Letter to LArry Page, CEO of Alphabet Inc. - Toomey Calls on Google to Apologize for Tribute to Supporter of Cop-Killer Mumia Abu-Jamal and Terrorists

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Dear Mr. Page,

I believe that the featured "Doodle" on the Google homepage today, a tribute to Yuri Kochiyama, a radical activist who stood with convicted cop killers and defended terrorists, is wholly inappropriate. My constituents in Pennsylvania frequent the Google homepage every day, so I feel compelled to weigh in.

During the early morning hours of December 9, 1981, Mumia Abu-Jamal senselessly took the life of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner. Officer Faulkner was performing a routine traffic stop when Abu-Jamal ambushed him, shooting him in the back and then in the face.

Not only has Abu-Jamal never expressed remorse for his actions or apologized to Officer Faulkner's family, but after the murder, he also boasted "I killed the [police officer], and I hope the [police officer] dies." During his trial, Abu-Jamal even had the audacity to smirk at Officer Faulkner's young widow when his blood-stained shirt was presented in court.

Why anyone would choose to defend a cold-blooded murderer like Mumia Abu-Jamal is incomprehensible to most. Yet, in the years that followed his cowardly actions, far-left radical activists, including Yuri Kochiyama, have turned Abu-Jamal into a cause célèbre. Not only did Ms. Kochiyama purvey a campaign of misinformation by holding up Abu-Jamal as a victim, but she also went as far as emblazoning her Christmas cards with the expression "Save Mumia! Save Mumia!"

The sacrifices our law enforcement officers make deserve to be honored and respected. It is insulting to our law enforcement officers and their families when individuals are honored who exploit a false narrative to further an extreme agenda.

Equally disturbing was Ms. Kochiyama's sympathy for terrorists. She supported Japanese Red Army member Yu Kikumura who was convicted of planning to bomb a U.S. Navy recruitment office. Then again, following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, Ms. Kochiyama voiced support for Bin Laden on multiple occasions while denigrating the United States.

"Google Doodles" have honored heroes such as Frederick Douglass, Florence Nightingale, Martin Luther King Jr., and our nation's veterans. Yuri Kochiyama supported a convicted cop killer, admired a terrorist mastermind, and does not deserve this tribute. While Google has the legal right to pay tribute to whomever it pleases, I believe the company should exercise more discretion and better judgement in the future and apologize to those that the tribute to Ms. Kochiyama offended.

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