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To: Brumar89 who wrote (607503)	4/12/2011 1:38:02 PM
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Sick. CA Teacher’s Union Endorses Cop Killer at Annual Convention [I'll bet if Mumia is alive then, Obama pardons him after the 2012 election. ] Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 11:48 AM (Michelle Malkin) On December 9, 1981, at approximately 3:55 a.m., Officer Danny Faulkner, a five year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department, made a traffic stop at Locust Street near Twelfth Street. The car stopped by Officer Faulkner was being driven by William Cook. After making the stop, Danny called for assistance on his police radio and requested a police wagon to transport a prisoner. Unbeknownst to him, William Cook’s brother, Wesley (aka Mumia Abu-Jamal) was across the street. As Danny attempted to handcuff William Cook, Mumia Abu-Jamal ran from across the street and shot the officer in the back. Danny turned and was able to fire one shot that struck Abu-Jamal in the chest; the wounded officer then fell to the pavement. Mumia Abu-Jamal stood over the downed officer and shot him four more times at close range, once directly in the face. Mumia Abu-Jamal was found still at the scene of the shooting by officers who arrived there within seconds. The murderer was slumped against the curb in front of his brother’s car. In his possession was a .38 caliber revolver that records showed Mumia had purchased months earlier. The chamber of the gun had five spent cartridges. A cab driver, as well as other pedestrians, had witnessed the brutal slaying and identified Mumia Abu-Jamal as the killer both at the scene and during his trial. On July 2, 1982, after being tried before a jury of ten whites and two blacks, Mumia Abu-Jamal was convicted of murdering Officer Danny Faulkner. The next day, the jury sentenced him to death after deliberating for two hours. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania heard the defendant’s appeals and upheld the conviction on March 6, 1989. This week the California Federation of Teachers endorsed cop killer Mumia Abu Jamal. The Blaze reported: The California Federation of Teachers — a branch of the AFL-CIO — has adopted a resolution at its annual conference supporting convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal, the Daily Caller reports. From TheDC, which notes that Abu-Jamal is now being called a “journalist:” Among the resolutions largely pertaining to education and collective bargaining rights was Resolution 19 – to “Reaffirm support for death row journalist.” “Therefore, be it resolved, that the California Federation of Teachers reaffirm its support and demand that the courts consider the evidence of innocence of Mumia Abu-Jamal,” the Committee Report reads. Mumia Abu-Jamal, a former member of the Black Panther Party, was convicted of shooting, multiple times, Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner in 1981. He reportedly confessed to the crime and was given the death penalty. gatewaypundit.rightnetwork.com ------------------------------------ [Conservatives, need another reason to dislike NPR? They wanted to put him on the air. Dole stopped it. ] .... In May 1994, Abu-Jamal was engaged by National Public Radio's All Things Considered program to deliver a series of monthly three-minute commentaries on crime and punishment.[82] The broadcast plans and commercial arrangement were canceled following condemnations from, among others, the Fraternal Order of Police[83] and US Senator Bob Dole (R-KS).[84] Abu-Jamal sued NPR for not airing his work, but a federal judge dismissed the suit.[85] The commentaries later appeared in print in May 1995 as part of Live from Death Row.[86] [ But this doesn't mean NPR is biased to the liberal side of things .... Ira Glass has said so. ] In 1999, he was invited to record a keynote address for the graduating class at The Evergreen State College. The event was protested heavily.[87] In 2000, he recorded a commencement address for Antioch College.[88] The now defunct New College of California School of Law presented him with an honorary degree "for his struggle to resist the death penalty".[89] ..... From: en.wikipedia.org