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Subscribe to RSSProsecutors announced Wednesday that they will no longer pursue the death penalty against former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal, meaning he will spend the rest of his life in prison for gunning down a white police officer nearly 30 years ago.
Jennifer E. Beach / AP
Convicted police killer Mumia Abu-Jamal is seen in this undated file photo.
The decision by District Attorney Seth Williams, made with the support of the officer's widow and the city police commissioner, comes after nearly 30 years of legal battles over the racially charged case.
Abu-Jamal was convicted of fatally shooting Philadelphia police Officer Daniel Faulkner on Dec. 9, 1981. He was sentenced to death after his trial the following year.
Abu-Jamal, a one-time journalist who has been incarcerated in a Pennsylvania prison, has garnered worldwide support from those who believe he was the victim of a biased justice system. Hundreds of vocal supporters and death-penalty opponents regularly turn out for court hearings in his case, even though Abu-Jamal is rarely entitled to attend.
His message resonated particularly on college campuses and in the movie and music industries — actors Mike Farrell and Tim Robbins were among dozens of luminaries who used a New York Times ad to advocate for a new trial, and the Beastie Boys played a concert to raise money for Abu-Jamal's defense fund.
His conviction was upheld through years of legal appeals. But a federal appeals court ordered a new sentencing hearing after ruling the instructions given to the jury were potentially misleading.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to weigh in on the case in October. That forced prosecutors to decide if they wanted to again pursue the death penalty through a new sentencing hearing or accept a life sentence.
The officer's widow, Maureen Faulkner, has tried to remain visible over the years to ensure that her husband is not forgotten. They were newlyweds when he died.
According to trial testimony, Abu-Jamal saw his brother scuffle with the 25-year-old patrolman during a 4 a.m. traffic stop in 1981 and ran toward the scene. Police found Abu-Jamal wounded by a round from Faulkner's gun. Faulkner, shot several times, was killed. A .38-caliber revolver registered to Abu-Jamal was found at the scene with five spent shell casings.
Abu-Jamal, born Wesley Cook, turned 58 earlier this year.
His writings and radio broadcasts from death row made him a cause celebre and the subject of numerous books and movies. His own 1995 book, "Live From Death Row," describes prison life and calls the justice system racist and ruled by political expediency.
Over the years, Abu-Jamal has challenged the predominantly white makeup of the jury, instructions given to jurors and the statements of eyewitnesses. He has also alleged ineffective counsel, racism by the trial judge and that another man confessed to the crime.
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It's about time. I'll bet Rage Against the Machine are rejoicing right now. Good for Mumia. Now maybe they will look deeper into this case and find out what really happened, because all avenues havent been taken yet.
A cop killer is a cop killer period !!! This thing should have been done with and over years ago.
We already know what happened. mumia (Cook) shot Officer Faulkner in the back, like the coward he is, then, while Faulkner drew his gun, shot him in the forehead as Faulkner got off his one shot hitting mumia. No one else involved in the shooting. Cook's brother ran away. He never testified. Let me ask you: igfyour brother was on trial for murder and you know he didn't do it, wouldn't you testify to clear him? This was a setup by the Cooks to kill a cop. Don't tell me it was just a coincidence that one brother was driving the wrong way down a one-way street on the same block at the same pre-dawn hour his brother just happened to be parked there. BTW, the first person selected for the jury was a Black woman and mumia rejected her. He wanted a mostly white jury so he could cry racism. Should have fried a long time ago.
Amen to that! Those of us who lived through this here in Philadelphia are sick to death of this guy. He murdered someone in cold blood. What about the word "murder" do these "supporters" not understand? And what about the family of Daniel Faulkner, who have lived with this nightmare for decades, don't they deserve justice? Mumia Abu Jamal is right where he belongs... DEATH ROW!
Royalstar05 you think he's innocent???? It happened at 4a.m. im sure there are only a few people who know what happened, the dead policeman, the killer(Mumia) and his brother. Gimmie a break, im sure he's guilty as charged and justice was served except he's still alive unlike his victim. Also he was a black panther the black version of the KKK.
I firmly believe in "An Eye for an Eye and a Tooth for a Tooth" He should have been Shot to Death right outside the Courthouse.
I hate that he is playing the race card. He killed someone, and a cop at that. I don't care if he was fucia/purple/etc. He is a murderer. He should been put down a long time ago.
fatal mistake; he should have minded his own business and let the Law, handle their problems......
Rage ??? a bunch of doped up clowns that put that stuff out to make money
royalstar05...anyone who believes Mumia is innocent doesn't understand all the facts in the case or just didn't bother to read them. The trial was completely fair & the jury was made up of his peers...a jury that exactly replicated the racial mix of Philadelphia at the time. Stop towing the left-wing line and read. 15 years ago I took your position on this and someone woke me up. I read the FACTS and realized this guy is nothing but a cold-blooded murderer. Until the celebrities and the media stop dragging him out, he'll never go away.
Heh, this racist POS kills a white police officer but its the justice system that is prejudice. Liberal hypocripsy at its finest.
I guarantee you the Beastie Boys wouldn't have done a concert for this scumbag if he had killed a Jew.
This guy should have been fried the moment he was put in prison!
The over bearing slavery and jim crow made the mumia monster. All you white bigot pls look in the mirror.
All the blacks know mumia is a cold blooded killer, but, just like sharpton--=-the lies and the challenge are part of the "game"
If a white man kills a black man, then it's racism (Hate crime). But if a black man kills a white man, then it's simply the courts are prejudiced. Gotta love it.
Nice article MSNBC! You really make out Mumia to be a "nice guy" and love the "injustice" part...... however the facts are the facts. The guy murdered a police officer, not only shooting him in the back but then enjoying the moment when he shot him in the face. Hmmmm, nice guy? Injustice???
I'm sure that this decision is going to make some people happy, while continuing to put some lib's panties in a knot. They want him freed, not in for life. Facts are that having the death penalty doesn't usually lead to death. Most of the time the taxpayers are just subject to massive legal fee costs in appeals (millions and millions) while the perp. gets to sit in jail and torment the system regardless of their guilt. It's like in CT where the rapist murderers are on trial now for killing the Cheshire family- the perp's lawyer was going for mistrial after mistrial, now he's asking for a light sentance because the perp was "abused" as a child and because of the value of life. Last I checked he raped and murdered four people- really concerned about the "value of life".
Hope he rots where he is.
Justice in this case is not served, the gun was registered to this punk and was emptied into this officer, justice will be served later by a higher authority, God, and he will have no mercy on you. If you people don't have the stomach to uphold the law , send him to Texas, we have an express lane to death row.
He shot and killed a cop and then convinced a bunch of liberal idiots he's a victim of whitey.
Love ALL the people here who KNOW exactly happened that night!! This has to be the most witnessed murder in HISTORY!!
