{"id":2216184,"date":"2024-04-09T05:25:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T09:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/embattled-biden-judicial-nominee-adeel-mangi-served-on-legal-aid-society-board-as-it-defended-notorious-cop-killers\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T05:27:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T09:27:21","slug":"embattled-biden-judicial-nominee-adeel-mangi-served-on-legal-aid-society-board-as-it-defended-notorious-cop-killers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/embattled-biden-judicial-nominee-adeel-mangi-served-on-legal-aid-society-board-as-it-defended-notorious-cop-killers\/","title":{"rendered":"Controversial Biden judicial pick Adeel Mangi sat on Legal Aid Society board during defense of infamous cop killers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Fembattled-biden-judicial-nominee-adeel-mangi-served-on-legal-aid-society-board-as-it-defended-notorious-cop-killers%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=2216184&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 Legal Aid Society, with board guidance, defended notorious cop killers.\u2063 Biden&#8217;s judicial pick,\u200b Adeel Mangi, faced scrutiny for\u2062 his involvement.\u2063 Mangi served on the board from 2016 to\u200d 2021, defending criminals like Herman\u200d Bell and Jalil Muntaqim. Controversies\u2063 surround Mangi&#8217;s affiliations \u2062with groups supportive of domestic terrorists and cop killers, raising questions about his nomination for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Legal Aid Society says members of its board of directors &#8220;provide crucial guidance that strengthens&#8221; the organization\u2019s work. When President Joe Biden&#8217;s embattled judicial nominee Adeel Mangi served on the board, that work included defending some of New York\u2019s most notorious cop killers.<\/p>\n<p>Mangi, the nominee for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, served on the Legal Aid Society of New York\u2019s board from December 2016 until November 2021, according to tax filings. During that period, the &#8220;social justice law firm&#8221; represented a Black Liberation Army duo who assassinated a pair of New York City police officers in 1971, securing parole for one and keeping the other from having his parole reversed.<\/p>\n<p>The cop killers\u2019 parole was opposed by the New York City police department and former mayor Bill de Blasio (D.), who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/nypd\/news\/s0326\/letter-mayor-de-blasio-new-york-state-parole-board-urging-reversal-the-decision-to\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> the duo had murdered the officers &#8220;for no other reason than the uniforms on their backs and the shields on their chests.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Revelations about the Legal Aid Society\u2019s work come as Mangi already faces headwinds to his nomination over links to another group with an affinity for domestic terrorists and cop killers. Mangi serves on the advisory board of the Alliance of Families for Justice, which in 2021 hailed a group of black nationalists who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-ted-cruz-grills-biden-doj-nominee-for-allegedly-organizing-event-that-celebrated-cop-killers\/\" title=\"WATCH: Ted Cruz Grills Biden DOJ Nominee For Allegedly Organizing Event That Celebrated Cop Killers\">murdered police officers<\/a> as &#8220;freedom fighters.&#8221; Kathy Boudin, who served 23 years in prison for murdering two New York state patrolmen, was a founding director of the alliance.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers for the Legal Aid Society represented Herman Bell and Jalil Muntaqim, former members of the Black Liberation Army who assassinated New York City police officers Joseph Piagentini and Waverly Jones in May 1971 after luring them with a fake 911 call to a housing project in Harlem. Bell and Muntaqim murdered San Francisco police sergeant John Young inside a patrol station in August 1971.<\/p>\n<p>The Legal Aid Society secured parole for Muntaqim, also known as Anthony Bottom, in 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2020\/05\/27\/coronavirus-elderly-prisoner-jalil-muntaqim\/?fbclid=IwAR0NY_-gpzeikPciOm0XPIt2Ppruu-VGrHoJAocmPDmjI01Mjgm0vdxIOxA_aem_AbHD5ZzxhIqk7CnrLtHM-JvMocCR_voZMyDUY5BlZrkmAGlhKnjG9GQUH8Z8Cj9TBBCXxTXNn9na4OJeM2_45Yw0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claiming<\/a> he was being &#8220;left to die&#8221; in prison because of the coronavirus pandemic. In 2019, the Legal Aid Society represented Bell against an appeal from Piagentini\u2019s widow, Diane Piagentini, who sued to reverse his parole the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>Piagentini, who has spoken out in favor of police in the decades since her husband&#8217;s murder, said Mangi &#8220;doesn&#8217;t belong on the Court of Appeals due to his affiliations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s not going to be for law and order,&#8221; she told the <em>Washington <\/em><em>Free Beacon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) said Mangi\u2019s position with the Legal Aid Society should also disqualify him from consideration.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His nomination to be a federal judge is an insult to every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-judge-bans-thin-blue-line-clothing-for-court-employees\/\" title=\"Maryland Judge Bans \u2018Thin Blue Line\u2019 Clothing For Court Employees\">brave law enforcement officer<\/a> in the country. If the White House had any sense of decency, it would pull back this nomination,&#8221; Cruz told the<em> <\/em><em>Free Beacon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The White House and outside liberal groups have mounted a pressure campaign to salvage Mangi\u2019s nomination, accusing Republicans of opposing Mangi because he is Muslim. Mangi, who would be the first Muslim to serve on a federal appeals court, has claimed ignorance about the activities of the groups on whose boards he\u2019s served. He has claimed to oppose terrorism, support police, and abhor cop killers. But he has not addressed any of the specific offenders to which his groups have been linked.