Mumia Abu Jamal is a liberal icon, so much so that a former lawyer of his, Debo Adegbile, formerly of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, has been nominated by Obama to be Assistant Attorney-General for the Justice Departments' Civil Rights Division.
Cases like these bring yet another thorny question to this ghetto criminologists' mind.
It is, " Should Cops Die To Further So-Called Black ' Progress? ' "
Think about it, the 1960s and 1970s had a handful of Black activists who felt shooting and even ambushing police were acceptable protest methods.
Please note how few Black activists chose this route, despite the break taking spectrum of approaches ranging from the legalist moderation of that eras' NAACP, to the conspicuously non-violent militancy of the Nation of Islam.
That's why the love affair of modern liberals with past activists who shot police officers is puzzling, given their claim to support law and order?
If a cop killer like Mumia Abu Jamal one of their heroes, then doesn't that put admirers on the same moral plane as Civil Rights era Whites who supported murderous bigots ( police officers included ) who assassinated Blacks and civil rights workers of all colors?
Would the names of Martin Luther King; Medgar Evers and Schwerner, Chaney and Goodman rouse deeply slumbering morality?
It's a slippery slope when one supports private executions performed within your ideological bandwidth, but those of the opposition are instant crimes against humanity.
As a young anti-Apartheid activist in the late 80s, I faced this dilemma when considering some folks use of necklacing as a method of protest.
In my estimation, opposition to institutional evil still demands ethical restraint upon those opposing it. The same people crying crocodile tears for Mumia Abu Jamal would be enraged if right wing activists chose his tactics against police today. They would riot if the aforementioned right wing activists dared target liberal politicians and spokes persons in this manner. Should someone who represented a cop killer be elevated to the lofty post of point man for federal civil rights cases nation wide? Those who answer. " Yes " must also reconcile themselves to the fact that future commentators may demand the same for advocates of violent persons with whom they passionately disagree. It's ironic those instituting hate crime legislation are so mute on the ultimate crime of hate against society, killing a police officer in the line of duty! Returning to my original question, " Should cops die to further so-called Black 'progress?' " My answer is not only, " No!" but never, otherwise we chocolate coat the White Citizens Council and Klan mindset of yester year and wear it proudly today.
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