California Senate Candidate Defended Notorious Cop Killer

Written by on February 21, 2023

California 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 . . .



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