The man in charge of the social studies curriculum for Philadelphia public schools has posted several online tributes to the convicted cop-killer Assata Shakur, even using her photo as his profile picture on social media.
Ismael Jimenez, the director of social studies curriculum for the K-12 School District of Philadelphia, honored Shakur in several posts days after her death in September, but his public support for the woman who was once the FBI’s most-wanted terrorist dates back over a year.
“If we do not take ourselves seriously and we do not take our movement seriously then we’ll have to hang our heads in front of our ancestors,” Jimenez wrote on Facebook on Sept. 28, attributing the statement to Shakur.