Submitted by electric_ranger t3_ydwovo in philadelphia
Marko_Ramius1 t1_ituwjnh wrote
Reply to comment by AbsentEmpire in Hearing for Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted in officer's 1981 death, set for Wednesday by electric_ranger
Faulkner's widow was w/ the Oz camp at the debate yesterday so it definitely helps them with hammering Fetterman being soft on crime if there's a retrial. I think Shapiro won't be affected because there are numerous instances where he's had to step in and take charge when Krasner's been a fuckhead
Empigee t1_itvjqed wrote
Frankly, I've lost sympathy for the widow since she's started exploiting her husband's death to promote the Republican Party. Mumia is guilty as sin, but that doesn't make using her husband's death for political points excusable. More to the point, as a Senator, Fetterman would have no power over the Abu-Jamal case one way or the other.
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Empigee t1_itxhg0b wrote
My comment wasn't about her going to court. It was about her becoming a mouthpiece for Republican politicians. And let's be real: if her husband hadn't been a cop, Jamal, rightly or wrongly, would likely have gotten out a decade or two ago.
[deleted] t1_itxo1u3 wrote
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Empigee t1_itxp8il wrote
If they promote candidates who I feel will harm our community and our country, you're damned right they lose my sympathy. Faulkner has gone beyond trying to keep Abu Jamal in prison to actively promoting candidates who favor policies that benefit the rich at the expense of the poor, destroy the environment, and interfere with women's rights, all of which I would consider more important than someone who died over forty years ago.
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Empigee t1_itxweeu wrote
If someone is selfish enough to put their interests over those of the entire community, they do not deserve sympathy. It is not a matter of simply disagreeing with me. You are deliberately misinterpreting what I'm saying because it makes it easier for you to argue against me.
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