Mumia Abu-Jamal -- Writings From the Other Side of the Cage

[326Ka]

i love this brotha.he is so right about these young brothas not wanting to know.ii fell in love with black history and real brothas like eldridge cleaver,kwame toure,patrice lumumba and yes mummia abu jamal.

[akthemoor]

Thank you Mr. Mumia abu Jamal. You are a brilliant man, and we love you. You can be rest assured that this young black man will resist, and will assist others to organize before I leave this planet. I will pray for you, and if there is a paradise after this life, may the beauty of your soul be welcomed there with open arms. Viva la revolucion, long live Mumia, and long live true justice.

[ShogunAssassin4135]

DID he say Death Row?

[black251963]

i think!!! THEN I AGREE AM 25 WE GOT 2 GO BACK TO OUR HISTORY 2 HAVE TRUE FREEDOM!! WE LOST IN ALOT B.S. THEN 2 REALIZE THE TRUTH

[jasonbravo77]

Haha, fuck you Mumia.

April 7, 2009:

"Today, the US Supreme Court rejected Mumia Abu-Jamal's appeal for a new guilt-phase trial. The Supreme Court has not yet decided whether to consider the Philadelphia DA's separate appeal, which is attempting to execute Abu-Jamal WITHOUT a new sentencing hearing."

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[ptsmmrs]

he's never getting out and all his supporters have lost.

[sootybold]

This is no longer a question of his guilt... He is just a great man, who has powerful intellegent words and views.

I'm glad he was arrested, I'm glad he is on death row.....Because...with out it...would he have the platform for his views to inspire the rest of us?

Yes...he should be freed...not because he's innocent...whether he is or not...but because he's a great man...and has things to say that the world needs to hear.

[ptsmmrs]

you think he should be freed even if he's innocent or NOT?!?why would you care what a cop killer has to say?

[nasbertoty]

everyone says COP killer COP killer COP killer like the cops are friendly and as if they don't take advantage of the badge and their power. FUCK THE COPS EVEN I WOULD KILL A FUCKER AND I"LL TAKE YOU OUT TOO PTSMMRS ;)

FUCK THE POWER!

[ptsmmrs]

then afterwards bitch about the racist court system im sure.

[sarmiento2008]

if he even killed a cop, the cop he killed was a racist who was assaulting his brother for no reason.

i dont know about anyone else, but i would defend my family and friends in the face of a racist fucking cop, no matter what it took!

[ptsmmrs]

some people think everythings racist,thanks for not letting me down.

[sarmiento2008]

hmmm yes but i am not arguing from a point of ignorance.

if you didnt know, the times in chicago before he went to prison had alot of racism in it.

... it does exist, racism.

[ptsmmrs]

of coarse it does exist but there is a real habbit by some people just to throw it out there,BTW mumia is from philly.

[sarmiento2008]

hmmmmm! how could i get that mixed up with chicago..

well, i believe, that racism had alot to do with his sentence.

dont get me mixed up with the other people that cry "racism!"

because as far as other trials like OJ, i dont give a shit about that guy, mumia has been doing good things for the community and the people both before and while he is in prison.

[ptsmmrs]

well,black community.maybe mumia got shot because he pulled a gun at a police officer and then of coarse murdered him.

[sarmiento2008]

IF mumia even did that, he was defending his brother against police brutality.

you should try watching 'in prison my whole life'

[ptsmmrs]

i did try to watch it and thought it sucked.we can throw the word IF around all day long but it doesnt change the fact that mumia killed danny faulkner,thats his name in case you didnt know.

[sarmiento2008]

yes yes i did know that, and that is not a fact.

that he killed him, it was never properly proven.

i believe in mumia's ideas more than that of his prosecutors.

the cop died because he was assaulting mumias brother, who else has that cop assaulted?

the police dropped a bomb on the MOVE residence!

im against the prosecutors of free speech, and injustice, and thats where i stand.

all you have to say is, too many people cry 'RACIST!'

and the judge said mumia is guilty, so thats what i'll think.

[sarmiento2008]

it is not a single case, many have been released from prison and death row after they did time due to proper case opening and DNA testing.

proof of many wrongful convictions.

[ptsmmrs]

i wouldnt look for this to be one of those cases since mumia is guilty and YOU are the one who is assuming guilt with faulkner.

[57worldwide]

My understanding of the events are as follows: Faulkner was a member of a police force which was very corrupt (and himself being maybe the only one unaware of the depth of corruption), and was trying to find out about the corruption. The other police officers wanted him dead.

