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发帖数: 24733 | 1 Assata Shakur birthday honored by Women's March organizers
After spending the weekend protesting the National Rifle Association, the
Women's March came under fresh scrutiny Monday for sending a birthday
greeting to a convicted cop killer currently on the FBI's list of most-
wanted terrorists.
"Happy birthday to the revolutionary #AssataShakur! Today's #
SignOfResistance, in Assata's honor, is by @Meloniousfunk," the group
tweeted Sunday.
Happy birthday to the revolutionary #AssataShakur! Today's #
SignOfResistance, in Assata's honor, is by @Meloniousfunk. pic.twitter.com/
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— Women's March (@womensmarch) July 16, 2017
Shakur, also known as Joanne Chesimard, the godmother of the late rapper
Tupac Shakur, is suspected in a series of early 1970s incidents linked to
black revolutionary groups in New York City -- including a bank robbery,
grenade attack and the ambushing of police officers in Queens and Brooklyn.
She was convicted of shooting a New Jersey trooper to death in 1973, but she
escaped prison and, in the early 1980s, fled to Cuba, where she was granted
political asylum.
The post created a firestorm on Twitter, with many pointing to the group
celebrating the birthday of a fugitive.
This is an unbelievable tweet. This woman is a convicted cop-killer. Is
that what the women's march honors? https://t.co/ahAliwWKsC
— David French (@DavidAFrench) July 17, 2017
literally honouring a killer who is on the FBI's most wanted terrorist
list. Vomit. https://t.co/K02luGpbRo
— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) July 17, 2017
Radio host Dana Loesch, who has been targeting by the group for her pro-NRA
ad, also responded to the tweet.
Hi @womensmarch — you celebrate cop killers. I celebrate truth. My ad
was beautiful and it stays. You don’t get to censor my speech. #2A
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) July 17, 2017
"Hi @womensmarch — you celebrate cop killers. I celebrate truth. My ad was
beautiful and it stays. You don’t get to censor my speech. #2A," Loesch
wrote.
The Women's March has celebrated controversial individuals in the past,
including Donna Hylton, who was convicted of kidnapping a man and torturing
him to death. |
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