Mumia Abu-Jamal Rally

Mon., May 8, 2000

Six thousand people crammed a theater to show support for condemned murderer and radio journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal Sunday afternoon, while off-duty police officers held a counter rally for the Philadelphia officer Jamal was convicted of killing. Dozens of the 150 police officers who gathered for the counter rally wore blue-and-white T-shirts reading, “Officer Danny Faulkner was murdered by Abu-Jamal.” Abu-Jamal was convicted of killing Faulkner in 1981. The officer was shot after stopping Abu-Jamal’s brother for driving the wrong way down a Philadelphia street. Abu-Jamal was arrested at the scene. The former Black Panther leader’s execution was stayed last October, sparking another round of appeals.

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