Sirhan Sirhan: Are we Really Going to Free an Assassin?

American Thinker ^ | 09/01/2021 | Jason D. Bland

[SeekAndFind]

California parole commissioners have recommended political assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, for parole after serving 50 years in prison. As a society we should be outraged… yet there is little heard about this not-so-surprising turn of events. The decision is now up to Governor Gavin Newsom to either accept or reverse their finding.

Sirhan, a Palestinian militant and Jordanian citizen who lived in California, was actively fighting against U.S. support of Israel in the 1960s. His radicalism culminated in the cold-blooded attack against a sitting senator, Robert F. Kennedy, who was running for the presidency and had pro-Israel leanings. Shortly after midnight on the morning of June 5, 1968, as RFK was celebrating primary victories in California, Sirhan attacked and assassinated him in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. In addition to the death of RFK, Sirhan wounded five others; although they were able to recover from their injuries and survived.

RFK’s assassination came at a very tumultuous time in American history. In April of 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was brutally gunned down in Memphis. The country was battling race riots and contending with the effects of the Vietnam war. All of this transpired just five years after the assassination of JFK. The nation was battered and bruised and the senseless loss of life due to political differences was heartbreaking.

Our society must preserve the rule of law and punish those who break it. Sirhan, regardless of his time served, committed a heinous act. Not only did he murder a man, but he also scarred countless lives. Think of the children who grew up without a father, or the nameless victims that suffered wounds at his hands. There are many unknown, tangential stories of pain and grief because of his violent act. This should not be discounted.

[brownsfan]

Sure why not? His target was a Dem, so I think he’s paid enough for that.

[SeekAndFind]

If we are unable to hold criminals, especially political assassins, responsible for the crimes they commit then our society will fall into anarchy. Unfortunately, this is exactly what is happening. Anarchy already exists in our cities and at our border: we see catch and release of illegals who have broken our immigration laws, scenes from San Francisco of people looting and remaining unpunished as long as the value of their stolen goods doesn’t surpass the prescribed threshold or criminals in New York who are being released arbitrarily back into society.

And so in this culture of empty law and order, we have parole commissioners who have decided to take it upon themselves to further erode the rule of law by releasing a proven assassin. This is a man who was convicted and sentenced to death -- a sentence which was later commuted to life in prison when California abolished the death penalty in 1972.

[EEGator]

Are we really bring 100K Afghani inbred savages to America?...

[DIRTYSECRET]

I really don’t care. Democrats will be the only angry ones.

[The MAGA-Deplorian]

Hey, its California. If it was Texas, he would have been fried 50 years ago.

[1Old Pro]

No, there is no question about it, murderers should never be granted parole.

[Dilbert San Diego]

I think the final call is up to Newsom? I think he can veto the recommendation of a parole board? Is that true?

If so, and he wants to release Sirhan, I’m sure he will make that decision after the recall election is over.

[cgbg]

For those who don’t know:

https://www.amazon.com/Lie-Too-Big-Fail-Assassination/dp/1627310703

[Fiji Hill]

Following his release, he’ll probably head for the Middle East where he will be paraded around as a hero by Israel’s enemies.

[alloysteel]

What is one more assassin in a sea of them arriving en masse on a daily basis? And not only the ones swarming over our southern border, but the fifth column now in the process of being imported on US military transport, and soon to be distributed to the town or neighborhood near you.

At the gates of the Kabul airport, the Taliban was allowing through any number of “undocumented” YOUNG MEN of the age they would normally been engaged in various kinds of insurrections, to the near-exclusion of real American citizens, and any potential Afghan aides or assistants that may have legitimately have feared for their imminent demise at the hands of the Taliban or the ISIS-K, who is calling the shots in Afghanistan.

We are so screwed. And it all rests squarely on stupidity combined with a large measure of malice, that just goes on and on.

Pretty soon, freedom is going to mean “nothing left to lose”, as the only response will have to be resistance.

[GOYAKLA]

Paging “Jack Ruby”! Come to the front.

[rlmorel]

I don’t watch television, but got out of bed the day before yesterday, walked by the television my wife was watching which was discussing this, and like so many things, I could only shake my head in disgust and keep walking.

That human stain should have been put to death back in 1968.

Deferred justice is not justice.

[budj]

"...Are we Really Going to Free an Assassin?..."

Yes

[Sans-Culotte]

The left does not believe in punishing crime. They constantly let murderers/rapists out of jail. No reason to keep holding Sirhan if they can’t hold anybody else.

[kosciusko51]

The left does not believe in punishing crime.

Well, it depends on the crime...

[BatGuano]

An absurd idea to parole Sirhan. He was sentenced to death but given life because CA is a girly state and won’t execute their assassins. Keep him in prison for another 50.

Who the hell had the idea to parole or release Sirhan?
I’m not going to CA anyway. How do the people of CA feel about his being released?

[neverevergiveup]

Why not? Look who we put in the White House.

[OrangeHoof]

but, but, but, if he stayed in jail he might get COVID! We HAVE to let him out!

[DoodleDawg]

He’s in his 70’s and has been in prison for over 50 years. He’s hardly a threat anymore.