NAPO Strongly Opposes Civil Rights Division Nomination
January 8, 2014
Dear Members,
Please see the letter below (or attached) to President Obama regarding NAPO’s strong opposition to the nomination of Debo Adegbile to be the next Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice. This nomination is a slap in the face of American law enforcement, to put it mildly. We understand that past leaders of the Civil Rights Division have made (or tried to make) a name for themselves by investigating and prosecuting police officers. We don’t like it, but we get it. But this nomination goes so much farther. Here we have a nominee who’s made his name defending one of the most notorious and unrepentant cop killers around, Wesley Cook, aka “Mumia Abu-Jamal” the convicted murderer of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner.
I would respectfully urge every member group to please write the two senior senators in charge of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont, Chairman, and Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Ranking Member of the Committee. Also please consider writing your two United States senators on this as well, because the Senate must still vote on this nomination before it can take effect. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Bill
William J. Johnson
Executive Director
National Association of Police Organizations, Inc.
317 South Patrick Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
(703) 549-0775 office
(703) 684-0515 fax
Dear Members,
Please see the letter below (and attached) to President Obama regarding NAPO’s strong opposition to the nomination of Debo Adegbile to be the next Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice. This nomination is a slap in the face of American law enforcement, to put it mildly. We understand that past leaders of the Civil Rights Division have made (or tried to make) a name for themselves by investigating and prosecuting police officers. We don’t like it, but we get it. But this nomination goes so much farther. Here we have a nominee who’s made his name defending one of the most notorious and unrepentant cop killers around, Wesley Cook, aka “Mumia Abu-Jamal” the convicted murderer of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner.
I would respectfully urge every member group to please write the two senior senators in charge of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont, Chairman, and Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Ranking Member of the Committee. Also please consider writing your two United States senators on this as well, because the Senate must still vote on this nomination before it can take effect. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Bill
William J. Johnson
Executive Director
National Association of Police Organizations, Inc.
317 South Patrick Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
(703) 549-0775 office
(703) 684-0515 fax
Dear Members,
Please see the letter below (and attached) to President Obama regarding NAPO’s strong opposition to the nomination of Debo Adegbile to be the next Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice. This nomination is a slap in the face of American law enforcement, to put it mildly. We understand that past leaders of the Civil Rights Division have made (or tried to make) a name for themselves by investigating and prosecuting police officers. We don’t like it, but we get it. But this nomination goes so much farther. Here we have a nominee who’s made his name defending one of the most notorious and unrepentant cop killers around, Wesley Cook, aka “Mumia Abu-Jamal” the convicted murderer of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner.
I would respectfully urge every member group to please write the two senior senators in charge of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont, Chairman, and Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Ranking Member of the Committee. Also please consider writing your two United States senators on this as well, because the Senate must still vote on this nomination before it can take effect. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Bill
William J. Johnson
Executive Director
National Association of Police Organizations, Inc.
317 South Patrick Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
(703) 549-0775 office
(703) 684-0515 fax
Dear Members,
Please see the letter attached to President Obama regarding NAPO’s strong opposition to the nomination of Debo Adegbile to be the next Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice. This nomination is a slap in the face of American law enforcement, to put it mildly. We understand that past leaders of the Civil Rights Division have made (or tried to make) a name for themselves by investigating and prosecuting police officers. We don’t like it, but we get it. But this nomination goes so much farther. Here we have a nominee who’s made his name defending one of the most notorious and unrepentant cop killers around, Wesley Cook, aka “Mumia Abu-Jamal” the convicted murderer of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner.
I would respectfully urge every member group to please write the two senior senators in charge of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont, Chairman, and Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Ranking Member of the Committee. Also please consider writing your two United States senators on this as well, because the Senate must still vote on this nomination before it can take effect. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Bill
William J. Johnson
Executive Director
National Association of Police Organizations, Inc.
317 South Patrick Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
(703) 549-0775 office
(703) 684-0515 fax