Offensive Cartoon

I am, as an autistic and human rights activist, deeply offended by a cartoon which depicted the shooting of a chimpanzee by police officers. It was accompanied by the words, “They’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill.” The cartoon, an apparent dual reference to President Barak Obama's stimulus package and the recent killing of a chimpanzee in Connecticut, was published this past Tuesday in the New York Post, one of the media properties of Rupert Murdoch's Newscorp, which also owns Fox News Channel. In solidarity with Rev. Al Sharpton, I stand against this blatant example of bigotry and call upon the publisher of the New York Post to offer an apology.