United
States' first female Muslim judge found dead in Hudson River
By Ian Simpson,Reuters 11 hours ago
To be
dumped in the ocean
Is horrific
She looks
like a very nice mother
And
wonderful person
Just too
hateful, America!!
More than
other senseless deaths
This one
touches my very core
Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam was found dead on the bank of the Hudson River on Wednesday. (AP)
The
(Reuters) -
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 Andrew 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.
(Reporting
by Ian Simpson; Editing by Paul Tait)
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