Faulkner and Mumia were both shot, but the weapon which fired the fatal round at Faulkner was never found (I have heard that he died from a .44 caliber gunshot wound, Mumia's handgun was a .38)...

[57worldwide]

Mumia abu Jamal and Faulkner were people who the (corrupt) police wanted dead. It has been reported that Mumia said, while in hospital, "I shot him."

However, I have mentioned, he had a .38 and the policeman died from a larger caliber gunshot wound. Is it possible, Mumia shot at the officer and missed, after he himself had been shot and the police officer was thought to be attacking him?

[ptsmmrs]

that murderer needs to just stay in his "cage" and shut up.

[marailius]

he's really in a cage why do you have quotation marks around cage

[ptsmmrs]

its really called a cell and its where he belongs,thanks for setting me staight.

[BIGDO13]

powerful stuff....been a loyal listener and reader of Mumia's stuff for some time now....the man is truly illuminated....

[Garikai]

powerfull words.... if asian muslims can have thier own schools why can't black people? i think we should start a school for blacks only. before we loose all our history. we should study every positive black man woman or child. we need to teach our children where we come from. then hopefully when they are older, they will know where to go. i think we should teach them from as youg as possible. before the media gets them

[moebigsley1976]

I 1000% agree, these schools are just producing zombies and robots. The youth don't know their history and end up doing stupid things that endanger their lives. We are supposed to get 3 of these schools up in Canada but there has been alot of backlash from across the board, a fair number from black folks. Some of the parents unfortunately can't see the connection. If I had kids I'd drive them there myself.

[siougn]

the police did not perform a lead test on mumia's hands to determine whether or not he fired a weapon. they did not test his gun to see whether or not it had been fired. why? these are both routine and simple procedures. the prosecution never connected the weapon to the murder. to me, this is reasonable doubt.

let me know if none of what ive posted speaks to you and ill look up more irregularities in his case.

[siougn]

apologies, the medical examiner did not change his statement*. it was the ballistics office which contradicted the medical officer, with equivocation, stating that the bullet was not a 44 but infact a 38.

[siougn]

when mumia was arrested he posessed one gun. a 38-calibur pistol which he purchased because he had been robbed twice as a taxi driver. the bullets which were removed from faulkner belonged to a 44-calibur weapon. this was stated in a preliminary report. the examiner later changed his statements and claimed that the bullet was actually from a 38. somehow, a piece of the bullet was lost and now it cannot be identified. the absence of this critical tests validity imo creates resonable doubt.

[moebigsley1976]

You should put this statement on everyone of these Mumia videos, there are alot of people who don't want to see the facts.

[keilyngodson26]

2012 means something. By then, the world will be fed up.

[bootleg42]

EXCELLENT video. This is one of his better ones. We in the inner city should look to this for inspiration. Our inner city is filled with all the love for "crime" and "hustling" that the markets (i.e. capitalism) pushes. Us inner city youth (black, white, latino, asian, etc) must reject the model the market has been giving us for the last 18 years and we must learn about resistance. We have a lot of anger and it's time we use it on the people who actually oppress!!!

[barbsperry]

The judges left intact his first-degree murder conviction, rejecting Abu-Jamal's claim that he deserves an entirely new trial!

It is step in the RIGHT direction! Even the judges agree! He is guilty!

Maureen Faulkner one day soon, will have justice! The justice of seeing Mumia executed!

[bootleg42]

One day the urban poor and workers will get pissed and go to your suburbs and they'll make you shit your pants.

[barbsperry]

Sorry! I live in the city!

[siougn]

universal truth is not measured by mass appeal, even amongst judges who are not advocates of the communities they are supposed to represent.

you barely deserve the freedom you are lucky enough to enjoy.

what maks you so sure mumia is actually guilty? isnt it possible the court got it wrong?

[barbsperry]

I do deserve the freedom that I have currently have, I have done nothing wrong!

And yes Mumia is guilty! And no the court is correct!

[siougn]

im so angry about the case that i say hateful things towards people i believe are utterly wrong about his guilt, and i apologise. lets discuss the facts surrounding the case.

the me, that he recieved little medical attention AFTER faulkner recieved his, and that his politicalorganizations headquarters wasattacked shows endemic rascism. a fair trial?unlikely

the police stormed it and dropped a c-4 bomb on it, starting a fire which consumed an entire city block, killing 6 adults and 4 children.

[siougn]

mumia abu jamal was denied the right to defend himself at trial, but had to use a court appointed attorney who have a very limited amount of money to spend to defend their clients. less than 1000 was approved by the court.

