The New York Times, which played a key role in getting convicted and unrepentant murderer Kathy Boudin a parole, has now published a similar massive plea posing as a news story for her accomplice, Judy Clark. The piece is maliciously titled “The Radical Transformation of Judy Clark” as though Clark, understanding the heinous nature of her crime which left 9 children fatherless, is prepared to renounce the life that led to it. Nothing could be further from the truth. Of course Clark is in her sixties now and regrets her separation from the infant she abandoned to commit the crime (her last crime not her only crime). Her daughter is now 31 and she would obviously like to be able to share the kind of life with her that her victims cannot share with their dead fathers. And, of course, being old and gray, she no longer thinks Amerikkka is on the brink of a violent revolution and liberation. Unlike Boudin, moreover, she does seem to have given some thought to the enormity of what she did to those nine fatherless children. But that said, there is no indication that her parole plea is anything but self-serving, or that she has turned her back on the progressive terrorists — Boudin, Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn among them — who were her comrades-in-arms through the twelve years of armed warfare she conducted against her country and its citizens, which left more than a handful of people dead.
To begin with, Clark and her mouthpiece at the Times, present the culprit as an absent-minded accomplice to the one crime for which she was convicted, the Brinks robbery in Nyack NY in 1981. According to Clark, her participation was an “obligation” — the fulfillment of a promise she had made to participate as a getaway driver in a robbery she thought would never take place. This is baloney. Clark was part of a group that called itself “The Family,” which was a working alliance between the Black Liberation Army and the May 19th Communist Movement (so-named in part to commemorate the day the BLA murdered a black and white police team in New York for no reason other than that they were a black and white officer working together).
The May 19 gang was mainly women (among them Boudin, Clark and Susan Rosenberg) who served as the getaway team for the BLA in a string of bank robberies in which people were killed. One attempted assassination of a New York judge was unsuccessful. All these crimes were committed in the name of the revolution, which in the perverse eyes of progressives like Judy Clark, justified them. The Family had also sprung a cold-blooded killer — Assata Shakur — from federal prison. Clark’s role in the May 19th organization was not the beginning of her criminal career but its fulfillment. Previously she had spent 7 years as one of the most fanatical members of the Weather Underground, helping to conduct many bombings and kill at least three people, and probably also two police officers whose deaths are still under investigation.
A guilty person who understands their guilt and has genuine remorse begins by accepting responsibility for what they did and for all they did — and not pretending (as Clark does in this article) that they became a violent radical only after they were arrested as a result of guilt for not having been revolutionary enough. Or that their participation in the one crime they were apprehended for was actually the result of inattention or some other excusable offense.
Far more important, a truly remorseful terrorist will feel obligated to turn his back on his fellow terrorists and their supporters and do the innocent a service by revealing what they know, and who their networks are, and what they actually did — not just what they got caught doing. This kind of truth-telling is an authentic form of atonement and would protect others — and particularly young radicals just starting out who may become involved in criminal ventures just as Clark did when she was young and the tragedies she caused were still in front of her.
Update: Ron Radosh has a different take at Pajamas Media.
The court saw fit to give Clark a writ of habeas corpus in 2006 for unlawful detention. 9 prior arrests were dismissed or acquitted for Assata Shakur before the FBI was going to arrest her for having a broken taillight. Really, David, aren’t you ever going to stop trying to convict people in peacetime for their revolutionary actions in wartime decades ago? When does your kangaroo court close?
Looks like you must have known Mr. Horowitz way back when. I find it comical that you leftists preach about the 'social justice', yet do not want an unrepentant LEFTIST murdererers to get their due process through Americas broken justice system, thanks to yourself and folk like you.
It was OK that Medgar Evers wife, Merlie Evers received HER justice, but this one is not OK.
NO justice for this family..
If this was a white conservative man, you would be calling for his death.
And you 'people' hold the keys to our courts and wonder WHY nobody respects you.
So, heres the Q for you:
Are you now, or have you ever been a member of the Communist party?
Ah, yes, classic red-baiting. Just when you thought the Mad Jewess's post was going to end on a note of reason, instead – the ultimate zinger. When do we get to hear the 'walk like a duck' line? That would really be the nail in the coffin.
'Ah, yes, classic red-baiting'
In other words, "Mad Jewess" STOP exposing us.
Daulette, you are wrong. I am not a leftist, I am a Constitutionalist, a libertarian and independent minded. Our Constitution was founded in Revolution and needs to go back to it periodically. I don’t support Tookie Williams, or Ward Churchil. It’s you Schactmanites that can’t decide if you are CPUSA or Zionists. It’s a fact that at one point in our history, the FBI went cuckoo and tried to kill or jail everyone who opposed racism and war in the US. The US government pushed its people to the brink of revolution. Back then David tried to capitalize on it. If he didn’t burn his hands on it, he may still have kept on capitalizing and turned into a Mark Rudd or Todd Gitlin. Instead, he is trying to jail Assata Shakur and keep acquitted people in prison. I think it’s fair to dispute Jim’s especially since he tried to set himself up as the unelected Kultur minister of the US.
