Agence France-Presse, in a report on Mumia Abu-Jamal, who has been on Pennsylvania's death row for over twenty-five years for the murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner in 1981, referred to the cop killer as a "human rights campaigner." Abu-Jamal, whose birth name is Wesley Cook, had his murder conviction upheld by a panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday, but the court also decided that either he must receive a life sentence, or receive a new sentencing hearing.
AFP’s headline for their report read, "US court overturns rights campaigner’s death penalty," and its opening sentence referred to "the death sentence passed against human rights campaigner Mumia Abu-Jamal." In its closing sentence, AFP referenced how Abu-Jamal "became a leading campaigner against the death penalty" while on death row.
This isn’t the first time a French organization has been sympathetic to Abu-Jamal. In 2006, the Parisian suburb of St. Denis honored the convicted murderer by naming a street in his honor. In France’s capital city itself, the city council named him a honorary citizen of the "City of Lights" in 2001.
(h/t to Ed Morissey of HotAir.com)
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Viva La France!
March 27, 2008 - 13:39 ET by SickofLibs...and Jerry Lewis is the greatest entertainer of all time.
I believe the Mumster is also a Pennsylvania Super Delegate, no?
Thanks for the laugh!
March 27, 2008 - 14:26 ET by Roger the ShrubberThanks for the laugh!
The cop killer still gets
March 27, 2008 - 13:40 ET by Roger the ShrubberThe cop killer still gets the visits from the Hollywood Left, like Whoopi. He is being held in a prison in western PA.
what human rights?
March 27, 2008 - 13:50 ET by candanceMumia certainly doesn't think white cops have any rights.
Ask the Reporter from France one Question..
March 27, 2008 - 14:48 ET by CapeCodScottSir: Do you Speak German?
When he answers "No", tell him "You're Welcome"
I guess we can't expect French President Nicolas Sarkozy to change France all at once.
www.ScottOnCapeCod.c...
AFP 's brilliant observation
March 27, 2008 - 14:10 ET by easygoerAFP referenced how Abu-Jamal "became a leading campaigner against the death penalty"
Funny how that works. Kinda like that old standby for convicts "It wasn't me"
Perhaps one of our NB lefties can help me here...
March 27, 2008 - 14:20 ET by sarcasmo(Others, please try to restrain the urge to reply, if you can!)
I have never understood the American political left's fascination with this admittedly-articulate cop-killer. Why him? What is it about this guy's case that makes you throw all credibility away when libertarians like Radley Balko swamp the 'net (to your & the media's silence...sigh) with a plethora of MUCH more convincing police misconduct cases for what you-lefties -- who are anti-gun/anti-violence, right??? -- purportedly want, politically?
Please, lefties-only if possible, help me out. What obvious or not so obvious thing am I missing about the Mumia case, or what am I totally misunderstanding about the left??? Thanks.
JMR
A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover.
Ok, then...NOT just lefties! Anyone!!
March 27, 2008 - 15:05 ET by sarcasmoWhat obvious thing am I missing?
Hell, just off the top of my head, Leonard Peltier has more of a case for pardon than this piece of...I can't understand how Mumia's advocates are thinking, so please, if you can, help me out. Thanks.
JMR
A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover.
Sorry, I'm not really
March 27, 2008 - 15:12 ET by balboaSorry, I'm not really familiar with any of it.
Yeah, dangit, I understand...
March 27, 2008 - 15:20 ET by sarcasmoThe lefties that last around NB probably can't be much help. Not your fault, I just need to luck onto that old "Rainlillie" person or someone similar while they're in a reasonably good mood.
JMR
A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover.
Sarc,
March 27, 2008 - 15:30 ET by RESTLESS 1You could try dKos or huffpo. I'm sure they can help you, if you can understand them through the blather.
What obvious thing am I
March 27, 2008 - 16:34 ET by general companyWhat obvious thing am I missing?
