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Timing Of Protest Is Suspect (Flash Back: Obama Czar Supports Cop Killer)
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 10/09/1999 (reposted on Drudge) | Chip Johnson

Posted on 09/04/2009 10:16:00 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen

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Supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a death row inmate convicted for the 1981 shooting death of a Philadelphia police officer, said the protest was called after the Supreme Court on Monday rejected claims that Abu-Jamal, a former radio journalist and Black Panther, did not receive a fair trial.

``We knew there was another event going on, but the timing of the court decision is what dictated when the protest was held,'' said Van Jones, a San Francisco civil rights lawyer who helped coordinate the protest march.

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1 posted on 09/04/2009 10:16:02 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen
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To: Kid Shelleen
Bye, Bye Van.
2 posted on 09/04/2009 10:18:47 AM PDT by Uncle Hal
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To: Kid Shelleen; Tribune7; TAdams8591; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; wireman; Mr. Binnacle; brityank; ...


**** Philly Metro/Delaware Valley Ping ****


3 posted on 09/04/2009 10:19:21 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen (Keep your socialized health care off my body !!)
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To: Kid Shelleen

He’s gone, gone, gone.


4 posted on 09/04/2009 10:20:59 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Uncle Hal

Hey, when you’re a trending topic on Twitter, you are gone.


5 posted on 09/04/2009 10:24:59 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Kid Shelleen

The fact that Mumia Abu-Jamal is still sitting in his death cell 28 YEARS after the crime is a crime in and of itself. What deterrence can there be from this? What it is instead is a triumph of political pressure on a compliant penal and judicial system. A travesty.


6 posted on 09/04/2009 10:26:27 AM PDT by SES1066 (Cycling to conserve, Conservative to save, Saving to Retire, will Retire to Cycle.)
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To: Kid Shelleen

Apology number (fill in the blank)


7 posted on 09/04/2009 10:28:51 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: Uncle Hal

Watch for him to become a massive Sh** disturber in the future.


8 posted on 09/04/2009 10:32:04 AM PDT by RC2 (Our Failure is Not an Option)
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To: Kid Shelleen

That figures.


9 posted on 09/04/2009 10:34:49 AM PDT by sport
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To: Kid Shelleen

wellwellwell - had enough?


10 posted on 09/04/2009 10:56:31 AM PDT by SueRae
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To: RC2

Excellent forecast.


11 posted on 09/04/2009 10:59:34 AM PDT by Tin Cup
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To: SES1066

“The fact that Mumia Abu-Jamal is still sitting in his death cell 28 YEARS after the crime is a crime in and of itself.”

I totally agree. That POS should’ve been long dead.


12 posted on 09/04/2009 11:01:45 AM PDT by ScottinVA (I remember Jack Kennedy... Jack Kennedy was a President of mine.. and Teddy, you're no Jack Kennedy!)
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To: ScottinVA

Obama will pardon him.


13 posted on 09/04/2009 11:44:32 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Kid Shelleen
Supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a death row inmate convicted for the 1981 shooting death of a Philadelphia police officer, said the protest was called after the Supreme Court on Monday rejected claims that Abu-Jamal, a former radio journalist and Black Panther, did not receive a fair trial. ``We knew there was another event going on, but the timing of the court decision is what dictated when the protest was held,'' said Van Jones, a San Francisco civil rights lawyer who helped coordinate the protest march.

Someone should ask Smirconish how that Hope and Change is working out for him

14 posted on 09/04/2009 4:36:22 PM PDT by JrsyJack (There's a little Jim Thompson in all of us)
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To: JrsyJack

Exactly my own thought. I guess Smirky enjoys giving the finger to Danny Faulkner.


15 posted on 09/05/2009 7:53:34 PM PDT by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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To: Gondring
It gets worse...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332649/posts

16 posted on 09/05/2009 8:51:26 PM PDT by JrsyJack (There's a little Jim Thompson in all of us)
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To: Kid Shelleen
``They chose the timing and location because the media was there for Code 33,'' said Sgt. Dave Walsh.

``It was unfair to the kids who worked so hard on this event,'' he added.

Wow.. Ubama couldn't have found a bigger scumbag if he tried.

17 posted on 09/05/2009 8:57:28 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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