Kris Hermes, a former NLG vice president, wrote a book in 2015 about the protests at the Convention entitled "Crashing the Party," thanked Krasner for representing Caleb Arnold and Danielle Redden, as they protested the "prison industrial complex." The protests included "A day of resistance to the Death Penalty and the Execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal."ĭuring the protests, some 400 people were arrested for allegedly assaulting police, obstructing roadways and committing numerous acts of vandalism.Īccording to an R2K press release at the time, the protesters at the convention were out advocating on behalf of "FREEDOM OF MUMIA ABU-JAMAL AND ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS" as well as to "ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY, ABOLISH THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, STOP POLICE TERROR" and "END THE CORPORATE WAR ON THE POOR." In their legal battle to disqualify Krasner as the prosecutor in the Mumia case, Faulkner's lawyers highlight Krasner's work on behalf of protesters at the 2000 Republican National Convention held in Philadelphia. The legal collective that Krasner was working for 20 years ago was set up by the National Lawyers Guild that since 1998, has listed Mumia as member of their governing board, referring to him as a "jailhouse lawyer and VP Emeritus." 22nd in state Supreme Court, Faulkner's lawyers, who were fighting to disqualify Krasner as a prosecutor, detail Krasner's work as a "movement attorney" and "strategist" representing "advocates for Mummia's exoneration and freedom." While we're talking about Krasner's charging unit, of which Sonam "FUCK THE COPS" Vachhani is a current member, everybody in Philadelphia should be concerned about how Larry Krasner is going to handle the people the cops arrested yesterday for the riots. spoke with the communications director about the matter and the communications director was provided written notice that her tweet violated the office's media policy." That's according to the D.A.'s brief that was filed in court in the most recent ongoing appeal in the 40-year-old Faulkner murder case.īut neither Roh Nor Krasner responded today to a question about whether Vachhani's post violated the D.A.'s media policy.Īccording to sources, Vachhani was told to take a couple of days off.
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Roh's tweet, the D.A.'s office subsequently declared in a legal brief, was "not authorized by the District Attorney or any of the prosecutors involved in this case." "There's something about this picture can't qwhite put my finger on it. The protesters were carrying "Dump Krasner" signs at a rally in support of Maureen Faulkner, the wife of slain Police Officer Danny Faulkner. Last October, Roh went on Twitter to mock protesters because of their race.
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"If this doesn't cause outrage, I don't know what would! TERMINATE HER NOW"īut going on social media to rip perceived political opponents and agitate for radical causes is a tradition in Krasner's D.A.'s office, as Jane Roh can testify. "Does anyone see anything abhorrent about an ACTIVE ADA posting this on Instagram?" Stinky Feat fumed on Twitter. On Twitter, Stinky Feat, a frequent Krasner critic, was calling for Vachhani's head.
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Krasner and Jane Roh, his alleged spokesperson, also did not respond to requests for comment. Vachhani did not respond to a request for comment. That's the group of ADAs who decide whether to charge suspects with crimes, like the alleged protesters who were arrested yesterday for looting and pillaging in Center City.
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She's currently assigned to the D.A.'s charging unit. The ADA's name is Sonam Vachhani, and she's been working for the D.A.'s office since May of 2017. Yesterday, at 8:56 p.m., while Philadelphia was under siege, the ADA put out an Instagram post of a Philly cop in Center City standing next to a graffiti scrawl that said, "FUCK THE COPS." The message was sent out under the hashtags "#justiceforgeorgefloyd, #nojusticenopeace" and "#blacklivesmatter." She's an assistant district attorney who works for D.A.