Parsing through the a list of "anti-racist" books, I came across We Are Our Own Liberators—Selected Prison Writings by Jalil A Muntaqim.

Consisting of more than 36 years of the prison writings of Jalil Muntaqim, this collection represents some of the significant contributions he has made to the Black Liberation and New Afrikan Independence Movements. This second edition contains numerous updates and additional essays added by Muntaqim.

If someone has more than the 36 years of prison writings, they're usually a murderer. Who did Mr. Muntaqim kill?

The answer is he killed two NYPD officers,  Patrolman Waverly M. Jones  and Patrolman Joseph A. Piagentini in a double murder on May 21, 1971, a politically motivated terrorist attack by the Black African Army.

Patrolman Waverly M. Jones	Patrolman Joseph A. Piagentini

However, when I Googled Muntaqim I discovered there's fresh news on him. Thanks to New York state's parole laws, which recently saw a black transsexual released after two killings at age 80 allegedly kill again at age 83, Jalil A  Muntaqim is out again, and he's been invited to speak at SUNY Brockport  near Rochester, NY.

SUNY Brockport is claiming that its professors have academic freedom and that they support free speech, which I don't believe for a minute.

Here's the response of the NYPD Patrolmen's Benevolent Assocation:

The New York City PBA has learned that the notorious cop-killer now named Jalil Muntaqim has been invited to speak at the State University of New York’s Brockport College on April 6 in a taxpayer-funded “conversation” in which – promotional materials indicate – he’ll be depicted as a “U.S. political prisoner,” rather than the bloody assassin that he really is.

PBA President Patrick J. Lynch said: “SUNY Brockport has a duty to teach its students the truth. This individual is not a hero. He was not a political prisoner. He is an unrepentant murderer who can teach nothing but how to tear our society apart through violence. This lecture must be cancelled and replaced with a better lesson. We humbly suggest studying some of the heroes of the NYPD’s 32nd Precinct – not only Patrolmen Waverly Jones and Joseph Piagentini, but also Police Officers Jason Rivera and Wilbert Mora. These were four young men from diverse backgrounds who sacrificed their own lives to protect their community in times of turmoil. Brockport’s students should follow their example, instead of listening to Muntaqim’s self-serving lies.”

Rochester Police Locust Club President Michael Mazzeo said: “We stand in support of our brothers and sisters in the NYC PBA, as well as all active and retired police officers who are calling out the false portrayal of an ‘intellectual conversation’ that involves Anthony Bottom which is being hosted by SUNY Brockport. It is clear from own words in his previous blog posts (#30 & 31), that what he told the parole board were just words and nothing more. He was imprisoned for an act of intentional premeditated murder, not for a political view. His conversation at Brockport will be more of the same, blame everyone and everything in the world except his own actions. At a time when Rochester is facing unprecedented levels of violence and loss of life, the last thing we need is another ‘expert’ to further divide our community. While many are working hard to build a better future, we need meaningful answers, not more biased criticisms. The intellectual conversation that should be had is why it was beneficial to our city to approve his residency here with his background and character. We demand that Brockport cancel the event and instead work towards bringing people together for positive change.”

Fifty-one years ago, when his name was Anthony Bottom, Muntaqim and three Black Liberation Army comrades ambushed two unsuspecting patrolmen – Joseph Piagentini and Waverly Jones – by sneaking up behind them in a Harlem housing project and shooting them both in the back from point-blank range. Jones died immediately but Piagentini had to beg for his life before the killers finished him off.

An event invitation posted on SUNY Brockport’s website describes Muntaqim as a “loving human being” while neglecting to mention that he is a convicted cop-killer.

Diane Piagentini, the slain cop’s widow says literature for the event – titled “History of Black Resistance, U.S. Political Prisoners & Genocide: A Conversation With Jalil Muntaqim” – is full of distortions and omissions. She has written to SUNY Brockport’s president, Dr. Heidi Macpherson, and to the event’s sponsor, assistant professor Rafael Outland, pointing out the omissions and demanding cancellation of the event.

See Diane Piagentini’s letters to SUNY Brockport here.

“While my husband lay on the ground pleading with them not to kill him, pleading he had a wife and children,” Mrs. Piagentini wrote in the letter to Outland, “Bottom took his (the officer’s) service revolver and emptied it into his body. There were 22 bullet holes in his body…”

In the letter, Mrs. Piagentini also informed Outland that 'when asked why he had killed a black officer, Bottom replied, ‘A pig is a pig’ it made no difference to him. He cursed that the white officer would not die.'"

Fact Check: Convicted cop-killer to speak at SUNY Brockport? WHEC, March 14, 2022

One more thing about this guy: he was registered to vote, illegally, under his birth name. But now he's legally registered to vote, because the New York State legislature wants people like him to vote. From the same story:

You may recognize the name "Anthony Bottom" from our previous coverage on him back in October of 2020 when he registered to vote in Monroe County. When the Board of Elections was notified, it purged his registration due to his felony conviction.

Since then, state election law has been amended to allow convicted felons on parole to re-register to vote once they're released, which happened for Bottom back on Dec. 28, 2021, so he is now eligible to vote.