http://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-york-judge-idUSKBN17F0AK?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews
>A groundbreaking black jurist who became the first Muslim woman to serve as a U.S. judge was found dead in New York's Hudson River on Wednesday, police said.
>Sheila Abdus-Salaam, a 65-year-old associate judge of New York's highest court, was found floating off Manhattan's west side at about 1:45 p.m. EDT (1545 GMT), a police spokesman said.
>Police pulled Abdus-Salaam's fully clothed body from the water and she was pronounced dead at the scene. Her family identified her and an autopsy would determine the cause of death, the spokesman said.
>Abdus-Salaam, a native of Washington, D.C., became the first African-American woman appointed to the Court of Appeals when Democratic Governor Mario Cuomo named her to the state's high court in 2013.
>"Justice Sheila Abdus-Salaam was a trailblazing jurist whose life in public service was in pursuit of a more fair and more just New York for all," Cuomo said in a statement.
>The Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History said Abdus-Salaam was the first female Muslim to serve as a U.S. judge.
>Citing unidentified sources, the New York Post reported that Abdus-Salaam had been reported missing from her New York home earlier on Wednesday. Attempts to reach her family were unsuccessful.
>A graduate of Barnard College and Columbia Law School, Abdus-Salaam started her law career with East Brooklyn Legal Services and served as a New York state assistant attorney general, according to the Court of Appeals website.
>She held a series of judicial posts after being elected to a New York City judgeship in 1991.
She shot herself in the back of the head.
>Twice
and nothing of value was lost
>>131462
Rest in Peace
>>131522
Ow, the edge!!
>>131462
Mugging gone wrong or political assassination?
Yeah, RIP.
>>131522
sounds like she lived a better life than you uneducated hill-folk
>>131595
We control this nation you butthurt liberal. How you liking this farmer's dick up your ass?
>>131601
>being this delusional
step out of your trailer park once in a while
>>131601
You and what army?
>>131601
lol who writes like this
So how many people blamed trump already?
Oh imagine how juciy it would be if it turns out to be some kind of honor killing, the following mental acrobatics would be entertaining indeed. Will probably tun out to be either robbery or something though.
>>131654
It's just as likely to be a hate crime done by white nationalists.
>>131655
Don't be retarded.
>>131655
Yes, they are just as common as honor killings or just straight up robbery with murder. Not.
>>131655
More likely.
Teenage girls suffer honour killings not 65 year old judges.
Most likely a gang hit, common in the black community.
>>131655
Lols
>>131665
>Saying something that agrees with the person you are arguing with, then adding NOT at the end.
I know this is question is over used and has become a buzz-phrase, but in all seriousness. How old are you? Nobody I know who is over the age of 13 uses that.
Could also just be, you know, a murder.
>>131601
You're right, without food from the rurals we would all die.
>>131733
Um, like, yea, ya know?
>>131733
Wouldn't have happened if she was carrying a gun.
Train tracks, meet C4.
>>131762
a black muslim allowed to carry a gun? The hell are you thinking?
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/judge-sheila-abdus-salaam-committed-suicide-police-article-1.3051425
>It was unclear if Abdus-Salaam left behind a suicide note, and cops were awaiting the results of an autopsy before saying anything more, the police source told The News.
If I wanted to kill a judge, knocking them into a cold river and holding their head under when they try to get out would be a nice evidence free way of doing it.
>>131770
She must be like the 34998th person to have her murdered body found in that part of the Hudson river in the past 300 years or so. Classic gangster stuff.
>>131705
Correction: no one over 13, in 1996 :P
PS. Party on Wayne.
>>131462
black muslims (as in members of the nation of islam) aren't muslims so i'm not sure how to feel about this
>>131462
my girlfriends father worked with this woman, they were working on a murder case. he's really shaken up..
>>132145
She not even muslim. Just took the surname of her muslim ex husband
>>131941
How did jigsaw make all those traps without any information being left behind? Did he pick up every strand of hair he lost?
>still being /pol/cucked because you've been brainwashed into thinking Leftists and SJW Liberals are the same thing
Wew
>>131601
Her
>Court of Appeals
You
>Angrily shitposting on 4chan
What do you control again?
>>132366
that's a fucking movie dummy
>>131753
>You're right, without food from the rurals we would all die.
You could raise tofu trees.
>>132390
Best answer ever!
>>131753
Half of what you eat is probably harvested by latinos or latin american countries, way more reliable than horsefucking rednecks.
>She also tended to lean toward injured parties who brought claims of misconduct, fraud or breach of contract against wealthy corporations.
>against wealthy corporations
Found the motive