Ouch !
".,..the FBI went cuckoo and tried to kill or jail everyone who opposed racism
in the US." Oh, really? Barry Goldwater desegregated the Arizona National Guard.(In addition to his family's department store) I don't recall him having any trouble with the FBI. And the Republicans made a stronger showing voting for the Civil Rights acts than the Dhimmicrats.
It is PAULETTE, if you are going to use my name, COWARD.
thats #1.
#2.
Chomsky, "Libertarian" BOLSHEVIK, traitor.
Nuf sed about that.
"Libertarian"
Anarchist.
Nothings changed, you've just 'changed' your party b/c the Bolsheviks peaked too soon, and the neo-libertarian is anarchistic, which is right up your 'revolting' alley.
Nice to meet you PAULETTE! You could sing Doo Wop in the Ron Paul band. I am Robert, but Flipside is my real name. You are off the deep end if you think libertarians are communists. Also I don’t subscribe to Noam Chomsky’s tepid form of dissidence.
But Liberty is not LICENSE.
Why are you flogging me with that bumper sticker? Locke's political "science" becomes a mere political philosophy where his "is" becomes an "ought." He says we are not at liberty to destroy ourselves. He is incorrect. If "Liberty is not license" as you keep intoning, we shall become, we have in fact become a nation not of liberties but of licenses, issues by the state. Are you making some mere point about citizens not having the right to despoil others of their property? We live in a state kleptocracy. Why are you trying to pin it on me?
Yes, we have become a "nation of licenses" but look at the results. An out of control and unaccountable government; debt spiraling ever upward, to the point where it may never get under contol; open borders in the desert southwest that are a highway for criminals, terrorists, and drugs; inner cities where drug gangs rule; a 9% unemployment rate, that includes lost/destroyed jobs that may never come back; creeping Sharia law. I'm pinning this on you because you won't acknowledge these results. This saying is more than a bumper sticker, sir. In addition, since when do Locke's principles become "mere political philosophy?" These results cited above prove Locke's principles to be valid.
As you can see from the context within my statement, I DO NOT ENDORSE a "nation of licenses." Also, I am neither criminal, a terrorist, or a gangster, either, So I have to ask again, WHY are you pinning it on me? I also make the point again, that where an "is" becomes and "ought" we are no longer in analysis and observation, but in morality and philosophy, even if it is John Locke.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky
Chomsky has stated that his "personal visions are fairly traditional anarchist ones, with origins in the Enlightenment and classical liberalism"[72] and he has praised libertarian socialism
DONT insult people here that are intelligent.
Chomsky is with ya, FLIP.
As are neo Nazis.
Commies, nazis, and "Libertarians"
Odd bed fellows…but then again, this is 2012..
You are at a disadvantage in your rhetoric, Paulette, because although YOU are a Zionist, I am not a Nazi, a Communist, or a Chomsky supporter. A Nazi would say, Jews belong in a death camp. I don't believe that. A communist would say that the rich should be violently overthrown and have their property given to the poor. I don't believe that. A Chomskyite would be trying to make money by criticizing the apparatus that allows him to make money criticizing the apparatus. A Chomskyite supports the Jewish Lobby. I don't do those two things either. You are fighting some ghost in your head. I am simply an American, a Libertarian, and a Constitutionalist that is not a Zionist. Try that one on.
Just a note, Paulette, or Mad Jewess,
This Flip has shown himself to be an immature pouter and apparently has little else to do but write pesky notes against Mr. Horowitz.
I suggest not spending too much energy on him.
mlcblog
Shunning is a form of socialism. Who shuns?
The Amish
Catholics
Jews
Jehovah's Witnesses
CNN silent shunning of Ron Paul
Scientologists
Do you want to count yourself amongst these primitive tribal socialists?
You aren't a libertarian, Flipside, from reading your posts here you are merely an idiot with, like so many leftards, a superficial level of intelligence.
I didn't know they made a braille version of this website.
^him
And another thing:
'David, aren't you ever going to stop trying to convict people in peacetime for their revolutionary actions in wartime decades ago?'
MOVE TO RUSSIA, like 40 years ago.
You want Mr. Horowitz to go down to your level, that is what you want.
the truth:
You are so filled with guilt over your treason against America, the country that gave you your free speech to desecrate her. The country that gave you the right to pursue life, and liberty, the liberty to make MONEY to be on your computer. the right to even assemble freely speaking in traitorous speeches…face it, there is *NO* redeeming qualities in you, NONE.
