Meditation on Mumia

In 1995 I covered a protest at a Governors Conference in Burlington, Vermont . Tom Ridge, then Governor of Pennsylvania, was in attendance. The protests were in response to Gov. Ridge's stance calling for the execution of Mumia Abu Jamal, convicted murderer of Officer Daniel Faulkner in 1981. Two years earlier, Mumia produced, with the help of journalist Noelle Hanrahan, a series of essays from prison relating his opinions on a variety of topics. After witnessing the events of that day in Burlington, it struck me that what Mumia and other prisoners were dealing with behind prison walls had a strange echo beyond them. I sought to draw some parallels.

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[WaltzingMtilda]

is this a joke?

[pyup123]

too bad they commuted his death sentence. I was hoping he was going to fry for being a cop killer

[Time4Liberation]

Black and white unite for brother Mumia!