🧵 THREAD: Andrew Cuomo’s Weather Underground Clemencies
Former NY Governor Andrew Cuomo quietly approved the release of two convicted domestic terrorists—people behind bombings meant to kill Americans. Hard to believe? Here’s what the media barely mentioned 👇
BREAKING: Andrew Cuomo granted clemency to two former Weather Underground radicals—Judith Clark & David Gilbert—convicted in the 1981 Brink’s robbery that left 3 dead.
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Clark was the getaway driver in the Brink’s robbery—two police officers & a guard killed. Cuomo said she’d “rehabilitated.” She walked free after 38 years.
#Cuomo #WeatherUnderground
🔗 nypost.com/2019/04/17/jud…
Cuomo also commuted the sentence of David Gilbert—another Weather Underground militant tied to the same deadly robbery. Released in 2021 after Cuomo’s clemency.
#NYC #LawAndOrder 🔗 thehill.com/homenews/state…
The Weather Underground called for revolution—bombed the U.S. Capitol & Pentagon—seeking to replace “imperialist America” with Marxist rule.
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Stanford sociologist Doug McAdam explains: the Weather Underground grew from 1960s activism into militancy—proof of how ideology can radicalize.
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#SocialMovements #1960s #cuomo
From violent revolutionaries to Cuomo’s clemency list—NY deserves answers.
Should convicted domestic terrorists ever receive political mercy?
#Cuomo #JusticeForNyack #NYPolitics
Think twice before you vote — do you want a mayor who grants clemency to domestic terrorists? Or is it time for common sense and real leadership in City Hall? Vote Curtis Sliwa for a safer NYC.
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