Being "Libertarian" does not excuse you. You were not a Libertarian as a younger person, you use it now, because anarchy suits you. And "Libertarian" is a polite way to say you are authoritarian.
You are the plague.
"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague."
That was a nice rant. Save it for someone who isn’t self-employed and doesn’t have American ancestry and citizenship. Certainly don’t go accusing citizens of treason unless you are some kind of self-made military tribunal.
awwww…isnt that sweet – there a loving, tender gramma right out of Mayberry!…is he going to bake her home-made apple pie?….let the BITCH rot where she belongs and take you along with her flipside….
Ah, of course. The racist, Anti-Semite chimes in to defend an unrepetent militant murderer. What next?? Deny the Holocaust??
Why would a militant murderer repent? That’s impertinent. The only holocaust happening around here is a holocaust of journalism.
Holocaust denial was a game that began with the far RIGHT, FYI.
Scum (PERFECT name)
Nope, scum, wrongo.
LIBERTARIANS, Ron Paul supporters (LIBERALS) are the holocaust deniers.
It’s not libertarians. You just hate Liberty.
Liberty is NOT LICENSE.
Good, because I am a Libertarian, not a Licentiarian. I don't have a political philosophy based on getting permission.
But Hitler was a LEFTY SOCIALIST.
Beware of changelings .
There should only be one sentence for murdering traitors when caught, and life doesn't cut it. History proves that the only appropriate sentence is death, as the Venezualans are finding out with Chavez.
She is posing with her gray hair like the sweetest little old grandmother anyone ever saw. Butter would never melt in her mouth!!
Why bother getting a newspaper to shill for murderers ? Just ask former Governor Barbour – [R] Mississippi , who on his exit , issued 200 pardons , that is their record wiped clean , in addition to be let out on the loose .
Among them several murderers and violent offenders. NYT aint got nothing on Barbour eh ?
Whatever Barbour did does not excuse a current attempt to release another murderer .
Exactly , and that works both ways …..so where's the "moment of outrage " against Barbour ? BTW …..Barbour's escapade was "CURRENT " .
Trying to identify this killer as having been a freedom fighter fighting for a just cause is inappropriate. She took lives. She murdered. Clinton pardoned Puerto Rican murderers for political gain. These people were motivated to the degree that they cannot be trusted not to kill again.
Makes you wonder what JUSTICE really is in our PC agenda, Orwellian New Age liberal "culture". It becomes whatever the lib media or some senile judge declares it is.
What a bunch of word salad! There is no such thing as an “Orwellian New Age liberal.” Did you even read the damn book?
Yea , them "senile judges " …and it seems " senile ex-Governors ! Must be them pc lefties huh ?
But her main woman is black? isn't that funny!
Last time I looked , a murderer was a murderer , regardless of skin color or motive .Perhaps some here can rationalize between 'good murderers and bad ones " . I make no such distinctions – for murderers there is only two options , the death penalty or life in prison without parole ….PERIOD .
None should be released , tregarless of who may be ballyhooing it or for whatever their reasons , and this include newsrags like NYT , and idiot ex-governors like Barbour .
Noam Chomsky is not a liberrtarian!!
There are apparently more than a few readers of this site that dont't know the definition of liberty or how capitalism works or what murder is. pity.
Peter, please.
READ UP on enemies before you open your mouth. Ok?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky
Chomsky has stated that his "personal visions are fairly traditional anarchist ones, with origins in the Enlightenment and classical liberalism"[72] and he has praised libertarian socialism
Funny how the terms "pc " and political pandering get kinda mixed up , and play into "pardons " for murderers .
I was a police officer for 16yrs. until I was injured arresting a gang member. I lost a leg, my job, my dignity. I live on my pension have no insurance and suffer chronic pain syndrome as well as early onset dementia probably caused by all the meds I take. My attacker is alive, gets free food and medical care. He has both of his legs. For any pity being shown to this women is ludicrous. The families of her victims struggle every day. There is not such thing as closure for them. We need to get our priorities in order. Murderers should be executed and those who collaborate with them should get life in prison. Where is the mercy for the families of the cops she is responsible for killing.?
We need to stop coddling the police in our country. They have become like Israel, crying out in pain as they punch, kick, and pepper spray people.
