Obama Commutes Sentence of Puerto Rican Terrorist Organization Mastermind

This is Obama’s last week as president — but he’s not done stirring up controversy. In fact, he may have just done his most heinous act yet: He commuted the sentence of Oscar Lopez-Rivera.

Lopez-Rivera grew up in Chicago and was convicted of seditious conspiracy to overthrow the U.S. government when he was a member of the Puerto Rican independence group FALN.

Depending on who’s doing the talking, Lopez-Rivera was either a dangerous terrorist who used booby trap bombs and other weapons, or he was a freedom fighter who became a political prisoner since being convicted of seditious conspiracy and weapons charges.

Under Lopez-Rivera FALN, headquartered in Chicago and New York City, planted more than 130 bombs in U.S. cities beginning in 1974.

The group’s goal was Puerto Rican independence and destabilizing what they called the “Yankee capitalist monopoly.” Lopez-Rivera convicted and sentenced to 55-years, proclaimed himself an enemy of the U.S. government.

His North Side Chicago apartment was the bomb-making headquarters for the FALN. The FBI found 10 pounds of dynamite and blasting caps in Lopez-Rivera’s apartment.

During Lopez-Rivera’s trial in Chicago he was characterized as a leader, recruiter, trainer and bomb maker for the FALN.

If Obama is so concerned about his legacy — and all signs signal that he is — it’s stunning to see what Obama wants to be remembered for. He’s a disgraced commander-in-chief who not only failed to combat terrorism but enabled them in his last act as president. It’s shameful.

Source: ABC 7 Chicago