‘Comrade Barbara’: California Senate Candidate Defended Notorious Cop KillerBarbara Lee has a long record of defending communists and murderersChuck Ross
February 21, 2023California Rep. Barbara Lee’s (D.) quest to succeed Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D.) may be imperiled by her support for the notorious cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Lee, who launched her Senate campaign Thursday, claimed in a 2001 report to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights that Abu-Jamal was "framed" in the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner because of his ties to black liberationist groups. The report, which Lee submitted with other members of the Congressional Black Caucus, also defended American Indian Movement leader Leonard Peltier, who is serving a life sentence for murdering two FBI agents in 1975.
Lee’s history of defending cop killers could hurt her chances in a competitive Democratic primary, in which she’ll face Reps. Adam Schiff and Katie Porter. While Abu-Jamal and Peltier have become martyrs for left wing activists, their cases have been lightning rods for political candidates. Most recently, Sen. John Fetterman (D., Pa.) distanced himself from an aide who referred to Abu-Jamal as her "buddy."
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