[siougn]

1000 dollars* sorry

[siougn]

the judge albert sabo was nicknamed "the hanging judge" and "the prosecutors friend". under him, 50% of the jury pool was excluded from serving due to the fact that they opposed the death penalty. this is criticized in reputable business and managment journals because these altered jury pools may be politically biased, a fact critical in this case because mumia's left-wing, pro-black, pro-equality attitudes were public, and were potentially influential.

there were only 2 black jurors present.

[Shadow155]

FREE MUMIA

[Fresh12gama]

Viva la Revolucion Hermanos!!!!

[Sahbisun]

Great vid...Great message!

[MASSIVE100]

when I think of how young brothers were movin' where their minds were at in the '60's compares what these young dudes are in the streets doin' now.. I know Huey P,Malcolm,& Martin are rollin' in their graves.

[Time4Liberation]

Brilliant!

[illmaticDH]

I heard Mumia's favorite song is 'Cop Killer' Can anyone verify this?

[pixelpixie1]

NO!

[Brooklyn1919]

nickd9678 you fuckin cave boy, cannibalistic pedophile. You probably a serial killer. Like the rest of you crazy ass crackers! Google the profile of serial killer..

[lafemme4rious]

Brooklyn1919: You know how they do: kill them before they grow=kill (or suppress) the minds before the teach the others because knowledge and undersatanding is growth!!!

[Brooklyn1919]

Your soooo on point!!

[Brooklyn1919]

No wonder this guy is locked up! his mind is Amazing!!!

[nickd9678]

Maybe that or the fact he killed a fucking cop you dumb shit.

[Brooklyn1919]

How the fuck you know he killed a cop? cock breath, were you their ass wipe?

[nickd9678]

no, "cock breath" (i'm sure being in jail for 25 years, mumia is an expert on cockbreath) read the ballistic evidence. But than again your a dumb nigger and you probably cant read at above a 4th grade level.

[Brooklyn1919]

nickd9678 Screw you dumb ass pale lice hair having pale pasty skin fag, flat ass! stay out the sun Bitch! always tryin to get brown skin son of bitch.

[Brooklyn1919]

I really don't give a fuck faggot ass nick9678 I hope Mumia did blast that pig ass cop!!

[Brooklyn1919]

nick CAN YOU SAY MELANOMA?? HA HA ..

[pixelpixie1]

nickd it, or whatever your name is. people like you are the lowest form of human life. Take your inferior comments to some hitler site, were you can meet more freaks like yourself.

[divinejudge1]

why don't you produce your own commnetaries on life and society, instead of name calling and attacking characters?

Petty is the critic who doesn't know how to create.

[jac5562]

mayn take ya bullshit some where  else you fuckin pickle smoochas, Free Mumia,fuck the govt.

[baila22]

to CUTIEXALOT..

next time you write the word rasit make sure you write that up your ass you stupid bitch

[cutiexalot]

I'm sorry, I never wrote the word "rasit", I wrote the word racist. If you're going to make a dick out of yourself, at least double check your spelling. And you're calling me stupid? haha. You're a fucking ignorant moron, you never even gave me a reason why I should? Fuck yourself. You "rasit" piece of shit...

[cutiexalot]

How are Mumia's supporters racist? I'm white, I completely believe Mumia is innocence, in fact, it was proven. Somebody confessed to the murder already. Race has nothing to do with it in my eyes. What I see is a man locked in a cell for life for a murder he never committed. Black captivity does exist, open your eyes and look around. Piece of shit...

[nickd9678]

dumb white liberal socialist. mumia could kill your father and rape your mother and you probably wouldnt care because he is a "freedom fighter"....tell you what sweetheart, i'll buy you a ticket to come to philly, and i will drop you off in north philly or kensington, and you can see for yourself the "freedom" mumia represents. get a fucking clue you dumb cunt.

[cutiexalot]

Liberal socialist? I'm a 17 year old kid. HAH. Fuck yourself. I know more shit then you ever would. My mother and father are already dead. Another thing, dont call me sweetheart, I am a guy. And I'm planning on going to Philly soon anyways. Mumias a brilliant, INNOCENT man, and you conservative pieces of shit have to get over yourselves.

[baila22]

to CUTTIEXALOTyou know what you are ?  you are A SMART ASS with a big mouth do me a favor cut your own throat you are wasting peoples time... take care sonand lay off the dick sucking a little cuz i bet you are dumb as a cock" no i don't mean the rooster

[cutiexalot]

Hah. Dumb as cock? You're the "rasit" one. Haha, don't waste my time. Stupid piece of shit

[baila22]

you liked that one didn't you CUTIE you are dumb" as cock!!! yes not the rooster you idiot

[cutiexalot]

Dude, how old are you? You type like an 8 year old. Nope, I lied. I've pissed panterns in the snow more coherent then that shit. You're ridiculous. What makes me stupid? Why do you keep putting a " after the word dumb? It's not necessary.