That being said (very facetiously, I might add) juries convict innocent people every day. Was he guilty, I don't know. Should there be some kind of justice for officer Faulkner, ABSOLUTELY!! I think the jury was right in their decision with the facts presented to them, but also think the investigation was sloppy and directed to bring the outcome it did.
Call me a lib here, but I'm gonna follow the bible on this one:(Genesis 18:23-32)
he needed to be put to death as soon as he was found guilty..this @!$%# killed a cop and needed to die but with no surprise to me out comes his @!$%#ing race card which does not surprise me no more..its the black get out of jail free card..hes guilty and should die and all who support this black piece of @!$%# should have the @!$%# kicked out of them..if it was the other way and it was a white man who killed a black cop this bastard would already be dead..@!$%# him and all who support him
The only problem I have with the whole "Reverse Racism" argument in this case is that there TONS more whiteys helping and pulling for this man than black folk...
He will burn in the deepest pits of hell. He would have been better off if he had accepted the consequences of his murder here on Earth, but instead he will end up paying an even greater price in the afterlife. God will take care of it.
I hope the cop and his wife will be rewarded in heaven for their service to humanity and all of the pain and suffering they both endured at the hands of this purely evil man.
Our justice system is truly messed up on every level.
Hey NEW OLE, still talking slavery, for your information, the very first slave master in the US was a black man, Anthony Johnson, you was not a slave so get the chip off your shoulder, everytime something does'nt go the black way, it's racism, that is BS, if you work hard and follow the laws and rules of the land, you too can make something out of yourself, keep the chip on your shoulder that you think we owe you something is ridiculous.
harry brown
you should come out from under that white sheet and go out into the streets and show your true color,not sit and h behind the CPU.
OBAMA 2012 :)
mike l-442663 "This was a setup by the Cooks to kill a cop. Don't tell me it was just a coincidence that one brother was driving the wrong way down a one-way street on the same block at the same pre-dawn hour his brother just happened to be parked there."
Good point. At 4 AM in the morning? It's pretty clear that they planned to kill the cop, and why didn't his brother testify.
It's amazing how someone can murder a cop (shot in the back) and just has to yell "Racism" and some people buy it 'hook, line and sinker'.
Lataisha,
"He should have killed that cop and many others."
Shame on you. Last time I checked there were plenty of black police officers in the world. Are they part of the "many others" that you'd like to see killed, or it is just the evil white ones?
"It was no secret that police in that era found joy in racial profiling and killing Blacks. Many, hell the majority of those officers were never brought to justice. "
I'll agree with that part of your post, and that part only.
"If Whites were so nice to Blacks during that time and in some places in present time, there would have been no need for a Black Panther Party."
Right. By that logic, we could say that if blacks stayed in their places, there wouldn't be any need to the Klu Klux Klan. Is that right? Hell no! And neither is your ridiculous statement.
"He should be set free, just like the Whites that hung and slaughtered my ancestors, those that segregated us and treated us worst than dogs, those that put drugs in our community as a means to genocide."
All I hear is blah, blah, blah. Poor me. My ancestors were discriminated against. I hear you. I'm there with you. It was terrible. What I don't hear is you saying anything about you personally being treated worse than dogs. How can you continue to harbor such a violent and angry resentment for something that never happened to you personally? Has a white person ever "owned" you personally? Have you been denied a seat on the bus because of your skin color? I'm guessing no. And news flash, it doesn't matter how the drugs got into your community. You guys jumped right on top of it. Took it one step past using, and decided to sell. Then built an entire culture around it. How is that white people's fault? Complete lack of accountability. Nothing is ever your fault. It's always about whitey trying to keep you down.
"As i read through you all posts i can sense the outrage but i bet none of you are outraged at the fact that the prisons are filled with Blacks that do not deserve to be there."
Ummm, nope. No outrage here. Are there innocent people in jail? Undoubtedly. Is there some national conspiracy to imprison all of the black folks in this country? No. Once again, a total lack of accountability. God forbid you actually look at the fact that most people in prison have actually committed a crime that warranted putting them there. But no, it's all whitey's fault. Poor me.
"If he killed that White cop i can bet money that the cop deserved it."
Why, because he was white? Put that in your racist pipe and smoke it. Whine, whine, whine about how unfairly black people have it in the world, and then talk about how white cops should be killed for no reason other than the fact that they're white, so geez, that must mean that he did something terrible to that poor innocent black man.
"I wish there were a way to catch up to the rest of them, but Karma is ever vigilant and I am certain that they will all get what is coming to them."
Yes, you're right. Karma is ever vigilant, and it is not color blind. Don't consider yourself immune.
"Black Power, because we have never been the animals that they have proclaimed us to be. Black Power, because we raised their children, fed them with our breast and were denied the freedom of their pets, Black Power, because we are a beautiful people and if we have to yell Black power so that the world can see that God made us in his image well then...BLACK POWER."
Black power my as$. Why don't you try to use all of that Black Power energy and try to elevate and inspire the black youth of today? Why don't you use all of that anger and hatred for something more constructive to improve the black community instead of continuously whining about how unfair it all is?
"My prayers will rest in the soul of this forgotten soldier."
Go ahead and pray. You should probably stick something in that prayer for your soul as well.
Does racism still exist? You bet your bottom it does. I see if every day here in the South. Is it ever going to change? Hopefully, someday. With attitudes like you express, I seriously doubt it. Your attitude is the problem with the world today, and why racism still runs rampant. But really, keep spouting your hate filled, racist rant (oh wait, I forgot, it's only racism when it's white against black, not vice versa).
Lataisha, you justify the killing of a man because of what happened in the past. What are you doing for your people besides spitting out hate and bile? You are whats wrong with people today. The blame game extends to everyone black, white, yellow, all races have abused others at some point and time. Quit blaming and do something to better your people. Look at the gangs and drug problems in the inner city, are those caused by whites, no it's caused by a lack of education and the lack of motivation to better yourself. I am of mixed race, yet I do not let racism or past issues stand in my way. This world is what we make of it, I would hate to see the world you are making.
Harry Brown - As to your contention there exists a "black get out of jail free card" you need to go take a look into any prison in the country to see how well that's working.
Lataisha
If the slaves wanted to go back to the mother land after slavery, they could have. Land was bought and named LIBERIA. It was purchased by James Monroe, thus Monrovia the capitol. The black community cannot get along with itself, how do we expect them to get along with any other race? Africa is filled with black killing black. Civil wars, genocide, and terrorism. Don't like the rules get the F@#K out you racist Bi^&h!
Why doesn't Johnny play well with others?? There doesn't seem to be alot of getting along happening in the white community in this country any more and the same can be said of just about every other nationality living in every other country around the world. Thanks for your worthless observations and comments.
Math 101 .... lataisha + mumia = 2 niggaaaas
Is Abu Jamal a Muslim?
You are sick Mike but then you probably are covered with white pride tats.
Lets hope this Animal gets a shiv in the food line !!!! He and his supporters deserve it !!!
New Ole, don't grenade-troll; this is calling everyone in the discussion 'white bigot's, essentially.
