Convicted Cop-Killer Mumia Abu-Jamal Selected As Commencement Speaker For College In Vermont
Verne Strickland: Well, you know Vermont -- right? They should join the union and quit playing footsie with Muslim fanatics and murderers -- scum of the earth and declared enemies of the United States. Who are the mamas and poppas of these misguided air-headed radical left-wing kids in that "small Vermont college?"
September 30, 2014
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John OstapkovichBy John Ostapkovich
The president of Goddard College, where Abu-Jamal got a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2007 despite being imprisoned hundreds of miles away, says he was selected as speaker by this class of grads, expressing their freedom to think radically.
But John McNesby, president of the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police, thinks otherwise.
“We have somebody who’s a convicted murderer, who’s in prison, and they’re allowed to be able to have special privileges. It just seems the only one being penalized here is Maureen Faulkner and she’s fed up with it,” McNesby said.
Corrections Department spokeswoman Sue McNaughton says Abu-Jamal is merely making use of his phone privileges.
“He’s done this before in the past. He’s made other commencement addresses. They’re not live, from what I understand. They’re recorded and then played.”
McNaughton says the department does not endorse Abu-Jamal’s speech, but he has the right to talk.
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