{"id":1490020,"date":"2022-05-24T13:30:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T17:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1490020"},"modified":"2022-05-24T13:31:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T17:31:13","slug":"new-arizona-democratic-party-official-has-past-of-trashing-police-wrote-official-statement-quoting-wanted-terrorist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-arizona-democratic-party-official-has-past-of-trashing-police-wrote-official-statement-quoting-wanted-terrorist\/","title":{"rendered":"New Arizona Democratic Party Official Has Past Of Trashing Police, Wrote Official Statement Quoting Wanted Terrorist"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-arizona-democratic-party-official-has-past-of-trashing-police-wrote-official-statement-quoting-wanted-terrorist%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1490020&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Arizona Democratic party hired a new staffer to help with the Governor\u2019s election who has advocated defunding police and evoked a cop-killing terrorist in an official statement, the Daily Caller has learned.<\/p>\n<p>Josselyn Berry, who previously worked as the Communications Director for the Arizona State Senate Democrat Caucus, was recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/575471101\/5-4-22-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hired<\/a> by the the Arizona Democratic Party to focus on the governor\u2019s race. During her last job for the Arizona Senate Democrats in 2020, Berry wrote an official statement quoting terrorist and convicted cop-killer Assata Shakur who is still wanted by the FBI, and in 2013, the agency added her to its list of most-wanted terrorists, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azmirror.com\/blog\/senate-dems-statement-quotes-convicted-cop-killer-wanted-terrorist\/\">according<\/a> to the AZ Mirror.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader David Bradley told the Mirror that he discussed the press statement on a conference call, but was not aware Shakur was a cop-killer or a terrorist. The outlet reported that Berry was the one who wrote the statement, but Bradley further claimed that Berry was also unaware of Shakur\u2019s criminal history.<\/p>\n<p>Shakur killed a New Jersey state trooper in 1973 and was convicted of murder and a number of other felonies. Shakur escaped from a federal prison in New Jersey in In 1979 and fled to Cuba in 1984. She still remains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/wanted\/wanted_terrorists\/joanne-deborah-chesimard\/download.pdf\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/wanted\/wanted_terrorists\/joanne-deborah-chesimard\/download.pdf&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1653425006283000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1YxtxVorTLoKJ6PwRn56WF\">wanted<\/a> by the FBI and was added to the FBI\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/archives.fbi.gov\/archives\/newark\/press-releases\/2013\/joanne-chesimard-convicted-murderer-and-fugitive-named-to-fbi-most-wanted-terrorists-list-with-1-million-fbi-reward-offered-for-information-leading-to-her-capture-and-return#:~:text=Today%2C%20on%20the%2040th%20anniversary,Bureau&#039;s%20list%20of%20top%20terrorists.\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/archives.fbi.gov\/archives\/newark\/press-releases\/2013\/joanne-chesimard-convicted-murderer-and-fugitive-named-to-fbi-most-wanted-terrorists-list-with-1-million-fbi-reward-offered-for-information-leading-to-her-capture-and-return%23:~:text%3DToday%252C%2520on%2520the%252040th%2520anniversary,Bureau&#039;s%2520list%2520of%2520top%2520terrorists.&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1653425006283000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3N0erDnJtYZVGYhBx0dF3X\">list<\/a> of most-wanted terrorists in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The Arizona Senate Democratic party issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AZSenateDems\/status\/1266504809755992064\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a> apologizing for quoting a terrorist and a cop-killer, shortly after.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Response to use of Assata Shakur quote in earlier statement <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wrtauNmchp\">pic.twitter.com\/wrtauNmchp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arizona Senate Democrats (@AZSenateDems) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AZSenateDems\/status\/1266504809755992064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Berry also has a past of pushing anti-police rhetoric and calling to defund the police. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/04\/16\/north-carolina-assata-shakur-fifteen-thousand-dollars-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Cop-Killer Assata Shakur Gets $15K Check From North Carolina Court)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I don\u2019t understand why <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CityofPhoenixAZ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CityofPhoenixAZ<\/a> is giving nearly a billion dollars to police ($745 million) &#038; only $242 million to housing, human services, and community development. I\u2019m asking my City Councilmember and Mayor to prioritize people, not the police. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PHXVOTESNO?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PHXVOTESNO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josselyn Berry (@joss_berry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joss_berry\/status\/1273352299025293312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83c\udfb6 Bad boys bad boys<br \/>whatcha gonna do<br \/>when they defund you \ud83c\udfb6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qx6UNaXRAB\">https:\/\/t.co\/qx6UNaXRAB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josselyn Berry (@joss_berry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joss_berry\/status\/1270538968241549313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a now-deleted <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joss_berry\/status\/1354253600784961538\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet<\/a>, Berry said her father only taught her two things: \u201cDon\u2019t trust the cops\u201d and \u201cDon\u2019t trust building contractors, who are even worse than cops.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the State Senate\u2019s apology, Berry still has a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joss_berry\/status\/1266417558023835648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">tweet<\/a> up that has not been deleted, quoting Shakur:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cIt is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Assata Shakur<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josselyn Berry (@joss_berry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joss_berry\/status\/1266417558023835648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She also minimized ISIS Terrorists and said was \u201cmore afraid\u201d of former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019m more afraid of Donald <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Trump?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Trump<\/a> and men like him than I am of ISIS <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/debatenight?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#debatenight<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josselyn Berry (@joss_berry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joss_berry\/status\/788923582709583873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Daily Caller contacted the Arizona Democratic Party and the Arizona State Senate Democrat Caucus about Berry and her past statements to which they did not immediately respond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arizona Democratic party hired a new staffer to help with the Governor\u2019s election who has advocated defunding police and evoked a cop-killing terrorist in an official statement, the Daily<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":1490057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1490020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1490020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1490020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1490020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1490057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1490020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1490020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1490020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}