1.27 deleted, Lataisha Nicole deathwishing cops in their first post on the site. Banned. Avoid deathwishing, both in specific and general, whether across a profession, demographic, religion, whatever.
areuserious, JohnnyO-3268454, you're each suspended for a day for violating #1 of the Code of Honor.
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MIKEinTEXAS-3083690, your recent history's miserable. You know the rules. You're suspended for a month for violating #1 and #5 of the Code of Honor.
Relevant linkage:
Faulkner's widow isn't satisfied:
Archbishop Desmond Tutu isn't either:
Are we ever going to see a retrial? The guy is probably the most famous prisoner on the planet.
to all of you so-called liberals,
although his ugly indigenous gorilla ass was acquitted for the death penalty then let the @!$%# rot in prison.
Police were incomplete in their investigation - especially with ballistics. Witnesses gave conflicting testimony. And the prosecution's case did not match the physical evidence. Mumia definitely does not deserve the death penalty. He deserves a fair trial.
LUCIFER#666 banned, history of racism.
Abu-Jamal's a convicted murderer, surely there are a lot of names to call him that aren't racist, y'all.
Of course Mumia is innocent! Everyone knows that every criminal convicted is innocent, and it's always a frame job. /sarcasm
Enjoy life in prison, dirtbag.
AMEN. Tell me who raised Faulkners kids? Is anyone concerned about them? How about a wife? Are any tears shed for her? Are his parents still here? If they are, they are still grieving. If not, they grieved to the end of their days. RIP Police Officer Faulkner. You are safely in the arms of your creator (where you should be). That POS who killed you is still in prison. Long may he live in captivity and misery. I am a Christian and am usually able to find mercy in my heart but this one remains a struggle.
I'm originally from Philly, and I always hated seeing people supporting this cop-killing piece of crap. I've seen the t-shirts and the signs, and I really wonder what goes through the minds of people that support his release. Danny Faulkner was 25 years old when he was shot, less than two weeks before his 26th birthday. Jamal stole a lifetime, not just from Faulkner, but from his wife, and deprived his children of a father.
If he's ever released, I guarantee you, he won't be breathing free air for long.
I like when they all adopt these islamic titles searching for monies and cheap fame, their actions indicate nothing more then the usual ghetto rat.
There needs to be a sarcasm font.
Maybe with any luck a school bus sized satelite will fall on the academy awards in Hollywood and wipe out some of the liberal trash.
He does have a sweet looking face........Bubba's gonna like him a lot......
Three people at the scene. One is a police officer. He dies. He did not shoot himself. A gun and shell casings found at the scene is registered to one of the other two. The gun and shell casings where found next to the wounded suspect. He is wearing a holster without a gun in it. The dead officer obviously returned fire at the guy who was shooting at him. The officer hit the man shooting at him. Neither of the two people will testify against the other. Only one man's finger prints where on the gun. At the hospital two people testified that the wounded man said " I shot the MF. I hope the MF dies." One witness claims he saw a man running near by. None of the other witness saw any one running or the man. One wounded man's brother refuses to testify sayingat the scene "I ain't got nothing to do with this". The wounded man is a Black Panther a known violent group that had many run ins with the police in many cities. He is quoted as saying "political power grows out of the barrel of a gun". He is connected to the violent MOVE group in Philadelphia. He is found guilty and after numerous appeals that all found him to have had a fair trial. Articulate or not he did kill the officer.
PC bull@!$%#
"Abu-Jamal was convicted of fatally shooting Philadelphia police Officer Daniel Faulkner on Dec. 9, 1981."
Convicted = Guilty in this country. Of all the good things people can spend their energy and money on, they instead choose to go out of their way to protect a cop killer.
RIP officer Faulkner
and Rot in Prison, mumu abu mooglaboogla
or whatever your frikkin' name is......
Jack-467967
Maybe with any luck a school bus sized satelite will fall on the academy awards in Hollywood and wipe out some of the liberal trash.
Why stop at one satelite.....maybe another can land on the next Republican national convention......and maybe the next kkk - Neo Nazi Skinhead meeting in the upper midwest....and for good measure Texas! Lets get rid of the trash on both sides of the street and start all over again.
Why did you take a shot at Texas? This has everything to do with a piece of trash in Philadelphia and scumbags that live in Hollywood? I live in a city in Texas that has lots of Democrats/Liberals. Are just stupid and assume you can just paint everyone with a big wide brush? On another note if you think this piece of trash was innocent, that he doesn't deserve to fry in an electric chair, if you can't see the evidence points beyond a shadow of a doubt that this monster killed a police officer then you are an idiot along with Mike Farrel, Tim Robbins, and the Beastie Boys. Let's see how much effort they now put into freeing this supposedly innocent man from his life sentence? I mean if he really is innocent and this idiots and you think he is innocent when will the demonstrations start to free him? Or is it that your all just against the death penalty so much your willing to believe this con artist B.S. so that he doesn't die? Please send us all a note about when and where the new protest will start to free him?
I have been following this case for quite a while.
Abu-Jamal is guilty, of that I assure you. The most telling evidence is that his brother never testified in his defense (he definitely saw what happened) and Abu-Jamal never testified either. If he was innocent, why wouldn't he have told the courts what really happened? Lastly, his gun was completely spent at the scene.
It is true that various alternative proposals to the events of that night cropped up over the years. But none of them were even remotely plausible. And the mere existence of alternatives or the number of alternate stories does not change anything,
We can debate about whether the court proceedings were biased b/c of racism for our entire lives and not come up with an answer, because so much of that is grounded in opinion. But this man is guilty.
If you do not believe me, do some simple research. Start with the wikipedia, which is actually a good start. You can read all the articles from people who support Abu-Jamal's innocence. None of them present plausible theories.
This man is filled with his ways, and those who seek validation for their hatred of others hold him as their hero.
No one ever claimed that movie stars were somehow wiser than the rest of us. As I see it, we pay them because they are good at pretending to be something they are not. It's entertainment, but if we know people in our own lives who pretend to be something they are not, we disrespect them, and do not like them because they are being false. So what's the difference? They have the money to fund any idiocy, and they make no end of the outrageous. It is a world gone wrong that elevates a person to the position of the wise because they have money.
Yeah, a murd erous ba$tard gets off easy because he's b l ac k.
Your comment is completely wrong and patently offensive. This country has a LOOOOOOOOOOONG history of black folks NOT getting off easy, or receiving the same punishment that whites get for the same crime. This is ESPECIALLY true in the City of Philadelphia.
Mumia has been in jail for 30 years and will never get out. That's not getting off easy. I personally think Mumia is guilty, and since I'm against the worthless, expensive, non-deterrent Death Penalty, I applaud the decision. Let him rot! Death penalty is the easy way out.
because hes black what are u a moron theres more black people in jail than white and the crimes are by both im white and i know black people get screwed all the time but when one gets away with something all hell noboby worries about the ones that are innocent and in jail
Since when is the death penalty not a deterrent? In every case that the guilty were executed, the guilty never re-offended. I like those results. The sad fact is that the appeals process is way too long. Three appeals and you should be gone. No appeals if you are caught red handed. No emotional disstress, no insanity plea, no my parents didn't treat me right. No the juror looked at me the wrong way. Do the crime and you are history.
