Joel Pollak, GOP Illinois Congressional Candidate Compares Himself to Black Anti-Apartheid Martyr Stephen Biko

Joel Pollak, Illinois Republican Congressional candidate, compares himself to black anti-Apartheid martyr Stephen Bantu Biko after his opponent criticism.

Joel Pollak, who is running against Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) on the Republican ticket, has compared himself to anti-Apartheid martyr Stephen Bantu Biko, on sleaze bag Andrew Breitbart's Big Government website. He said, "like Stephen Biko, he writes what he likes." He wrote this lengthy screed after Schakowsky criticized him for writing for Breitbart's propaganda machine. Well, for starters, Joel Pollak is deluding himself if he thinks he is somehow comparable to Stephen Biko, who gave his life for equal rights and justice for South Africans. I hardly expect Joel Pollak to fight for the rights of Main Street.

For those of you who don't know who Stephen Biko really is. Let me enlighten you and you will see how laughable it is for Joel Pollak to compare himself to the late Mr. Biko:

Steve Biko was one of South Africa's most significant political activists and a leading founder of South Africa's Black Consciousness Movement. His death in police detention in 1977 led to his being hailed as a martyr of the anti-Apartheid struggle....

Steve Biko was one of South Africa's most significant political activists and a leading founder of South Africa's Black Consciousness Movement. His death in police detention in 1977 led to his being hailed as a martyr of the anti-Apartheid struggle.....

In 1973 Steve Biko was 'banned' by the Apartheid government. Under the 'ban' Biko was restricted to his home town of Kings William's Town in the Eastern Cape – he could no longer support the BCP in Durban, but was able to continue working for the BPC – he helped set up the Zimele Trust Fund which assisted political prisoners and their families. (Biko was elected Honorary President of the BPC in January 1977.)

Biko was detained and interrogated four times between August 1975 and September 1977 under Apartheid era anti-terrorism legislation. On 21 August 1977 Biko was detained by the Eastern Cape security police and held in Port Elizabeth. From the Walmer police cells he was taken for interrogation at the security police headquarters. On 7 September "Biko sustained a head injury during interrogation, after which he acted strangely and was uncooperative. The doctors who examined him (naked, lying on a mat and manacled to a metal grille) initially disregarded overt signs of neurological injury."

By 11 September Biko had slipped into a continual, semi-conscious state and the police physician recommended a transfer to hospital. Biko was, however, transported 1,200 km to Pretoria – a 12-hour journey which he made lying naked in the back of a Land Rover. A few hours later, on 12 September, alone and still naked, lying on the floor of a cell in the Pretoria Central Prison, Biko died from brain damage. Source: About.com

Now, do you really think Joel Pollak is comparable to Stephen Biko in any way? He literally gave his life for his country. What has Mr. Pollak done that compares to this martyr? NOTHING!