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ESPN yanks poem honoring cop-killer Assata Shakur

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ESPN yanks poem honoring cop-killer Assata Shakur | Fox News

An ESPN site targeting female sports fans on Thursday removed a poem paying homage to a convicted cop killer after “an oversight in the editorial process” led to the poem being published several days ago, the embattled sports giant told Fox News.

DaMaris Hill’s poem “Revolution” had led the April 25 ESPNW.com feature “Five Poets on the New Feminism,” which was produced “in honor of National Poetry month…to reflect on resistance, redefining feminism and movement,” according to a site description. But Hill’s poem opened with the dedication “(for Assata Shakur),” honoring the one-time Black Liberation Army member who has been hiding out in Cuba to avoid finishing a prison term for her murder rap.
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Shakur, aka Joanne Chesimard, the godmother of the late rapper Tupac Shakur, is suspected in a series of early 1970s incidents linked to black revolutionary groups in New York City, including a bank robbery, grenade attack and the ambushing of police officers in Queens and Brooklyn. She was convicted of fatally shooting a New Jersey trooper in the head in 1973, but escaped prison and, in the early 1980s, fled to Cuba, where she was granted political asylum. She is on the list of the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists.
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The real story here is that there is a professor at the University of Kentucky that submitted a poem by somebody she highly respects. That recommended poet is a known cop killer on the run, hiding in Cuba. She's also Tupac's mama.

I swear, Charles Manson could teach at a long list of American universities.

Meanwhile, ESPN fired just about everybody this week. Ever since they went CNN Sports route - constant stories about concussions, anthem protests, gender equity, black coaches inequity, etc - their ratings have tanked. Not to mention they have vastly overpaid for broadcast rights. (Liberals never understand business.)
 
A poem honoring cop killers. I can see no difference between the methods of terrorists and the methods of liberals.
 
reinoe said:
A poem honoring cop killers. I can see no difference between the methods of terrorists and the methods of liberals.
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Terrorists practice what they preach rather than just preaching.
 
In lib la la land cop killers are people too
 
Quick, Snowflakes, run to a safe space!
 
Erod said:
The real story here is that there is a professor at the University of Kentucky that submitted a poem by somebody she highly respects. That recommended poet is a known cop killer on the run, hiding in Cuba. She's also Tupac's mama.

I swear, Charles Manson could teach at a long list of American universities.

Meanwhile, ESPN fired just about everybody this week. Ever since they went CNN Sports route - constant stories about concussions, anthem protests, gender equity, black coaches inequity, etc - their ratings have tanked. Not to mention they have vastly overpaid for broadcast rights. (Liberals never understand business.)
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ESPN needs to stick to sports and stay out of politics. They are bound to lose money purely due to their inability to adapt to people snipping their cable cords in preference to streaming services. This type of stuff is also not going to help them at all.
 
Jredbaron96 said:
Can you hold my hand while we do it plz? : (
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There's a poem by a cop killing black woman! No time for hands! Every Snowflake for themselves! <trips Jred and runs>
 
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