Maybe a black is 10 times more likely to commit a crime...
you've been watching too much TV-I am married to a cop and whites commit crimes just as much as blacks and in may cases the crimes committed by whites are more hanious. The difference, the black that commit the crime is plastered all over the airways but the white that commit the same crime barely gets an honorably mention.
Keep all your comments in mind..... next time you are accused of something you had no part of, or are even guilty for doing.
Mistakes happen.... and some are caused.
This was no mistake, Mumia killed Officer Faulkner in cold blood. mumia was sympathetic to the Move cult and their leader John Africa. although an intelligent literate he became so unbalanced that he was fired from his radio gig and drove a cab at night to pay the bills. The Mike Farrells of the world are misguided and have been for years with concerns to mumia. they see him as this great writer that couldn't possibly have done what he was charged with. he shot Faulkner in the back and then stood over him and shot him in the face. Faulkner was able to get a shot off which left mumia lying on the street next to the fallen officer. the bullets in faulkner are from the gun registered to mumia, the bullets in mumia are from faulkners weapon. mumia disrupted his hole trial, firing his legal counsil and making a mokery of the whole trail. 30 years the officers wife had to put up with insult after insult lodged by the mumia organization. he should have been killed years ago, My only hope is that Officer Faulkners family is finally at peace.
How dare you speak the truth????? How dare you!!!!!
I live in Houston and listen regularly to a police scanner, 8 out of 10 calls the first words heard are "black male".
Scumbag pile of crap...rot in your cell.
Not quite sure 30 years in jail so far is getting off easy...
Not sure turning to dust in a grave is a great place to be either. Why do people forget the person who died in all of these cases?
It should have been 10 years and dead.
Agreed Bustem. Too bad he got so much publicity - book, radio time, movie, support from many etc. I will never understand.
I believe that another man confessed to the murder of the white cop!!!!
Funny how you forget the era and the disgusting idiology 90% of white people had in those days. Cops were no exception, infact they were the first to start riots.
I glad that he didn't get the death penalty. He should not be in prison period !
I say this with a forwn "NOTHING HAS CHANGED" The people who were around then are still alive now! untill those people die off the hope of equality will never be actualized thatnks to those scumbagg individuals that spread hate for no cause.
Clearly some of those people are on this thread..........HA!HA!!HA!!! eat sh!t and rot
OBAMA 2012
Areuserious, not very smart, this punks gun was there at the scene registered to him with all the bullets in the officer, one bullet from the officers gun was found in Mumia, even if someone else confessed to pulling the trigger, Mumia is still accessory to the crime same as pulling the trigger himself. If black folk would be better parents and monitor the activities of their children, maybe there would be less blacks in the prison system.
Ken, areuserious is not worth responding to. He or she is a POS. You can't overcome stupid. And of course he ends it with Obama 2012....For sure areuserious....you are obamas voting base...If it's good for obamas voting base it's bad for America..If it's bad for obamas voting base it's good for America...prove that wrong...POSDA!
gerald what a racist moron
Hey Gerald....the guy is a racist lowlife scumbag piece of SH*T. Get over yourself and go back to school, by your posting it looks like you need an education! I hope that POS rots in hell or better yet I would love to see him be somebody's love toy in prison!
Gerald: When you have ancestors that had multiple treaties breached by the US Government, and were force-marched a thousand miles to their new "home" you can argue race with me.
As for this cop-killer, he should be long since dead and decomposed. I don't care what color his skin is, I don't care what color the cops skin was. It does not matter if his finger was on the trigger, or his buddies. Either way, he is guilty of felony murder of a police officer.
Yeah, it's always black and white so were is the grey area? You white guys are so pathetic you cry about @!$%# you can't understand. You don't know nuttin about being black so if this cop was black would you post a comment? Quit your whining and man up our ancestors died in vain don't see you white boyz calling that MURDER!!!!!!!!!!!! Grow-up life is passing you by F%$k Dat!!!!???
Perhaps when you learn how to speak and write English, you could come back and try that again. Last time I checked, "dat" wasn't a word - "boyz" either. Respect isn't a right. It's earned. You aren't going to win anyone's respect with anger and Ebonics.
Geez, and people wonder why there's such a disproportionate amount of black people in jail vs. white people, and why the unemployment rate is so much higher for blacks than whites. Don't need to look far for the answers. Just go talk to Gerald for five minutes.
Areuserious & Gerald: Judging by your post it's obvious you are both IGNORANT RACIST. The color of the cop or the cop-killer doesn't change what happened. As far as Tim Robbins, the Beastie Boys, and anyone else who supports this murdering POS can all go straight to hell with sinse they love him so much!!
@@scott fl, all your comment says that your a dumb ass. I'm so sick and tired of people posting their racist belief as if it fact. If you go the department of justice website you will find that blacks arent 10 times more likely to commit crimes but they are 80% more likely to get charged and jailed. People of all races commit crimes hands down. Everyday DNA free more and more African American men of trumped up crimes that over zealous cops arrest and uncaring prosecuters convict with little to now evidence.
I guess the blacks that are posting comments think the maggot should go free. You are sad people.
Gerald, I agree with one of your points: white people don't know what it's like to be black. But your ancestors have nothing at all to do with this.
There is probably no one on the face of the earth who couldn't vie for sympathy based on what was done to their ancestors. You didn't suffer their pain, and you don't have the right to collect on a debt owed to the dead by the dead.
That you suffer due to being black is an argument that might be valid. Why shouldn't that honest position be enough for you -- why do you feel the need to exploit your own ancestors? Weren't they exploited enough by white people?
I don't agree with anything you say Gerald, but I've always wondered if there are black people who post on this site. It's good to know for sure there are. Your comment put a smile on my face, but still I totally disagree with it.
gerald-4061630 banned, second post racism, failed audition. Folks, don't bite on that stuff.
scott fl, Ken Goldman, Jeff W.-3714508, Samantha-433329, jodie1273, David Crowe-3261720, you're each suspended for a day for violating #1 of the Code of Honor.
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No it isn't. You can't tell somebody's soul through a monitor. Judge the post. Not the person.
Funny thing, he challenged the "white jury" and all sorts of other silly things. HE NEVER SAID HE WAS INNOCENT.
He is mad he was caught,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,pure and simple.
He is a racist, he committed a race based crime of hate and it was a murder. Every appeal ever conceived by the lying-est lawyers and politicians ever allowed to live on this earth has been denied because he is as guilty as sin.
There is a theory (even some Philly police and Philly D.A.'s acknowledge ..) on this one, for a long time, I might add. The theory goes.....His brother committed the murder and Abu-Jamal is keeping quiet for his brother.
