The Dotard in Chief actually planned to give a posthumous pardon to Muhammed Ali for his conviction for refusing the Draft to the American War in Vietnam.
This plan was all going swimmingly until Ali's lawyer declined it on the grounds that Ali was pardoned by the US Supreme Court in 1971.
Former IRA volunteer and ex-prisoner, spent 18 years in Long Kesh, 4 years on the blanket and no-wash/no work protests which led to the hunger strikes of the 80s. Completed PhD at Queens upon release from prison. Left the Republican Movement at the endorsement of the Good Friday Agreement, and went on to become a journalist. Co-founder of The Blanket, an online magazine that critically analyzed the Irish peace process. Lead researcher for the Belfast Project, an oral history of the Troubles.
The Dotard in Chief actually planned to give a posthumous pardon to Muhammed Ali for his conviction for refusing the Draft to the American War in Vietnam.
ReplyDeleteThis plan was all going swimmingly until Ali's lawyer declined it on the grounds that Ali was pardoned by the US Supreme Court in 1971.
Doh!