Agreed ron 110% . Here's an anectdotal story , that unfortunately IS NOT …it's dead asss true .I had a neighborhood pal I grew up with who in his late 20's[ in the 80's ]decided to get involved with drugs . Remember QUAALUDES ? W ell as "pally " made more money he got bolder as many do and caught the attention of DEA . They set up a buy , pally got busted and got 10 years .[ FEDERAL MANDATED SENTENCE ] On arrival at the big house ,he met another "recent arrival " , this guy got pissed off over a tv show , and killed his sister-in-law and her 11 yr old son . Pally did every last day of his 10yr sentence , whilst the double murderer was out in 7 yrs.1 mo.The legal system is broken .If we can have Federal mandates on drug related crimes why in the hell not for MURDER ? And yes , in the commission of a crime all parties involved are guilty of murder should it involve the murder of a victim , citizen or law enforcement .
Some states do in fact hold any accomplice in a murder , equally guilty of murder . Other states do not . We call California "lala land " but it is in fact one of those states which does . So WHY not all states ? Why no Federally mandated sentencing in murder convictions ? Because in this country , sadly and to our own collective detriment …..we can't agree on any bloody thing !!!
Yes , we play politics ….even with murder . May G_D help you Ron .
Ann Coulter feerls that she [as well as MANY on the right ] have an inside track on morality and what's right or wrong .I'm a Centrist and Independent [thank goodness ] and the TRUTH of the matter is that htere are decent people in this country on the right and left , a FACT that the deluded PARTISANS of this country would deny [and DO ] . Coulter , the right's "epitomy of truth and justice " literally DEMONIZES the left , inculcates hatred for the left , blames the woes of the world on the left indeed all that bis wrong in this country , on the left . Partisan politics at their worst , for there are those on the left JUST AS guilty . The greater good of the United States often takes a back seat to partisan politics , as we have seen and anyone with a functioning brain can clearly see . Bi-Partisan greed , has brought this country to its knees in the recent financial debacle , and iun the name of WHAT ? Personal gain , and SELF-PERPETUATION on the part of our politicians .
Well… now that you spent over 100 words deflecting and not addressing the topic of this article (and the topic being discussed in these comments)… I didn't see Ann Coulter's name mentioned once in the article or on this page… why don't you try to get back on track and tell us what you think about Judy Clark (remember Judy Clark) and her pleas. You may be centrist and independent but that doesn't change the topic of this article one iota… does it?
Is that you, O Supreme One?
Incapable of answering my question?
Actually, I didn't think we were having an argument. We're probably on the same page near as I can figure.
…And to think having "one of our own " elected POTUS, will change a bloody thing in this poisonous political atmoshere , is the Great American FOLLY of the present …..as it was a bitter lesson to the Democrats . What makes the Right think it is any different ?? Unless there is a sea change in the way we view one another as members of a political party , no matter WHO gets elected in 2012 , won't make one bloody difference at all , there will simply be another self-destructive four years of animus .And people like Coulter and her counterparts on the left will continue to profit , write books and get paid for speaking engagements as we sink deeper into a morass .
What would we expect? The affirmative action candidate that is residing in the peoples house hung out with these people. He cut his teeth on jeremiah wright sermons. We will get no help from the liberals at the times. Don't subscribe to their lies……….Liberalism perverts all that it touches…everything……
Nah, I think she looks very stylish in her prison uniform and ought to stay there until she can be buried in it.
Nah, buried is too nice for her,and her ilk. ALL Leftist radicals should have their bodies dumped in the middle of wildlife territories,so lions,tigers,bears,buzzards,vultures,bugs,etc can eat them,until nothing but bones are left.
Radosh's column is thoughtful, but Horowitz has the better part of this argument. Radosh makes two mistakes: he considers her guilty of some offense less than murder because it wasn't her finger on the trigger, and he seems to believe that rehabilitation and/or repentance is somehow relevant.
Our law does not generally distinguish between those who actually pull the trigger and other co-conspirators who premeditated a felony that results in death (here armed robbery) and were involved in its commission, and for a very good reason – they share moral culpability for the offense of murder. Clark is guilty of murder, and must pay the penalty.
This brings us to the second point: justice requires retribution be inflicted on the criminal. Whether the criminal repents or not (and there is good reason to doubt it in this case, as Horowitz points out), or whether the criminal is rehabilitated or not, makes no difference. Our task in the criminal justice system must be to exact retribution. In the case of cold-blooded murder, that retribution must take the form of death or else life without parole. Clark took a life, morally, by assisting and abetting those who did the actual killing, and her own life must therefore be forfeit, if not by execution than by confinement in prison for life. Nothing less than that is justice.
The comments reflect perfectly the lunacy of this blog's author. What utter idiocy this man provokes in his followers! Bitter, right-wing crusader David Horowitz (who must still feel a tiny pang of guilt for recommending that very bookkeeper to the Black Panthers who was later murdered for discovering their financial discrepancies). Was the guilt too much to bear — or was your fanatic worship of the Black Panthers then just the opposite pole of your rabid anti-left nonsense now. You. Make. Me. Sick. And I do believe if you were at all honest, you'd make yourself sick too.