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...smiling face on the posters belongs to Mumia Abu Jamal, and while the explanation for his status as a beloved martyr is quite complex, the facts of his case are quite simple. On Dec. 9, 1981, Officer Daniel Faulkner of the Philadelphia Police Department stopped a Volkswagen, driven by Mr. William Cook, for a routine traffic violation. When he approached the car he was attacked by Cook, and a scuffle ensued. While Faulkner tried to subdue his assailant, Jamal, Cook's brother, approached the scene from across the street and shot Faulkner in the back, at point blank range...
...prison, his status as an anti-establishment agitator only blossomed. He wrote a book and recorded radio programs, skillfully drawing attention to himself and drumming up support for his cause. And, in short order, all those who feel neglected and victimized by the system assembled behind him. Latinos for Mumia, Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgendered for Mumia, Labor for Mumia--you name the minority, there's some organization championing Jamal's struggle...
...charismatic criminal and their own romantic delusions that they are fighting a great populist battle against the injustice of The Man. In reality, they've senselessly allied themselves with a cold-blooded sociopath who deserves the sentence that was handed him. They can hang all the "Free Mumia" posters they want, but Mumia Abu Jamal is a cop killer and Mumia should...
Additionally, the front window displays a "Free Mumia" poster. Revolution Books is one of very few bookstores to carry Abu-Jamal's book, Live from Death Row, O'Leary says...
...case around Mumia Abu-Jamal-it isn't in the same breath as what was going on the '80s. It represents the embryo of what could be. There's a certain feeling of alienation and cynicism that people themselves don't identify with the same political concerns...