Their silence is deafening. You should know by now Sarc that they never know about these things. Some knucklehead tells them he's a cool dude and they simply believe it. Just think about their other hero's such as Chaves, Castro, Amanutcase, Mandela and so on, no rhyme or reason. The difference with NB's libs is they do think for themselves, that's why they are here. To the rest of them, truth is in the eye of the beholder.
"Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest". Mark Twain
and
March 29, 2008 - 10:39 ET byChe
"Television is where you watch people in your living room that you would not want near your house." Groucho
Wesley Cook
March 27, 2008 - 14:57 ET by DontFeedTheTrollsWesley Cook (I refuse to honor his phony prison name) never supported the rights of Daniel Faulkner (quote from Cook at the hospital after his arrest "I shot the motherf***** and I hope he dies"), proof he is a liar and is just using the stupid leftists.
Free t-shirt idea for you entrepreneurs out there: 'COOK COOK'
D
Keep the ILLEGALS out, join NumbersUSA to send free faxes to your reps.
hehe, I remember seeing a
March 27, 2008 - 16:17 ET by RickTaLifehehe, I remember seeing a T-Shirt somewhere that says "Fry Mumia."
"Free t-shirt idea for you
March 27, 2008 - 17:02 ET by stratman"Free t-shirt idea for you entrepreneurs out there: 'COOK COOK' "
Another t-shirt idea: Fry Cook!
RRAM Tough!
Time for a different tact
March 27, 2008 - 14:59 ET by ConservativeRexTime for a different tact with these jokers.
LET that SOB Mumia out, we're begging you, let him out. Put him out in the open. As a public service, let the folks in PA know when he is free and provide addresses where he can be contacted. Let him out!
Hang in there Mumia
March 27, 2008 - 15:34 ET by CTThe word from Hollywood is that Jeremiah Wrong will have Barack Obama pardon him after he is sworn in.
"Hang in there Mumia" Yeah,
March 27, 2008 - 15:38 ET by RESTLESS 1"Hang in there Mumia"
Yeah, operative word being "hang".
Simple solution to a
March 27, 2008 - 15:52 ET by NL207Simple solution to a pressing public safety problem: Let us deport Mumia Abu-Jamal to France under pain of death. Since the French like him so much they should receive him with open arms. He should fit right in there. He is a cowardly murderer. They are a load of cowards. A match made in Heaven.
France likes American murderers
March 27, 2008 - 18:50 ET by easygoerYou might have something there, NL207. Remember Ira Einhorn, that peace loving hippie who beat his girlfriend to death and hid out in France for many years while he was on the lam. When he was finally caught, I recall reading about how well liked he was in the small French village that was his hideout. They were sad to see such a kind man go. Then the French gov't wouldn't turn him over to us until we agreed to take the death penalty off the table AND give him a new trial(he had already been tried and convicted in absentia). The jury in the new trial returned a guilty verdict in two hours. Still, he managed to escape the execution he so richly deserved.
Btw, Einhorn's original lawyer was none other than Arlen Specter.
What campaigning group does
March 27, 2008 - 16:14 ET by RickTaLifeWhat campaigning group does he belong to? Cop Killers for The Humane Treatment of Cop Killers. I hate to sound like a hateful lefty, but this guy needs a needle in his arm.
Cook killed Faulkner to
March 27, 2008 - 17:01 ET by Hunter12Cook killed Faulkner to keep him from arresting his brother for a traffic violation. Here's a site that rips Cook's position to shreds.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
Mumia Abu-Jamal is every bit
March 27, 2008 - 23:14 ET by fitzfongMumia Abu-Jamal is every bit the "Human Rights Campaigner" that Michael Jackson is a "Children's Advocate" and Dan Rather is a "Journalist".
Forget 'Free Mumia.' I'll go for 'Fry Mumia.'
March 27, 2008 - 23:25 ET by R D HelmI must admit that I have begun to lose my support for the death penalty in the last couple of years, mainly due to the fact that the cost has pretty much exceeded that of keeping these vermin alive for the duration.
However, in this case, I'd gladly volunteer to throw the switch (or depress the plunger) myself.
Theme for Election '08: I want my mommy!