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convicted cop killer giving commencement speech at college

cartoon world... http://www.philly.com/philly/news/201410...
pea-brained faggotry spot
  09/30/14
Seems appropriate for the institution though, especially sin...
useless multi-billionaire
  09/30/14
Need rudolphs take on this
sapphire effete legal warrant senate
  09/30/14
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sapphire effete legal warrant senate
  09/30/14
Libs: you are shit.
mauve mind-boggling institution
  09/30/14
this isn't even a new form of trolling. it was done back in...
Out-of-control hyperactive state foreskin
  09/30/14


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Date: September 30th, 2014 9:35 PM
Author: pea-brained faggotry spot

cartoon world...

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20141001_Hitting_this_season_s_commencement_circuit__Mumia.html

Jason Laughlin, Inquirer Staff Writer

Last updated: Tuesday, September 30, 2014, 9:13 PM

Posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2014, 4:49 PM

Invitations to speak at commencement typically go to prominent politicians, A-list celebrities, or, occasionally, a bureaucrat with a free weekend.

Students at a Vermont college have gone a different route. They've invited a convicted cop killer.

Mumia Abu-Jamal, serving a life term for the 1981 killing of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner, is scheduled to address 20 graduates at Goddard College on Sunday through prerecorded remarks.

His conviction remains divisive. Despite repeated failed appeals, he maintains that he is innocent, and a "Free Mumia" movement has grown around him.

"They chose Mumia because to them, Mumia represents a struggle for freedom of the mind, body, and spirit," said Goddard spokeswoman Samantha Kolber. "Those were values important to this graduating class."

What Goddard grads call inspiring, local law enforcement finds offensive.

"It's an absolute disgrace," said Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police head John McNesby. "It's a slap in the face to Philadelphia law enforcement and all police officers."

The FOP and Faulkner's widow, Maureen, have battled to end Abu-Jamal's public speaking, which issues from a state prison in Frackville, Pa.

Abu-Jamal was found guilty of shooting Faulkner, then shooting him four more times as the officer lay helpless. Abu-Jamal, who himself was shot in the encounter, asserts that he was not the shooter.

"Every time this happens," McNesby said, "it opens a wound for Maureen Faulkner."

Goddard, in Plainfield, Vt., has 700 students and offers a curriculum without grades or tests. Students are encouraged to be self-directed and are evaluated on their individual growth. They do coursework from home, Kolber said, and visit the campus just a few weeks a year. The average Goddard student is 35, Kolber said.

Abu-Jamal received a bachelor of arts degree from Goddard in 1996 after completing coursework from prison. His speech will touch on black psychology and movements in history.

"He's going to talk about his personal educational experience, how school has helped him spread his voice," Kolber said.

His audience is to be fall semester students completing their bachelor of arts and bachelor of fine arts degrees and their guests.

Abu-Jamal scored a legal victory in 2011 when the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office dropped its pursuit of his execution. His sentence was changed to life imprisonment.

He has no motions filed in court at this time, said Judith Ritter, a Widener University law professor and, with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, a part of Abu-Jamal's defense team. She would not comment on whether he was planning further action to fight his conviction.

The graduates know they're courting controversy by inviting him to speak, but the school isn't certain the event will cause much stir.

"We're out in the middle of a rural area," Kolber said. "I'm not quite sure what the outcome will be."



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2688681&forum_id=2#26432088)



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Date: September 30th, 2014 9:55 PM
Author: useless multi-billionaire

Seems appropriate for the institution though, especially since he got his degree there /free mumia /smudge

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2688681&forum_id=2#26432233)



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Date: September 30th, 2014 10:08 PM
Author: sapphire effete legal warrant senate

Need rudolphs take on this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2688681&forum_id=2#26432349)



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Date: September 30th, 2014 10:45 PM
Author: sapphire effete legal warrant senate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2688681&forum_id=2#26432732)



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Date: September 30th, 2014 10:10 PM
Author: mauve mind-boggling institution

Libs: you are shit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2688681&forum_id=2#26432366)



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Date: September 30th, 2014 10:48 PM
Author: Out-of-control hyperactive state foreskin

this isn't even a new form of trolling. it was done back in '99 at evergreen college in olympia:

http://academic.evergreen.edu/b/bohmerp/znetjune99.htm

A Graduation Day to Remember

by Peter Bohmer

June 20, 1999

Mumia Abu-Jamal gave a memorable speech, recorded from Pennsylvania death row, to 8000 attendees, including more than 1200 graduating students, at the Evergreen State College graduation on June 11, 1999. During his 13 minute talk, you could have heard a pin drop, as almost everyone listened intently to Mumia's articulate voice.

Drawing on the history of racist oppression in this country and the resistance to it, Mumia Abu-Jamal, in his taped address prepared for the graduating students, urged them to live their lives deliberately and join the revolutionary struggle. He pointed out that "race" is a social construct but also a social reality, and that whites had made and could and should make the choice to fight against white supremacy and the evils of capitalism, and for the liberation of all people.

At the conclusion of his talk, a large majority of the audience gave him a loud standing ovation that could be heard all the way to his death row cell and hopefully to the U.S. Supreme Court, who will soon decide whether to consider the case. The attention paid by the graduating Evergreen students, their friends and relatives to Mumia's words, the interest in Mumia and the issues he raised, and the solidarity expressed by the applause, was very moving...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2688681&forum_id=2#26432761)