I'm just sayin'......
Then he would still deserve the sentence he got.
The case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a prisoner on Pennsylvania's Death Row for 17 years, is one of the most important political cases of the 20th century. In many respects, the case has followed a track eerily reminiscent of the 1920's trial and execution of the framed anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti.
As a high school student, Jamal was a founding member of the Philadelphia chapter of the Black Panther Party. Mumia's FBI file began at age 14 when he protested a visit to Philly by the segregationist Presidential candidate George Wallace. Later, Mumia became a writer and radio journalist, developing a style that earned him the nickname "the voice of the voiceless."
Mumia's reporting exposed a corrupt Philadelphia police department and its war against the MOVE organization. Mumia became a police target himself: despite having no criminal record, FBI and local police surveillance of Mumia created a file some 700 pages long.
This was the background for the night of December 9, 1981. A shootout at 4 A.M. in a rough neighborhood of Center City, Philadelphia found police officer Daniel Faulkner dead and Mumia critically shot. Mumia was arrested and convicted of killing Faulkner in a trial full of irregularities and prejudice.
Since then Jamal has been locked alone in a cell 23 hours a day. His confidential legal mail has been opened and reproduced by prison authorities - copies of some of his letters to his attorney were even forwarded to the governor's office. Since November 1996, journalists have been prohibited from filming or recording interviews with Mumia, who notes: "they don't just want my death, they want my silence."
In the early 1990s, he hired civil rights attorney Leonard Weinglass. A 300-page legal brief was filed challenging virtually every aspect of the prosecution case. Mumia's defense team has unearthed many witnesses not brought forward at the time of the original trial in 1982 to support their contention that a third party, a black man or possibly two men, shot officer Faulkner and fled the scene.
The key point here is that if the shooter ran from the scene, this could not have been Mumia, who was found within minutes on the sidewalk near policeman Faulkner in a pool of blood. Mumia's life was saved by emergency surgery.
In 1995 Mumia Abu-Jamal was only 10 days away from execution when massive worldwide protest forced the government to grant a temporary stay.
The case is now before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, which is expected to issue a ruling at any moment on Mumia's appeal for a new trial. Governor Tom Ridge has promised the powerful Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) organization that he will sign a new death warrant for Mumia the minute an appeal is denied. [Author's note: since the writing of this article, Mumia lost his Pennsylvania Supreme Court appeal and the case is now in the Federal courts.]
A new anti-Mumia group has been formed in recent months that has undertaken public activities advocating Mumia's guilt, including the purchase of an expensive full-page ad in the New York Times. Some observers speculate this may be an indication that a new effort to execute Mumia will come soon, and that the FOP wants to be more active in the public debate that would follow any court ruling adverse to Mumia.
Here are ten reasons to believe Mumia is innocent:
10. Pamela Jenkins. Jenkins was a former prostitute and government informant, the girlfriend of police officer Thomas Ryan. She testified at hearings last year that Ryan tried to make her falsely identify Mumia as the shooter at the time of the original trial, even though Jenkins was not at the scene of the shooting.
Jenkins' credibility was recently proved by her status as the key witness in the investigation that unraveled the massive police corruption scandal in Philadelphia's 39th Police District. Her testimony was instrumental in reversing the decisions of hundreds of cases.
9. Cynthia White. Jenkins also recently testified that Cynthia White, or "Lucky," another prostitute and the prosecution's star witness, was successfully coerced to lie on the stand in exchange for exemption from criminal prosecution - that is, being given permission to work her corner. None of the other nine eyewitnesses recall seeing White at the scene of the crime.
Jenkins on March 5, 1997 saw White, who ran away and hopped into a pickup truck driven by former Philadelphia police officers Jenkins knew. It is likely White is being hidden to this day by the police to prevent her being called to testify by Mumia's legal team.
8. More on the mysterious "Lucky." White was arrested in 1987 on armed robbery charges. However, Philadelphia homicide detective Douglas Culbreth appeared in court and successfully asked that White be released without having to post bail money, because she was "a Commonwealth witness in a very high profile case."
When Jamal's legal team sought to find her for recent hearings, the prosecution declared that she was dead. To support this claim, they produced a death certificate for a woman in another state with a different name, whose body had been cremated, and whose fingerprints did not match Cynthia White's.
7. William Singletary. Singletary was a local businessman and one of the only eyewitnesses who saw the whole incident. Police suppressed Singletary's original statement that he saw a shooter fleeing the scene - a man whom by Singletary's physical description could not have been Mumia. In a 1995 hearing, Singletary testified how he was coerced and intimidated by the police, who tore up his written statement and forced him to sign a different, false statement which they dictated. His version of events is supported by Dessie Hightower, who witnessed the 5-hour police interrogation of Singletary.
6. More witness manipulation. Veronica Jones confessed in a 1996 hearing that she was coerced by police into retracting her original statement about the case. Jones explained that she lied on the stand in exchange for receiving only probation on unrelated, pending felony charges. Robert Chobert, in a 1995 hearing, testified that he was offered a deal by the D.A.: if he retracted his claim that a shooter fled from the scene (he too described a man whom by physical description could not have been Mumia), the prosecution would reinstate his suspended cab driver's license.
5. Trial Judge Albert Sabo. Known as a "prosecutor in robes," Sabo has sentenced to death more than twice the number of people than any other judge in the country. Six former Philadelphia prosecutors have sworn in court documents that no accused could receive a fair trial in the court of Judge Sabo.
Typical Sabo responses to virtually all defense statements were "Shut up!", "Sit down!", and "Take it up with the Supreme Court!" When Mumia's court-appointed attorney Anthony Jackson objected to Mumia not being allowed to be present at Jackson's questioning of certain police witnesses on the record, Sabo replied, "I don't care about Mr. Jamal."
Stuart Taylor, Jr., in the leading law journal American Lawyer, summarized his review of the transcripts: "Jamal's trial was grotesquely unfair and his sentencing hearing clearly unconstitutional...Judge Sabo flaunted his bias, oozing partiality toward the prosecution."
4. Jury-stacking. Eleven qualified blacks were removed by peremptory challenges from the prosecution, a practice that was recently revealed as having been taught to prosecutors in a special training video tape prepared by the Philadelphia D.A.'s office in the 1980's. Mumia ended up with an 83 percent white jury (ten whites, two blacks) in a 40 percent black city.
3. Judge Sabo forcibly prevented Mumia from being present at major proceedings of his own trial, a blatantly improper act, especially in a capital case. Sabo, 76, was forced to retire this past January, but the damage has been done.
2. Trial travesties. Jamal's court-assigned attorney, Anthony Jackson, testified that he didn't interview a single witness in preparation for the trial and he informed the court in advance that he was not prepared and wished to withdraw. Jackson was so incompetent he was later disbarred. Jamal, who futilely argued throughout the trial that he did not accept Jackson as his attorney, was also denied the right to act as his own attorney.
