On December 9th, 1981, in downtown Philadelphia, Wesley Cook, alias Mumia Abu-Jamal, parked his cab near the corner of the 13th Street. By pure coincidence, his brother was being checked at the same moment by a policeman, Officer Faulkner, on the other side of the street. A gunfire broke up and when the police arrived, Faulkner was found killed. Abu-Jamal was injured on the pavement, a bullet in the chest. His gun was on the floor, next to him, five bullets missing in the cylinder. Ballistic evidence and witness testimonies damned him, and he was sentenced to death. But he is still alive in the death row, due to an amazing wave from all over the world, claiming to free Mumia.
[...] The other version comes from the confession of Arnold Beverly. It has never been taken into account by any court, even if it was validated by lie detector and several witnesses. According to this former hitman, there was a plot to kill Officer Faulkner who was disturbing the mob and some policemen in their dealings. He confessed he killed the Officer and that Jamal did not have anything to do with the murder. As said Jamal in his affidavit, according to this confession he just got out of his cab when, after having heard gun shots, he saw his brother in the street. [...]
[...] First they said that they found Faulkner, Jamal and their weapons on the scene. But then they said that one or two suspects have left with Faulkner's gun. What's more, two of the witnesses declared some years later that they were coerced to change their testimony. And it was quite common in Philadelphia during those years according to several FBI's investigations about bribery in the police and their relationship with the mob. As Cynthia White was a prostitute, and a police informant, she could had been threatened. [...]
[...] And legally, the prosecutor could not use Jamal's past as a Black Panther to convict him. It seems hard to be completely sure by now whether Mumia was guilty or innocent. But considering the history of Philadelphia, and of the USA, in police misconduct against Afro-Americans, doubt has nothing preposterous. And as long as he is not found guilty by a proper trial, he is still an innocent waiting in the death row. Bibliographie indicative En direct du couloir de la mort de Mumia Abu-Jamal, Leonard I. [...]
[...] Le cas Mumia Abu-Jamal A street sign in Saint-Denis, France. No explanations, no dates: only a name. An unfinished sign, a symbol of his life. So many pedestrians must pass past without noticing it. Or perhaps they wonder about such an exotic name. They should know his story. On December 9th in downtown Philadelphia, Wesley Cook, alias Mumia Abu-Jamal, parked his cab near the corner of the 13th Street. By pure coincidence, his brother was being checked at the same moment by a policeman, Officer Faulkner, on the other side of the street. [...]
[...] The cartridge from another gun was found on the scene, and some bullets had strange trajectories. We can explain this lack of inquiry because of the importance of the charges Jamal had against him: there were four witnesses to the crime who accused him to be the killer. Even if only one of them (Cynthia White) was close enough to see him holding a gun, they all stated that he shot Officer Faulkner and was injured by him. But there were inconsistencies between the testimonies. [...]
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