[baila22]

don't worry about it cock socker i wish that i know who you are then you all find out who you fucking with you PIECE OF SHIT coming out my ass

[cutiexalot]

You mean "I wish that I KNEW who you WERE, then you WOULD find out who you ARE fucking with...". I know who I'm fucking with now. A fucking idiot. Go back to school. My names Jeff, I live in British Columbia, Canada. I skateboard. I have long black hair. Come on, you can find me. Bring it on you fucking moron.

[baila22]

TO CUTIEXALOT YOU dumb dick head you well understand me i'm salvadorian veteran of the civil war i have been in hell and you motherfucker don't know what that is come down here

[cutiexalot]

omgz no wondur you spel lyke shit. yourz stupid enuf 2 bleev evrythng yer govurmnt duz is perfect!

Fuck yourself. I dont care if you're the queen of England. Your still stupid as fuck. Do me a favour and die grandpa.

[baila22]

TO CUTIEFAG no i'm not a grandpa yet i still got some good years to do something like to beat that shit out of you...

and trust me son for right now you don't know shit you just a baby seating on your own shit hope that you live long years and find for yourself what the real world is...

you are one those kids made of crack that's why you talk alot of shit is tiped in the comp that's easy...

take care son ...

[cutiexalot]

Made of crack? What are you talking about? If you mean I smoke crack, Ive never touched drugs. And if it makes you feel better, I'll make you a video and post it telling you how big of a tool you are. I'm actually making something out of my life "A" student, making 23 dollars an hour. What are you doing with your life grandpa? Making fun of kids that know a lot more then you?

[baila22]

finally you say sometning ok. and you don't know more than me take care now

[cutiexalot]

Hah. Just give up. What? Were you waiting for me?. Sorry, I have a life grandpa.

[baila22]

no you have alot of time to waste on the web

[cutiexalot]

So I go on every few hours. You're always on apparently. You reply within a couple hours to every reply I give you.

[nickd9678]

lol bring your long hair pot smoking skar boarding ass to north philly. they would tear your apart up there. your a liberal turd, nothing more. i'm not even responding to you, your probably sitting in your room jerking off to bam margera. fuck you your socialist fag

[cutiexalot]

First off, I'm straight edge. I dont smoke pot. I dont drink. No, I'm not a liberal "turd". I believe in what I believe in. And Bam Margeras an over rated homo. I cant stand him. I'd probably have to say my favourite skater is rather Chris Cole or Corey Duffel. Oh, and my friend went to Philly last year skating with a few of his buddies. His hairs longer then mine, and he smokes a lot of weed. Nothing happened to him.

So.. what are you trying to say?

[nickd9678]

First off, I doubt your candy ass WASP friend was in North Philly. They dont skateboard much up there. Second, your a mindless lemming, tOo young and angry at the world to look at the case objectivley. Oh, he has dreadlocks ans uses big words, he must be intelligent! I dont give a fuck about what skateboarders you have a crush on, thats your problem. I'm trying to say you dont know shit about this case, or life in general, so you really should shut your fucking mouth about the situation.

[cutiexalot]

how do dread locks and big words make you smart? i never said anything about that. listen to the war vs us all. it will make sense. and yea, ive been studying this case for a good year now as a self chosen social studies assignment. and why are you categorizing me? skateboarders? what so you expect i smoke pot, say fuck the law, disobey everything, destroy stuff for fun? no, i can obtain myself. and im not mad at the world, i'm mad at the people that think they run it and now everything.

[nickd9678]

Yeah, your a 17 year old kid. You know everything about everything, because a convicted cop killer and his conspiracy theorist tell you so. If you are coming to Philly I suggest you go to North Philly around Erie Ave. You can see what they think of candy ass liberal white kids from canada, or better yet, go to south philly and see how people respond to bullshit. I'll buy your ticket.

[cutiexalot]

I never said I know everything about everything. There's a lot more then a conspiracy behind it. And a lot of conspiracies I don't believe in. I believe a lot need looked into, like 9/11 for instance. Buy me a ticket, that'd be awfully nice of you. May 17th, remind me about the protest. Did they not say they will re-trial Mumia? I've been looking into this stuff for a whlie. So shut the fuck up.

