Yesterday the White House
announced Obama's intent
to nominate U.S. Attorney
Loretta Lynch
for the position of
Attorney General of the United States.
She comes with a recommendation
from New York Mayor
Bill de Blasio
that "the nation is about to meet
Loretta Lynch for the first time
but in the five boroughs
she is already known
for her character
toughness and uncompromising
sense of justice."
Were she nominated
by the Senate
she would be
the first black woman
to hold the position
with an impressive track record
of prosecutions
including those of
the police officers
who assaulted Haitian immigrant
Abner Louima
the Republican Represenative Michael Grimm
from Staten Island
who was accused of hiding
more than $1 million
of his restaurant's sales and wages
such corrupt politicians like
New York State Senate Majority Leader
Pedro Espada Junior
who embezzeled more than $400,000
from his nonprofit
Soundview Health Center
money that was meant
to "purchase medical equipment
and hire personnel
to enhance health care services
for an underserved population"
and Vincent Asaro
a reputed mobster
who stole $6 million
from the Lufthansa Airlines vault
at John F. Kennedy International Airport
(as dramatized
in the movie Goodfellas).
Sounds like a solid choice
for this newly reddened Senate
flush with energy
and determination
to get to work
making lots more
of these solid decisions
in rapid succession
now that Democrats
are out of their way
and won't distract them.
This poem © 2014 Emily Cooper.