Neither a ballistics expert or pathologist could be hired by Mumia, because the court refused to allocate sufficient funds, allowing only $150 for each of a maximum of four experts. Judge Sabo repeatedly refused to authorize additional funds. The defense investigator quit the case before the trial began. How far would O.J. get on $600?
1. According to the written findings of the medical examiner, Faulkner was killed by bullets from a .44; Mumia's gun was a .38 caliber.
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Beefydaddy-
Your post wasn't a rant...aren't you on the wrong thread?
seriously, thanks for the whole story. I'm sure not everyone will agree with your version, but it helped give a little background for someone like me who isn't familiar with the case. Thanks again.
accessory to capital murder, it was Mumias own gun and also was shot by the officer, CASE CLOSED
accessory to capital murder, it was Mumias own gun and also was shot by the officer, CASE CLOSED
Thanks Beefy!
if you take the eight eye witness accounts out, the two people we know for a fact that were there. Mumia and his brother. the brother said- Alls I know is I didn't do it. Mumia has never given any explaination, and doesn't believe he has too. enough said already, let's move on.
Thanks Beefy! It's frightening how quickly John Q Public cries for the death penalty without an understanding of the case. If his trial was biased or in violation of of his constitutional rights, he should be retried or acquitted, period. If his guilt can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, then give him the death penalty. If it can not, he should be released. Where is the logic of this middle ground? "He might be guilty so let's give him life in prison" is unconstitutional and unfair.
The American ideal is justice. Justice for the victim lies in uncovering the truth in a court of law, and punishing the perpetrator acordingly. If there is widespread doubt about the events of the case, than they need to be re-explored in court, not in the arena of public opinion. I don't care about your political affiliation; as long as it isn't Chinese you should support giving the man a fair and impartial trial before you condemn him to "rot in hell."
Thanks Beefy. I've read through all of the comments before yours and I have come to the conclusion that the United States' justice system will NEVER improve. Most people gripe and complain about sentences but then turn around and make conclusions about cases that they don't know the details about! I've always read that the gun registered to Jamal (registered means it was legal) was a .38 but the cop was shot by a .44; how does this mean that Jamal shot him? He would only be guilty of felony murder if him and his brother were in the commission of a robbery, rape, burglary, arson, or kidnapping, and a death occurred; meaning, if it was a routine traffic stop and his brother shot and killed the officer, Jamal would NOT be guilty of felony murder.
The public will never have all of the details of this crime. Is Jamal guilty? I do not have the slightest idea. The wheels of justice have turned and they have not turned in his favor. Once a person is convicted by a jury of their peers, it is incredibly difficult to get it overturned. Subsequent appeals do not consider 'guilt' or 'innocence,' and instead are centered on process and procedure. The Supreme Court will not overturn any conviction unless there is an issue of federal question.
If there was prosecutorial or police officer misconduct during the investigation and trial of Jamal, then shame on all of those involved. Karma has never been kind and I'm sure it has not been kind to any and all persons involved. If Jamal was involved in the murder of Officer Faulkner, then it is horrible that he has manipulated thousands of people to support the evil that lives within him.
A "fair and impartial trial"? "If his trial was biased or in violation of his constitutional rights"? Are you kidding me? His guilt was proven. The courts found no bias to his rights. The death penalty was given. The only problem here is the judicial system itself which allows the appeals process to be manipulated for 30 years until they can find some judge willing to once again undo justice.
How quickly people want to believe that a cop murderer is innocent, even though he NEVER proclaimed his innocence, just that the jury was prejudiced.
If you think you got the whole story from Beefy, try looking a little deeper into the facts of the case, including the statements of the black nurse at the ER. He was found guilty at his trial and every appeal. The only reason he is spared the death sentence is one line in the judge's instructions at the SENTENCING trial.
Trial courts look at and determine issues of fact. Appeals courts examine issue of procedure. Trial courts determine guilt or lack of guilt and appeals courts affirm or overturn convictions. Jamal could scream over and over again that he is innocent and no court would have ever granted him an appeal; however, claiming that a jury was prejudiced may give a court enough legal foundation to re-examine a decision.
I' m sure Houston's own Quannell "X" for the right fee can get Willie, Wesley or whatever his pre adbullah name was all the right publicity. Talk about evidence--this case had it. He murdered a police officer, a cop, and now with hollywood's help he is all of sudden innocent? Yes, "white folks" run the criminal justice system because as the President proved in 2008, get an education and me the master of your own fate. Be a lazy, lying, anti-social thief, and those same "white folks" can and will " hook you up" and there is no one to blame but yourself. The nerve of these Hollywood asses to side with a cop-killer, the lowest thing you can be besides a pedophile!
Michael
$100.00 fine for dissin Brother Quannell!
There is overwhelming evidence against Mumia. Fry this SOB. Where is the justice for the murdered cop's family?
do you even know anything about this case or are you just parrotting some of the other thoughtless points about this case if he was truly guilty why did it take so long to do any of this because if he truly was he would be given a new trial but the was evidence was skecthy in the beginning and if you were from philadephia you wouldn't open your mouth without looking into it.
I guess killing a cop doesn't mean what it used to mean.
Google Leroy Shendoah He was a Green Beret Vietnam vet hero who marched beside JFK's Casket in back of the riderless horse. Leroy was killed by Philly cops for no damn reason except he was Native American at the wrong place at the wrong time...
Echosintine, What does any of that have to do with Officer Faulkner's murder?
Wasn't "Mission Accomplished" a lie?
I hope that Mumia gets raped on a regular basis by all the other innocent people in prison.
Keep wishing for rape...Cop killers are on the top of the food chain.
Since rape is a terrible thing outside of a prison setting...Why is it okay to wish it upon someone who is locked up?
Seems to me that you have some rape fantasy issues...You should seek some therapy from a theRAPIST.
Because this piece of crap deserves to be treated like the scum he is. Rape is a terrible thing outside of a prison setting yes, so you answered your own question...he is in a prison setting, where he belongs. Not all of us believe that turning the other cheek is the answer.
You should also scheldule time with a therapist...Wishing that criminals rape someone in prison is actually not smart...If they then return to society...Are they then not going to think rape is okay here too?
Rape is a violent crime...Violence is why we lock people up...So it is a circular argument?
Therapy...Perhaps anger issues should also be examined.
@Hairfarmer
Quit collecting pubes and do something more productive with your time than trying to stir up trouble via behind your computer screen. Ya it's fun to be a smart ass, but you're taking it to a new level. If you're really enjoying yourself doing it in this fashion then why don't you grow some balls and be a smart ass to an actual person. XOXO!
Now that i'm off the soap box, i completely agree that he needs to be punished in one way or another, daily. I can trust the prison system to be the creative ones on how to accomplish that. I just really wish the media and public would stop feeding into this attitude of "racism" and "out to get me" crap. If anyone needs an answer for why we're falling apart as a society then look at the aforementioned. It's sad to know that i'm mixed in with those people when America is described.