[Ugabugar12]

"Writings from a cage" hahaha that's where the chimp belongs

[1mcsource]

Enjoy your stay/eternity in hell.

[JDubs45]

Mumia is so eloquent, we should let him out of prison. Piece of shit needs to dig his own grave and fry.

[WarForWho]

RIP Sacco and Vanzetti!

I bet they were guilty as hell as well!

[WarForWho]

RIP Sacco and Vanzetti!

I bet they were guilty as hell as well!

[MatchProductions]

mumia is an amazing speaker, an intelligent man, and a good hero. To those calling the people supporting Mumia racist, you yourself are the true racist, to not realize this is a problem in the States of America, barely united due to different political parties, a simple way to separate the people and their minds beetween 2 very unimportant differences, also barely united due to the racism and classism.

[JOBEBOBE]

i agree blood .if you don't know watch some micheal more aswell.mumia is amazing

[marvinop]

I agree 100%. These insidious morons are absolutely appearing as if they need to meet my shoe leather. Mumia, Ghandi, & Che Guevera exemplify for what the founders of the USA stood. They stood for the extinction of Empire. However, with the like of Gearge H.W. Bush and his mini-me GW, we continue the race to the bottom!

[Krypt1c01]

Thought provoking, Deep, inspiring and truthful thank you so much for this post

[WarForWho]

Keep up the good work Bro!

[danzig2288]

Im sick of all this.

[rojororo]

vivan los que luchan por un mundo mejor

¡¡ patria o muerte!! un saludo de un comunista chileno

[CamelToeExam]

Remember Police Officer Daniel Faulkner, shot in the back by maggot Mumia Abu Jamal.

[WarForWho]

As Hillary Clintons said it best, "Knowing what I know now I would have never voted for the war!" After reading and learning how the FBI was after Malcolm, L. King, and the panthers. I can not think to believe that they were victims of an oppressive system and a racist society and that is why I see past beyond what Mumia is supposedly guild of.

[MsgtSpook]

Yeah, and if your reading comprehension is like your illiterate mumblings, it's not surprising you haven't got a freakin' clue.

Blame Whitey, instead of the fact that you slept through the few classes in school that you even bothered to attend.

People who can read get jobs. The rest flip hamburgers or carry groceries for tips, and whine about racism keepin' 'em down.

[monkeyeggs17]

One of my heroes. This is one of the best speakers on the subject, and everyone should listen to the messages he gives.

Even if he will never be free from death row, his words will live on forever.

[KilljoySlasher]

I'm "white", educated, and find it amusing someone accusing others of ignorance would be so ignorant as to mock a name. Not everyone can be John Smith.

Furthermore, if you look past his crimes and listen to his message, he's mostly right.

[FarmGirlJB]

Pure crap. And a pack of whining losers strokin' each other about how profound this asshole is, and how Da Man keeps down all the homeys cuz he's afraid ... of some ignorant cab driver with a made-up name that sounds like a 50's doo-wop chorus. What's his brother's name, Bee Bop a Lula ?

Got to be unbelievably stupid to think this piece of shit ain't guilty. It helps if you can't read, I suppose.

Ignorant losers, lookin for an excuse for being failures.

[MsgtSpook]

Same tired old 60's revolution bullshit that only the bottom-feeders bought into back then ... not much has changed, except the low-IQ supporters of this fudge-packer are even lower in the intellectual food chain.

If this turd had any brains he wouldn't have been packin' a gun he bought himself, or he'd have been able to kill the cop without leaving 5 bullet casings and taking the cop's slug in his own carcass, plus. Innocent? Sure -- in a pig's ass.

[chitownbrotha]

brilliant,simply brilliant,much respect to mumia for teaching and preachin the real truth,ojala that mumia will be free...props for postin this

[disciple4Christ]

Great video. Definitely a smart individual. I am not sure where I stand on the Faulkner case.

[Wrayer]

Holy shit. This guy is pure genius. (There are times when swearing is perfectly appropriate. This is one of those times.)

[telecallao]

America's greatest fear : an intelligent black man

[Thugpoet711]

How true.

[corpsmorts]

one of the good guy behind bars.

[TRIGONE]

the truth

[Knoxternal]

Mumia Abu-Jamal is a GENIOUS!!

[MsgtSpook]

Somebody who can't even spell 'genius' probably wouldn't recognize one if it bit him in the ass.

Mumia's mumbling bullshit might impress some dickweed with the IQ of a turnip, but anyone who's read the case knows this cockroach is not only guilty, but too dumb to have gotten away with a purse-snatching, which was more his speed.

The worms should have been eating this pissant many years ago. Eat hearty, boys !