Twenty-six years ago, Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner, 25, made a routine traffic stop in the wee hours of the morning. A struggle ensued when he attempted to arrest the driver, William Cook. Mumia Abu-Jamal, Cook's older brother, rushed out of the darkness from a parking lot across the street and shot Faulkner in the back. Faulkner managed to return fire. A wounded Abu-Jamal then stood over the fallen officer while emptying his gun, killing Faulkner with a shot to the face.
Abu-Jamal was tried, convicted and sentenced to death for the cold-bloody cop killing of Daniel Faulkner. After several appeals went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, his latest appeal is awaiting yet another ruling by judges of the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals.
Mumia Abu-Jamal, born Wesley Cook, has become an international folk hero. Amnesty International has been working steadfastly in his behalf. He has been made an honorary citizen of some 25 cities around the world, including the cities of Paris, Montreal and Palermo. Last year, a Paris suburb honored him by naming a new street "Rue Mumia Abu-Jamal." He has been made an honorary member of far-left organizations in Germany and other European countries.
The Europeans, always eager to shame America, are convinced Abu-Jamal is the innocent victim of a racist police force, a racist judge and a racist jury. A prolific author, he became famous while on death row through the publication of his literary works.
Abu-Jamal was a prominent member in the Philadelphia chapter of the Black Panthers, that racist domestic terrorist organization. The Panthers adhered to Chinese Communitst Chairman Mao Zedong's well-known saying - "All power comes from the barrel of a gun." That would explain why Abu-Jamal was armed with a gun on that fateful night.
Mumia Abu-Jamal does not merit the admiration of a folk hero. He is nothing more than a cold-blooded cop killer who does not deserve any sympathy whatsoever! He is a poster boy for the justification of the death penalty. 25-years on death row is far, far too long. Abu-Jamal deserves no more mercy than the mercy he failed to show Officer Daniel Faulkner.
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