Rynders

I do not want to make this another post about bin LadenÂexceptÂto say ... enough with, what Rob Rynders calls,ÂPracticing a Fashionable Peace and let's get to work doing peace, as C.

Kelly Figueroa-Ray: 'Are You A Good Muslim Or A Bad Muslim?' Kelly Figueroa-Ray 2011

I do not want to make this another post about bin Ladenexceptto say ... enough with, what Rob Rynders calls,Practicing a Fashionable Peace and let's get to work doing peace, as C.

Kelly Figueroa-Ray: 'Are You A Good Muslim Or A Bad Muslim?' Kelly Figueroa-Ray 2011

If any one man reflected the chicanery, bigotry, racism, corruption, and violence that represented New York City politics in the mid-1800s, it was U.S. marshal Isaiah Rynders.

Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007

However, once the broom of the new Republican administration swept Marshal Rynders out of office, things changed radically for the accused slaver.

Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007

When Lieutenant John W. Dunnington docked, he placed Nathaniel Gordon and his two mates in the custody of U.S. Marshal Isaiah Rynders.

Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007

Rynders was the main “fixer” for the corrupt Democratic political machine known as the “Tammany Ring.”

Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007

Marshal Murray was a dedicated and honorable man, and as different from his predecessor, Isaiah Rynders, as one could possibly be.

Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007

Marshal Robert Murray was of a different stripe than Rynders.

Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007

Blaus and his companions were brought to New York in December 1860, while Isaiah Rynders was still U.S. marshal.

Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007

Once aboard, Rynders suggested a short trip up the Hudson, so the “guests” could take full advantage of the clear and lovely day.

Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007