‘Comrade Barbara’: California Senate Candidate Defended Notorious Cop Killer

Barbara Lee has a long track record of standing up for communists as well as murderers. Barbara Lee / Getty Images

California Rep. Barbara Lee (D.), who is trying to succeed Sen. Dianne feinstein (D.), may be hampered by her support of the notorious cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal.

Lee launched her Senate campaign on Thursday. She claimed the seat in a 2001 election Report Abu-Jamal was referred to the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights. “framed” In the 1981 murder of Philadelphia officer Daniel Faulkner, it was because of his ties with black liberationist groups. Lee, along with other members from the Congressional Black Caucus submitted the report. It also defended Leonard Peltier, an American Indian Movement leader, who is currently serving a life sentence after he murdered two FBI agents in 1975.

Lee’s past history of defending cop-killers could be a problem in a Democratic primary. She’ll be facing Reps. Adam Schiff (D-NY) and Katie Porter (D-NY). While Abu-Jamal & Peltier are martyrs of left-wing activists and have been lightning rods in the political race, their cases have not. Recenty, Sen. John Fetterman (D. Pa.) distanced from an aide who referred Abu-Jamal to as her “buddy.”

Lee’s report, in which Lee referred to several convicted police killers as “political prisoners,” It is just one of many controversial statements that a former leftist activist, once known to her allies, has made. “Comrade Barbara.” She Has been praised Fidel Castro, Cuba’s dictator, is responsible for more Than 10,000 deaths in Cuba. “a revolution in Cuba that led social improvements for his people.” She spoke out after Castro’s death in 2016. “We need to stop and pause and mourn his loss.”

In 2021, Lee Participated A ceremony to remember HueyP. Newton, founder of the Black Panther Party, was held. He was accused of killing a policeman and a girl aged 17 years. Lee has often praised Newton, who she worked with as a community organizer for Oakland in the 1970s.

Lee will be able to retire earlier in 2021. Organised A congressional forum was held with several activists, including Ericka Huggins, ex-Black Panther. Huggins was accused of the brutal torture and killing of a Panther for allegedly lying to the police. Huggins was referred to by Lee during the forum. “comrade.” Huggins had accused Newton repeatedly of raping Huggins in the 1970s.

Lee also maintained ties with Soviet Communist front groups. Lee was an executive member of the U.S. Peace Council during the 1980s.