"When a gang member is beaten by persons unknown in a mixed neighborhood, and the Black gangs begin terrorizing WHITES, it is called racism; a bunch of cops can ride through Black neighborhoods all day beatin' ass, and call it law; when a bunch of Blacks beat one of these cops' ass it's called mob … Continue reading Commentary by Mumia Abu-Jamal: Legalized Cop Violence
Category: Prisons
New Yorkers Protest Cop Killing of Ahmed Diallo
By MARILYN VOGT-DOWNEY NEW YORK-When four cops gunned down Amadou Ahmed Diallo in the doorway to his home at 12:45 a.m. on Feb. 4, they made the institutionalized brutality and racism of the New York City Police Department into an international issue. The victim of this police murder was a 22-year-old African immigrant from Guinea … Continue reading New Yorkers Protest Cop Killing of Ahmed Diallo
Build April 24 Marches for MUMIA ABU-JAMAL!
By JEFF MACKLER The Feb. 12 issue of the popular supermarket magazine stand publication Entertainment Weekly carried a half-page article on January's Rage Against the Machine benefit concert for Mumia Abu-Jamal. The New Jersey event, despite numerous threats to cancel by local and state politicians, and the concerted efforts to discourage attendance orchestrated by the Fraternal Order … Continue reading Build April 24 Marches for MUMIA ABU-JAMAL!
Mumia’s Attorney Reveals New Evidence
By JEFF MACKLER Leonard Weinglass, Mumia-Abu Jamal's chief legal counsel, spoke at a Jan. 23 New York City national leadership conference called to prepare the April 24 mass demonstrations for a new trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal in Philadelphia, San Francisco, and internationally. Weinglass presented startling new information further demonstrating Jamal's innocence of killing a Philadelphia … Continue reading Mumia’s Attorney Reveals New Evidence
Oakland Schools Hold Mumia Teach-In
By JEFF MACKLER OAKLAND, Calif.-In the midst of a storm of protest by police, public officials, and school board members, thousands of students participated on Jan. 14 in teacher union-sponsored classroom discussions on the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal and the death penalty. The Oakland Educational Association (OEA), at an electrifying meeting of school site representatives, … Continue reading Oakland Schools Hold Mumia Teach-In
Rage Leader Zack de la Rocha Speaks on Mumia
Following are excerpts from a statement to the media by Zack de la Rocha, of Rage Against the Machine. Working to ensure the legal rights that all of us presume to enjoy certainly has turned out to be controversial! Let me say straight up that tonight's benefit is not to support cop killers, or any … Continue reading Rage Leader Zack de la Rocha Speaks on Mumia
Rage Against the Machine Mumia Concert
Some 20,000 enthusiastic youth attended the Jan. 28 Rage Against the Machine benefit concert in New Jersey's state-run Continental Airlines arena located in the Meadowlands area close to New York City. Organized to raise funds for the legal defense of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the concert provoked a firestorm of protest from outraged police organizations led by … Continue reading Rage Against the Machine Mumia Concert
Former Death Row Prisoners
Mumia's struggle has resonated in every quarter of U.S. society. A dramatic letter calling for his freedom was signed by 15 innocent people who had lived on death row for periods ranging from two to 12 years. They had been convicted and freed when the racist and classist frame-up against them was finally brought to … Continue reading Former Death Row Prisoners
ABC Television Documentary on Mumia: ‘Objective Journalism’ or Hit Piece?
By JEFF MACKLER At a Dec. 12 conference in Philadelphia, defense attorney Leonard Weinglass responded in detail to the Dec. 9, ABC-TV "20/20" broadcast in which host Sam Donaldson, in the name of "objective" journalism, championed the efforts of the Fraternal Order of Police and other lying state officials who seek to murder Mumia Abu-Jamal. … Continue reading ABC Television Documentary on Mumia: ‘Objective Journalism’ or Hit Piece?
Mumia Abu-Jamal: The Struggle for His Freedom Enters a Critical Stage
By JEFF MACKLER The struggle to win a new trial and freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal has entered a critical stage. Mumia, a noted Black journalist and innocent political prisoner, has been on Pennsylvania's death row for 17 years after being convicted in a frame-up trial of killing a Philadelphia police officer. Key organizers of Jamal's … Continue reading Mumia Abu-Jamal: The Struggle for His Freedom Enters a Critical Stage
The KGO-TV Report: A Case Study in Irresponsible Journalism
By C. CLARK KISSINGER and LEONARD WEINGLASS Television news programs can provide us with valuable exposés and special reports that bring insight to the public. But with that special capability also comes the potential for abuse and deliberate misinformation. This paper will detail just such an abuse by KGO-TV, the ABC affiliate in the San … Continue reading The KGO-TV Report: A Case Study in Irresponsible Journalism
New York Times Ad and ABC-TV Attack Mumia Abu-Jamal
By JEFF MACKLER An $85,000 full-page unsigned ad calling for the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal appeared on the back page of the Sunday, June 14, 1998, New York Times, "Week in Review" section. Paid for by "Justice For P/O Daniel Faulkner, Inc.(Faulkner is the Philadelphia police officer Mumia Abu-Jamal is falsely accused of murdering), the … Continue reading New York Times Ad and ABC-TV Attack Mumia Abu-Jamal