Sirhan Sirhan killed no one. So why does Gov. Newsom think that he should die in prison, while Leslie van Houten—who massacred two people—may go free?
Sirhan Sirhan killed no one. So why does Gov. Newsom think that he should die in prison, while Leslie van Houten—who massacred two people—may go free?
There's a question that RFK, Jr. might put to the governor, if and when they ever happen to debate
Here Bobby tells us what he’d ask the governor about what’s happened to the state of California (specifically, to San Francisco) on the latter’s watch. Although the entire interview is well worth watching, the part about the urgent need for real debates (starting at 3:22) is especially cogent.
Now, if, through some miracle, the governor should ever find himself in a debate with this Bobby Kennedy, I think that we’d all benefit from having him explain why he’s kept Sirhan Sirhan locked up in federal prison, even though it is beyond dispute that Sirhan killed no one in the Ambassador Hotel that fateful night of June 5, 1968.
It is beyond dispute that Sen. Kennedy was fatally shot from behind, and that Sirhan was in front of him when he fired wildly, wounding five (all of whom survived). Thus it is (again) beyond dispute that Sirhan did not kill Robert Kennedy, or anybody else. And yet, when the parole board voted to free Sirhan in 2021, Gov. Newsom blocked his release, which was blocked again this year.
Meanwhile, Gov. Newsom has elected not to interfere with the release of Leslie van Houten, even though it is beyond dispute that she helped massacre two people, Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, in cold blood, on the orders of Charles Manson. After the governor blocked her release, the court reversed him; and he chose not to appeal, so she’s gone free.
Why has Gov. Newsom blocked Sirhan’s release? He claimed that he was acting to protect the people of his state (as if he’s ever done a single thing for them), the fact that Sirhan never has killed anyone should make clear to anyone with half a brain that that’s complete crapola. What he’s evidently trying to protect is not the people of his state, or anybody else, but the official story of that pivotal assassination.
And if this Bobby Kennedy doesn’t get a chance to ask the governor that question, someone else should ask him, and ask him now, and keep on asking him until he answers.
California Gov. Won’t Appeal Parole for Manson Family Member Leslie Van Houten
July 8, 2023
Note how this piece—just like Newsom—blandly re-asserts the propaganda fiction pumped out by the media 55 years ago, and ever since:
Newsom denies parole of RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan
January 13, 2022
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has blocked the release from prison of Robet Kennedy’s assassin Sirhan Sirhan, whose fatal shots half a century ago rocked America and redirected history.
The Democratic governor said he had determined that Sirhan posed too great a threat to public safety, citing Sirhan’s declining to accept responsibility for the crime or to renounce violence.
Sharon Tate's sister speaks out for 1st time since Leslie Van Houten's release
July 15, 2023
(LOS ANGELES) -- Debra Tate, the sister of slain actress Sharon Tate, has publicly pleaded for years to keep members of the Manson family cult behind bars despite their eligibility to petition for parole.
That includes Leslie Van Houten, who was released on parole Tuesday after spending 53 years in prison for the murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.
According to her attorney, Van Houten is now in a "transitional living facility." She was released to parole supervision and "will have a three-year maximum parole term with a parole discharge review occurring after one year," the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said.
While Manson didn't commit the killings himself, he commanded his followers to do so. Manson died in prison in 2017.
Now, Debra Tate is speaking out for the first time since Van Houten's release in an exclusive interview with "Nightline." ….
When I was 6, I believed the nightly news (1970). I stopped believing 30 years later, after much evidence. Now that I am almost 60, I have stopped believing in anything but individual sovereignty and focus on how not to die by the hand of my so-called leaders.
Ðead men tell no tales. Gavin is merely following orders from.his superiors.