Maine woman with manslaughter conviction elected to Bangor city council

A Maine woman who previously served a convicted murder sentence was elected to her local city council on Tuesday night, creating a social media stir in the process.

Angela Walker has been elected to the Bangor City Council, The New York Post reportedMore than 20 years after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2002 death of a man named Derek Rogers.

The manslaughter conviction stemmed from a fight in which Walker was allegedly called a derogatory racial slur toward Native Americans, and the man who said it, a Canadian tourist named Derrick Rogers, was later found beaten to death and suffocated with sand, according to news reports.

Walker eventually pleaded guilty to manslaughter, along with her brother, and perjury, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

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Although Walker was sponsored by a progressive group, she is not affiliated with a political party and will serve a three-year term with three others elected to the council.

News of Walker’s election spread quickly on social media through the account of popular conservative influencer LibsofTikTok, who shared it with her 4.5 million followers.

“Meet Angela Walker” LibsofTikTok Published on X. “She had just been elected to the city council in Bangor, Maine. She had previously been convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing a tourist, who allegedly called her a ‘racist’ name. He was found badly beaten and choking with sand stuffed down his throat.”

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Angela Walker was elected to the Bangor City Council earlier this week. (Bangor Area Restoration Network)

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“I want people to see that it is possible to change,” Walker told the Bangor Daily News.

Walker added of her conviction: “This is the past. I no longer live there and I am a different person.”

Fox News Digital has reached out to Walker for comment.

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