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear what Mangi knew of the controversial Legal Aid Society clients when he served on the board. Mangi, who has donated between $2,000 and $10,000 to the Legal Aid Society, did not respond to multiple requests for comment. The Legal Aid Society did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>White House spokesman Andrew Bates defended Mangi and the Legal Aid Society, which he called a &#8220;nonpartisan organization funded by a wide range of high-profile companies.&#8221; He said former president Donald Trump nominated judicial candidates who directly represented cop killers. &#8220;This double standard speaks to how weak the smears again Mr. Mangi, who is endorsed by nearly a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/third-senate-democrat-comes-out-against-bidens-controversial-judicial-nominee\/\" title=\"Third Senate Democratic member opposes Biden's contentious judicial nominee\">dozen law enforcement organizations<\/a>, really are,&#8221; Bates said.<\/p>\n<p>The Legal Aid Society, founded in 1876, represents indigent clients and has won accolades for representing others wrongfully imprisoned. But its work has also led it to represent some of New York City\u2019s most violent killers.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the case with Bell and Muntaqim, whose murders still reverberate in New York City nearly 50 years later. The killings were part of a cross-country crime spree where the Black Liberation Army used bank robberies, bombings, and police assassinations to advance their revolutionary cause.<\/p>\n<p>In May 1971, Bell and Muntaqim made a fake 911 call to lure police officers to a Harlem housing project. According to the New York City police department, Muntaqim shot Jones in the back of the head, killing him instantly. Piagentini\u2019s death was &#8220;cruelly prolonged,&#8221; the department said. Bell shot Piagentini more than a dozen times, during which time the officer pleaded for his life. Muntaqim &#8220;finished off Piagentini,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/nypd\/news\/f0420\/the-truth-herman-bell#\/0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to police<\/a>. The officer\u2019s dying words were of his daughters, ages 1 and 3.<\/p>\n<p>Bell and Muntaqim continued their domestic terrorism spree. In August 1971, they were part of a group of Black Liberation Army members who attacked a police station in San Francisco. The terrorists attacked a nearly empty police station after officers left to respond to a call about a bomb threat. Inside the station, Bell and Muntaqim fired shotguns repeatedly into the station, killing Sgt. John V. Young. They pleaded guilty in the case in 2007 while in jail in New York for the murders of Piagentini and Jones.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Legal Aid Society lawyers representing Muntaqim in his parole hearings complained that he was &#8220;being left to die&#8221; from coronavirus. He was released from jail in October 2020, after 11 previous parole denials. In 2019, the Legal Aid Society defended Bell in a lawsuit brought by Piagentini\u2019s widow, Diane, who sued the state over Bell\u2019s parole. The group <a href=\"https:\/\/appellatesquawk.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/amicus-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> that Mrs. Piagentini\u2019s &#8220;private wishes&#8221; regarding Bell\u2019s parole were overridden by the &#8220;public interest&#8221; in having him released from prison.<\/p>\n<p>The Legal Aid Society represented other cop killers during Mangi\u2019s tenure on the board.\t<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Legal Aid Society called for the release of Christopher Ransom, who was in jail awaiting trial for the murder of New York City detective Brian Simonsen. Simonsen was killed by friendly fire after officers shot at Ransom when he brandished a fake gun during an armed robbery. The Legal Aid Society said Ransom should be released from jail until trial because of the heightened risk from coronavirus. After Ransom pleaded guilty in November 2021, his Legal Aid Society lawyers portrayed him as a victim, <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/christopher-ransom-brian-simonsen-jagger-freeman-t-mobile-store-robbery\/11246073\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claiming<\/a> Ransom suffered &#8220;immense physical and emotional pain \u2026 as a result of injuries sustained in the NYPD&#8217;s friendly fire shootout.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Legal Aid Society has represented Bruce Lorick, who murdered New York City police officer Joseph Keegan in 1980 after he was stopped for jumping a turnstile in the New York City subway. The organization submitted documents in favor of Lorick\u2019s parole, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/iapps.courts.state.ny.us\/nyscef\/ViewDocument?docIndex=kxAbKequx7Y1bQQtMJggfA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">court records<\/a>. He was released in 2021 but has since been arrested on charges of cocaine possession, shoplifting, and strangulation. The Legal Aid Society sued on behalf of Lorick in December to have him released from Rikers Island, claiming the cop killer was &#8220;unlawfully detained.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Legal Aid Society credits its board members for offering essential guidance to enhance its mission. During his tenure on the board, President Joe Biden&#8217;s controversial judicial nominee Adeel Mangi was involved in defending highly-publicized cop killers in New York. 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