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ICYMI: Cop Killer--How Mumia Abu Jamal Conned Millions Into Believing He Was Framed
The ’20s had Sacco and Vanzetti. Committed disciples of Alger Hiss trumpeted his innocence in the ’40s. Angela Davis, the Chicago Seven, and “Hurricane” Carter would gain cult followings in the ’60s and ’70s. Now the 1990s has its very own cause celebre: Mumia Abu-Jamal. In 1981, Abu-Jamal brutally murdered Philadelphia Policeman Daniel Faulkner, shooting him in the back and then in the face. Eighteen years later, scores of rock stars, actors, campus activists, and even world leaders demand his release and put forward various conspiracy theories purporting to prove Abu-Jamal’s innocence.
Cop Killer: How Mumia Abu-Jamal Conned Millions Into Believing He Was Framed is an Accuracy in Academia monograph that I’ve just published. The release of the monograph coincides with Monday’s ruling against Abu-Jamal by the U.S. Supreme Court that makes the signing of his death warrant imminent (although a separate appeal in federal court is expected). Accuracy in Academia will be distributing tens-of-thousands of copies of Cop Killer to students on campuses where the case has become “the issue.” Although the 38-page booklet contains more than 100 citations, don’t look for it to be used in any of the many campus “teach-ins” devoted to the subject or to be required reading in classes devoted to promoting Mr. Abu-Jamal. This is because it dares to suggest that the police got the right man. The booklet debunks claims that Abu-Jamal is a political prisoner like Nelson Mandela, painting the death row inmate as a wannabe O.J. Simpson—one who seeks to avoid punishment for a crime he did commit. A wealth of evidence points to his guilt:
* Five eyewitnesses implicated Abu-Jamal as the killer. His legally-registered gun was found at the scene with five spent shells in the chamber—shells that matched the bullet retrieved from the slain officer’s brain. Abu-Jamal was found wearing a holster. A return round from the policeman’s revolver was embedded in Abu-Jamal’s chest. When police arrived Abu-Jamal lunged for his gun. To this day Abu-Jamal and his brother, both witnesses to the crime, remain curiously silent on what happened.
By Dan Flynn
The ’20s had Sacco and Vanzetti. Committed disciples of Alger Hiss trumpeted his innocence in the ’40s. Angela Davis, the Chicago Seven, and “Hurricane” Carter would gain cult followings in the ’60s and ’70s. Now the 1990s has its very own cause celebre: Mumia Abu-Jamal. In 1981, Abu-Jamal brutally murdered Philadelphia Policeman Daniel Faulkner, shooting him in the back and then in the face. Eighteen years later, scores of rock stars, actors, campus activists, and even world leaders demand his release and put forward various conspiracy theories purporting to prove Abu-Jamal’s innocence.
Cop Killer: How Mumia Abu-Jamal Conned Millions Into Believing He Was Framed is an Accuracy in Academia monograph that I’ve just published. The release of the monograph coincides with Monday’s ruling against Abu-Jamal by the U.S. Supreme Court that makes the signing of his death warrant imminent (although a separate appeal in federal court is expected). Accuracy in Academia will be distributing tens-of-thousands of copies of Cop Killer to students on campuses where the case has become “the issue.” Although the 38-page booklet contains more than 100 citations, don’t look for it to be used in any of the many campus “teach-ins” devoted to the subject or to be required reading in classes devoted to promoting Mr. Abu-Jamal. This is because it dares to suggest that the police got the right man. The booklet debunks claims that Abu-Jamal is a political prisoner like Nelson Mandela, painting the death row inmate as a wannabe O.J. Simpson—one who seeks to avoid punishment for a crime he did commit. A wealth of evidence points to his guilt:
* Five eyewitnesses implicated Abu-Jamal as the killer. His legally-registered gun was found at the scene with five spent shells in the chamber—shells that matched the bullet retrieved from the slain officer’s brain. Abu-Jamal was found wearing a holster. A return round from the policeman’s revolver was embedded in Abu-Jamal’s chest. When police arrived Abu-Jamal lunged for his gun. To this day Abu-Jamal and his brother, both witnesses to the crime, remain curiously silent on what happened.
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