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Obama Skips Police Week, Hosts Controversial Rapper


May 15, 2011  |  

President Obama skipped the events of National Police Week in D.C. this
week, instead hosting a controversial rapper at the White House who has
praised a convicted cop killer.

On Wednesday, the White House hosted a poetry night with a performance from
Common, author of the work,
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAzTD5ASIf8&feature=player_embedded> "A song
for Assata," in dedication to Black Panther Assata Shakur, who was convicted
for the 1973 slaying of New Jersey Trooper Werner Foerster.

Earlier in the week, Fraternal Order of Police National President Chuck
Canterbury sent a letter expressing his "profound disappointment" with the
invitation and followed it up with a phone call reminding Mr. Obama's staff
that National Police Week is "a time to honor law-enforcement officers for
their service and sacrifice."

Obama did not attend the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund's
candlelight vigil Friday evening. He also skipped the Peace Officer's
Memorial Service on Sunday on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol. President
George W. Bush attended the Peace Officer's Memorial every year except one.

 



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