The Case Against Mumia

Officer Daniel Faulkner was shot by Mumia Abu Jamal in December, 1981. He was convicted by a jury and sentenced to death. I linked to this story of the despicable actions of the Street administration with regard to visiting french politicians who gleefully told of how they named a street in Jamal's honor.

I feel sick everytime I hear anyone defending this murdering thug. Former celebrity types such as Ed Asner, Tom Morello-- formerly of Rage Against the Machine and currently with Audioslave-- and others have taken the side of Mumia. If it effects me so much to have this dredged up, what must it feel like to his widow, Maureen?

Please take time to research the case against Jamal. It is airtight and has withstood scrutiny from every direction.

I propose that every blogger who reads this post link to this website and read the the details of the case, it will be crystal clear that Mumia Abu Jamal is the man who murdered Daniel Faulkner.

Michelle Malkin has already linked and I hope this gets much wider play in the blogosphere.

Philly radio talkshow host Michael Smerconish has been the hammer against Jamal for a long time. You can read his page here and link at the bottom to Danny Faulkner info.

Update: Maureen Faulkner was interviewed by Michael Smerconish yesterday and she said that Mayor Street apologized and said that he knew Mumia Abu Jamal was guilty of murder. In his official statement however, he was less certain.

Mayor Street’s spokesman, Daniel Fee (sp?) was interviewed by Smerconish this morning and said that the French were given the miniature Liberty Bells because they were giving a gift to the mayor, a crystal or glass object, and were only accorded the honor of being seen in the City Hall anteroom near the mayor’s office because it was a “crowd control” situation.

Later in the program, Pam Africa, of the far left-wing back-to-nature group MOVE, called the show and said the whole affair, including the inclusion of socialist groups, was pre-planned and organized by her. She further said that Mayor Street would never admit that Mumia was guilty. MOVE has supported Jamal for years.

More later when time allows.

Update: For those who want to know more about MOVE, click the link above. They have quite a history in Philly, they were ousted once by Mayor Frank Rizzo in an assault where Officer James Ramp died (sadly, I could not find a website dedicated to his memory). In the city's second confrontation with the group, Mayor W. Wilson Goode dropped an incendiary device on a rooftop bunker that caused the death of MOVE members, including women and children, and the loss of 61 Osage Ave. homes. 2 members of MOVE survived.

Here is the MOVE Commission's report.

This is a ton of information and I went off on a tangent about MOVE because of Pam Africa being on Mike Smerconish's show today. The point of this whole exercise was to explain that this is a wound in Philly and the scab is pulled off repeatedly. We have to get the true story out and stop the egregious assault on the memory of a dead cop and end the suffering of his widow.

Update: Thanks to Jack, Susan, The Watcher, Hubes Cube and Captain Ed ( who was hospiblogging) for linking and doing everything possible to get this story out. The Ombudsgod has a quiz.