Said the man behind the screen...LOL
I hear you...I should clearly be as wise as you...I only wish I had as much brains as you scarecrow.
I am an American too...And as such, I get to be a great part of this conversation...After all...You never had to comment.
Thanks for your input...I will now go try to be a smart-ass in the real world...Oh? I forgot...I already am...As my profile clearly states. In fact...I sometimes have people tell me I should die...The reason? My anti-violent stance on life...Wow...Isn't that ironic...I say Peace...And they say...GIT HIM!
Peace Mountain guy...;)
Roger that big guy. lol. I see the the intelligence level dropped a few points here. Enjoy!
Hairfarmer, sounds like you have some experience with therapy!
jm...
Nah...There is no fixing guys like me...The Dr. would probably just call me a smart-ass, and then bill me for services I never asked for.
I am sure that means I am well-rounded and sane right?
;)
Yes! And without ANY lube!!!
In prison they dont rape you because they like it, they do it because you DONT.
Oh...I see...That makes it okay then....
They do not do it like the movies...It is wishful thinking Steve...In fact most real convicts think rapists are scum.
Even prison has its own rules...Rape makes you a freak...Inside or out.
There are freaks that get raped by other freaks...But the rules are simple...If you are not a freak, you do not get raped.
As a former felon...I have seen lots of freaks...They are treated like the scum they are...It goes like this...Child molesters rats and rapists are the bottom...Then you have the"more solid cons" that just burglarize...Then you have drug-dealers robbers and violent guys...Killers can sometimes be at the top of the heap...Unless it was a crime against the old, children, or women...Killing a cop makes you points...Its not a pretty world...But it has rules. This guy will only take it in a** if he wants it...And there are lots of those too.
Glad to see everyone enjoy some hate though...Me...I would love to see some people treated to some therapy.
Peace
so the cop scuffles with his brother, he runs over there, gets shot by the cop and the cop is shot dead by his gun, but some other guy confesses to murder. hm good luck with that pile of @!$%#.
PLEASE publish a list of all Actors/tress and music groups who are raising money for this Cop Killer... I need to add to my list of stupid arse famous people I will not spend my money to see.
Best in response award to you.
I'm so with you on that!!
Count me as one who agrees with you, wholeheartedly!! Where are the actors and other Hollywonks voicing support for the widow? Nah....no money in that....
daryl put the glue away....your too high to be posting...MORON
Nothing wrong with daryl's post.
I just wonder why everyone still is supporting all the crap from hollywood period.
Daryl,
First of all get off your talking points.. Bush did not kill one single person. Bush went to war, with the concent of Congress, and GASP People die in war. Thoes are facts..
Toby Keith ( and many other musicians ) support our Military Men and Women. They might not agree with what " military action " is currently going on, but they support the troops who are doing their job. I will 100 percent support ANYONE supporting our fine Military Men and Woman. I do not have to agree with the action, but I will support them till the day I die.
None of them were good enough to be currently working. When was the last time you saw Mike Ferral on anything?
If you want to know what really happened, read the court transcripts (they're freely available). I printed them out (an inch thick) and they're a much better source of information than a bunch of know-nothing celebrities. He either did it, or simply wanted the courts to think he did, and he's solely responsible for being in the position he's in.
Thanks for the chime-in here. I still think his brother did it and he is taking the rap fro his bro here. I DO, however, think the investigation into his brothers culpability has been........stifled........ to garner a conviction by the jury.
D.A's office took the easy way out here.
If they were both in that alley when the cop got killed, and had planned to be in that alley, they are equally guilty.
"Abu-Jamal, standing over Officer Faulkner, fired four shots at close range. One shot struck Officer Faulkner between the eyes and entered his brain."
So I guess all the Mumia haters out there assume that one of Mumia's bullets bounced off of the Officers brain and richoted back hitting and almost killing him...seems like solid GOP logic.
Wesley Cook, the murdering crook, that changed his name to Abu Jamal snd fooled the Liberal Left.
He wrote a crappy book that has endowed him, with his miserable life in a pen.
So desrving to the miserable turd is life inside a cage.
Murder has no statute of limitations. The officers wife should sue him for everything he has, or ever will have.
@Bustem
Ummmmmmm.............. He's in JAIL LMAO!!
The above comments epitomize the problems we have in this country between the Black and white race. There is always some cracker that will speak out of emotion rather than intellect. How typical!
Wow HM2, you are a D.bag, this comming from a cracker You dumb Nog!
If you aren't being sarcastic or just baiting people, you might want to look into a mirror some time HM2. First of all the Black and white (why is white lowercase if black is capitalized?) "race" garbage is simply KKK-talk from a slightly different angle and second, cracker... really? Cracker? LOL
First of all you can call me "Mr. Cracker, I like how you call people, who are stating the obvious, racist and then call them a "Cracker" I have yet to see any "@!$%#" remarks on here. So....What you hate...is actually what you are. Black or white this guy killed a cop and should fry.
You dumb black bastard. Mumia is the one making it about race. Everyone else has been making it about a cop killer pure and simple.
Wow! I can right the word cracker but not @!$%#!......hmmmmmmmm?
Not every white man is a racist cracker and not every convicted black felon is a victim of racism. Your comments are the reason for the growing rift between races in this country as you, like so many others, use racism as a refuge instead of dealing with the real issues.
Craker?? What a racist remark that is. Yes, we will always have black and white race problems in this country when black people cry "race" every time they get caught committing a crime. How many white people do you know crying race when they committ a crime against a black person and get convicted. I don't know of any. Race problems will exist until everyone is on the SAME playing field. I thought that was what Martin Luther King was about, not getting ahead or revenge, just getting equal.
Do you mean like the black people from Occupy Wall Street who were speaking out against the Jews in a venomous tone OR the black Panther racists who were intimidating voters during the 2008 Obama fiasco? The most racist people I've ever met or known are black....and they support their views with all forms of half-truths and inuendos. So Elzie, you can comment on what's typical until you're white in the face....but most of what is being said is both true and deeply felt by the everyday person who watches the inequality dealings of a minority race that is given every break and chance in the book.....and still can't get it together.
Can't we all just get along?
I always chuckle every time I hear a black person call a white person a "cracker." I wonder if they understand the origin of the word?
"Cracker" is a shortened version of "whip-cracker." That is, the person wielding the whip. By calling a white person a cracker, are you submitting that you indeed are his or her slave? He or she is your master? Is that what you truly intend to state?
You say "problems we have in this country between the Black and white race." Black capatalized, white in lower case in one sentence. You then proceed to use the term cracker in the next and continue on in the same sentence to refrence intellect? Thats kind of IGNORANT isn't it? You should be ashamed to consider yourself a DevilDoc!
HM2 you probably need to educate yourself a little before making comments like you made. Cracker come on that just tells people that your racist. You may want to read the UCMJ about their catch all article.
