisted, sick, perverted, children.
From hell.
Semper grazie.
This is one of the perks of the death penalty. You don’t get this crap years later...
Pardon me, Obama?
ERIC_HOLDERS_PEOPLE_PING!
Or since PA doesn’t have the b*lls to have him assume room temperature, at least have him share a cell with Jerry Sandusky and Kermit Gosnell so they can spend the rest of their miserable lives playing “drop the soap” with each other.
“Imprisoned former death-row inmate”
Just say cop-killer. Save ink and be accurate at the same time.
Many colleges are intellectual cesspools.
There is a place for him. Unrepentant, wallowing in his crime—seeking approval for a life of violence, and judging by the name he chose, a satanist. I would withdraw all the students, imprison the criminals on faculty that allowed and promoted it.
Close it down. Or not. Satan’s imp in the whitehut approves. Weeping for my nation.
Again and always, God will not be mocked.
Note to self: Any resumes that come across my desk from anyone that has attended Goddard College go directly to the round file. Pass the word, if you are in a position to screen applicants or know someone that is.
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