MSNBC defends Obama nominee who represented cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal

From the Daily Caller:

The liberal network MSNBC is working overtime to defend the Obama Department of Justice (DOJ) nominee who represented convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal.

Debo Adegbile, Obama’s pick to head the civil rights division in Eric Holder’s DOJ, has been staunchly defended by groups including Media Matters for America, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the American Bar Association. Adegbile might face a Senate committee vote Thursday.

The Daily Caller reported Dec. 29 that Adegbile represented Abu-Jamal during his tenure as acting president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) in 2012. The following year Adegbile left LDF, which still serves as Abu-Jamal’s legal counsel. “Whoever [defends Abu-Jamal] either doesn’t know or has chosen to ignore the facts of the case, which overwhelmingly support his conviction and guilt,” said a spokesman for the Fraternal Order of Police, which strongly opposes Adegbile’s nomination, noting that the Obama administration has been in contact with the Fraternal Order since Adegbile’s past became a national media issue. The widow of Abu-Jamal’s victim Daniel Faulkner said she is “outraged” by Obama’s nomination and wants to testify during Adegbile’s confirmation process.

My biggest problem with the representation of Mumia Abu-Jamal is the case has been distorted beyond recognition. He was convicted of murdering a cop. So why all the hand wringing? Who cares about the color of the cop or of Abu-Jamal? You don't get to kill a cop in cold blood without repercussions.