We saw the tape daryl....I wish they had been at my voting precinct and tried that crap...I would have gone home and had a nice spaghetti dinner after bashing their heads in with their own clubs...No need for our racist attorney General to do anything...But they pulled that crap where they could get away with it...Hey all you POS black kitty party..Come to Florida and give it a go...
AMS1....
Not too worried about my conduct being unbecoming as this is America we live in last time I checked! You and I fight and provide the very freedom which allows these clowns who responded to my post to say what they do about this Black Man whom they know little about. The comments I've received reinforce my very point!
I didn't say anything about conduct unbecoming and I commend you for your service, but there is a subparagraph about comments that make the military look bad that would get you especially using your title with a racist undertone "Cracker" to whites in your comment. And that is what I was trying to convey to you, the military would not see eye to eye with you on the subject. Yes this is America and Yes I fought for the same freedoms we share. I also agree there are clowns in this world both black, white, yellow etc.. But back to the subject at hand the man did wrong and was judged by his peers, and like Manson he enjoys the attention that has been brought upon him it's the best high an inmate can get! Again in closing I commend you for your service to this country and can we not all get along!!
I have a friend, Richard Mayberry AP-5251 that has been inside Pennsylvania's prisons since April of 1957. This guy originally went in on a 2 1/2 to 5 year sentence and now has 9 years to go. All of his additional time has been for trying to break out. He hasn't written any books so the lefties in our society do not know his name. All he has done for these past 54 years in solitary confinement, is to try and stay alive from the enmity of the Black Prison Muslims. Not true Muslims, just the pseudo Muslims that prison breeds.
You do realize he "converted" before he went to prison? I am old enough to remember him on the radio as a beat reporter for Philadelphia KWYnews 1060am using the "Mumia Abu-Jamal" name while reporting on air.
He may have converted before prison but now in prison he's inverted...lMAO
Even money says he will be out on parole within 2 years.
Bill H... I'm from PA. Even money? It's a sucker bet so I'll give you 10:1 odds. Hopefully you're willing to bet a $1000 or more. You put up a $1000, and I'll pay you $10,000 when he gets out. You pay me the $1000 upon his death in prison.
You have a better chance of growing to 7' 9" than Mumia does of getting out. Mumia will get out the day after Manson gets out. He'll cut his dreads to mark the occasion. Then he'll win the PA lottery and be able to finance a run at President. He'll easily be elected president by all the "lefties".
I mean, if you're going to fantasize, have some fun and go all out!
Dan Mayher, thank you so much for distinguishing between psuedo Muslims and those who faithfully practice the religion. Killing and hate is not a part of it and those Muslims who are familiar with this case say he is not a true Muslim.
Nicely said Harold...
He may not be a true muzzie, BUT HE IS SOMEBODIES BIATCH!
It's way to hard to get rid of the bad guys these days, what a shame.
This scum bag should be dead, now we have to support him for the rest of his useless life. Now there is a chance he might be freed some day, bad news.
I feel bad for the family of the cop he killed.
He's been locked up for 30 years. To me, that's proof that the city of Philadelphia effectively got rid of him.
We've been "supporting" him for 30 years, what's another 10-15? It's way cheaper than all the appeals that the death penalty would require.
As for the chance he'll be freed someday.... sure, the day that someone blows up the prison walls. Outside of that, Mumia ain't going anywhere except showers, mess hall, rec yard, and cell.
I feel bad for the family of the cop he killed too and admire his wife.
I wish the filthy animal had been shot to death as soon as he was found guilty of murder. Nobody convicted of a crime should be allowed to go by a new name. Upon being foound guilty, he should have been forced to go back to using Cook. (Unless the new name is "Sugarfoot" and some large prison inmate is using it as a sign of affection.)
If this were a white person who killed a black person, we would never hear the end of it.
Death penalty should have been carried out.
Where have you been for the past 30 years? I've been near Philadelphia and trust me, Philadelphians have not, and will never, hear "the end of it". Mumia sells newspapers. That's why you're reading about it today. The media will continue to bring it up 20 years after he's dead.
If this were a white person who killed a black person, the death penalty would never have been sought. In fact, he probably would have gotten acquitted.
Elk Hound-4230997
and if it were a black person who killed a white person...MSNBC or any other major news outlet would never have aired the story; yet we have to listen to this POS and his supporters for the past thirty years
look up the murders of Channon Christian and her boyfriend
robbopaloobop
If? Isn't that exactly what everyone is talking about?
robbopaloobop
If? Isn't that exactly what everyone is talking about? The subject of this entire article and discussion?
Elk Hound
Try telling that to those two white guys in Jasper who killed that black guy, oops, you can only tell one of them, we already smoked the other.
"Prosecutors announced Wednesday that they will no longer pursue the death penalty against former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal, meaning he will spend the rest of his life in prison for gunning down a white police officer nearly 30 years ago."
Does it really matter that the police officer was "white". Would it have been any different if Daniel Faulkner was black? Mumia Abu Jamal MURDERED a police officer - ENOUGH SAID!
You caught that one too.. and they state racism is dead.............
"Death penalty dropped against Mumia Abu-Jamal"
Another case of racial injustice. This guy should have fried a long time ago.
Racial injustice did not begin with Mumia Abu-Jamal Study your history!!!
KPS, It didn't begin with him but he sure perpetuated it. Study your history!!!!
Wonder if Eric Holder had influenced the district attorney? He vowed not to prosecute the Black Panthers after he stated he was the BLACK Attorney General!
Eric Holder is a Racist and that is another reason for voting Barrack Obama out of our Oval iffice. Putting a Racist in charge of a crime Ridden Agency
Racism in the oval office began with George Washington so why single Barrack Obama out
KPS, Barrack has done a terrible job. He continues to do everything he can to destroy our Christian roots. But Barrack, to some people, is more important than Jesus Christ.
jm, what christian roots are you talking about? I don't see any in the Constitution. In fact I see ANTI-christian roots (ie freedom of religion and no religious test for office).
Well, at least he will rot in prison. 30 years and counting dooshbag.
Abu is just a scumbag. 30 years have gone by and the scumbag is still living. Now the liberals will try to get him out of jail. I hope this scumbag is miserable every day, all day long for the rest of his miserable life.
I'm a liberal, so your stupid ass comment isn't true. He should have been punished for his horrific crime years ago. You might want to rethink your miserable scumbag racist blind stereo types.
There was really nothing racist about dukehart's comment, so no need to go there. Look just because you are a Democrat--a member of a political party that founded the KKK, twice--doesn't mean you have to interject racism into everything constantly. We understand you are guilty about your racist past (and it was very, very racist), but get over it. Become a Republican if you don't want to be a racist anymore. But stop putting your racist guilt trip on the rest of us who have no culpability for supporting Jim Crow, opposing the 13th-15th Amendments, voting for Lester Maddox, Bull Connor, etc. Silly Klucker.
That's too bad, you obviously can't read. Maybe one of your local community focused programs could help you with that. Along with some health-care solutions for your hearing problem.