MANUFACTURING GUILT - A Short Film About Mumia Abu-Jamal's Case
Vložit
- čas přidán 23. 07. 2013
- "Wow, masterful work! This piece broaches new ground in a number of areas... It is easily absorbed by the uninitiated and illuminating."-- Linn Washington, Journalist, Philadelphia Tribune
MANUFACTURING GUILT is a short film that appears as a Bonus Feature on our dvd MUMIA: LONG DISTANCE REVOLUTIONARY (www.firstrunfeatures.com/mumiadvd.html). The short takes on the colossus of Abu-Jamal's contentious case, distilling a mountain of evidence and years of oft-repeated falsehoods to the most fundamental elements of police and prosecutorial misconduct that illustrate a clear and conscious effort to frame Mumia Abu-Jamal for the murder of patrolman Daniel Faulkner.
Based on the actual record of investigations and court filings from 1995 to 2003 - evidence denied by the courts and ignored in the press - MANUFACTURING GUILT cuts through the years of absurdities and overt racism to produce a clear picture of how Abu-Jamal's guilt was manufactured and his innocence suppressed beginning only moments after he and Faulkner were found shot in the early morning hours of December 9th, 1981. This historic and courageous film is the perfect companion to Long Distance Revolutionary - a film that is unequivocal in its force regarding Abu-Jamal's innocence.
"A chilling and vital inside view." --Jamal Hart (Mumia's eldest son)
"Excellent and concise piece of film journalism"--Trust Movies
"Terrific! Focuses on the actual crime, with lots of specific information, going point by point over everything that is known, including a journalist's photos of the crime scene (those are amazing, by the way)... all of the questions I had (about the case) are answered in the short. So be sure to watch."--Pop Culture Beast
Watch MUMIA: LONG DISTANCE REVOLUTIONARY on iTunes:
bit.ly/18KWFbR
Buy the MUMIA: LONG DISTANCE REVOLUTIONARY DVD:
www.firstrunfeatures.com/mumiadvd.html - Krátké a kreslené filmy
I grew up 10 minutes outside of Philly. In 5th grade I was a huge Rage against the machine fan....and just bought their new album. My Mom worked for law enforcement and took the CD away cause RATM supported him.
A year or so later she gave me the CD back
That's how I found out about him too! That was the battle of los Angeles album. That band played a part in leading me down the path of educating myself on such things. I'm very grateful for that.
This is a great short film. I'm all for a fair trial and justice being served no matter the color of the people involved. I can't say for sure that Mumia is innocent but with the lack of supporting evidence and the clear manipulation of the crime scene/witnesses and encounters how can anyone who believes he is guilty be so sure? It sucks to see all of the hateful remarks coming from people who know nothing more of the case than the rest of us who obviously weren't there. I empathize with both sides. Murder is never okay to me but neither is an unjust life sentence. #FreeMumia
Remember the public record speaks for itself, this guy was screwed over. Most of the police in this case have been convicted themselves of pulling the same crap with other people. It was the way of the world and is starting to be again
It is greatly appreciated to see that there is an Ernest attempt to help vindicate this journalist who was framed and railroaded in the city of brotherly love. This title of such a City is hyperbole at least and criminal at worst. This man is still in prison until this very day literally dying behind bars in a country that profess you are innocent until proven guilty. guess with Mumia you deemed guilty at the outset and it was upon him and his team to prove his innocence
Framed, my ass. He's guilty.
All right I can't stop myself. This guy uses the discovery of Arnold Howard's application for a duplicate driver's license that was found in Faulkner's pocket as proof that there was another person there. He leaves out the fact that Arnold had a dated sales receipt that proved he was in a store at the time of the murders. When Arnold was interviewed the day after the murder he claimed to have accidentally left the application in Billy's car weeks before the murder. Thirteen years later he met with Mumia's lawyers and suddenly changed his tune and said he had lent it to another friend he shared with Billy named Kenneth Freeman who was conveniently dead and unable to be questioned about the accusation. He never explained why he would bother to lend a filled out application for a duplicate driver's license to a friend. What exactly could Kenneth have done with it other than absolutely nothing?
I am only 23 seconds into this video and had to comment about how important the opening words by Juan Gonzalez are, because this is often overlooked - not only in police cases - but in history as a whole.
THANK YOU
I guess it's possible that someone took Abuls gun and shot the cop, having seen Abul shot by Faulkner, and then ran off, leaving the gun behind. I'd never heard the description before of the chaotic scene. And I've seen videos of people joining in on fights and attacks that they just happened to come across. But the way his brother ran off makes me think it was more of an ambush.
Not to mention, Mumia claimed his gun was stolen a week earlier. So the guy who stole his gun just so happened to be at the scene when Faulkner was shot. Talk about a cosmic coincidence.
With all the conflicting testimony, eyewitnesses (which prove to be unreliable every time everywhere) and known tensions between police and Black community how could a D.A. even present a case so convoluted to the court and the have a judge convene a grand jury to file charges?? I got dizzy trying to follow all the details. Dubious witnesses, no ballistic testing, legal assistance denied to defendant, exculpatory evidence withheld and the fact that police had engaged in the most heinous and brutal assaults on MOVE earlier and even set the city they work for on fire!
Tyranny lives in the court system and this case is more proof of that. Police may or may not have known it was Abu-Jamal they had but it seems by their past actions it did not matter-it was Black man and they were going to brutalize him either way.
Abu-Jamal is highly intelligent and speaks out plus had been on radio many times, a minor set back and he has to drive a cab, so what? he knows it would be temporary. None of this was enough to cause him to suddenly pull a gun a shoot a cop. A cop shot him to be sure and best evidence for Abu-Jamal were the slugs that were not tested and would no doubt not match his weapon. His weapon was a 5 shot Charter Arms snub nose .38 Special. The short barrel would not let a round get up to a velocity that would damage the slug beyond testing guidelines, in fact it would be almost in the condition it was before being fired. Using .38 Special +P ammo would bulge the barrel and it is never recommended using hotter loads in that weapon.
Basically they had no evidence and no motive (motive is not even a needed element) and the means is as I just said -dubious at best.
The public generally fears police and the DA needs police to be able to do his job so it is a cozy relationship and police have immunity. Police also have their own word for when they are testifying in court: testi-lying. Something must have occurred so that police were unable to kill Abu-Jamal at the scene that night. Tactics they use against Blacks are not exclusive, police can use them against whites also, so don't get too cocky white people, police do not care much about you either.
Convoluted? No evidence? You cant be serious. Something must have occurred so that police were unable to kill Abu-Jamal that night? What exactly? They rushed him to the hospital and saved his life even though he shot a fellow officer in the back.
Wow.
Looking at these comments there is absolutely no doubt that close mindedness and racism is still ALIVE in america
veeseee128 Not really. The real racism is trying to distract from the facts of the case by trying to make it a racial issue. There are lots of African American men who have been unfairly convicted because of racism. Mumia isn't one of them.
If you actually read the trial transcripts you can see the outbursts Mumia made about his African American lawyer Anthony Jackson during his original trial. The fact is MUMIA was the one hurling multiple racial epithets against his lawyer.
The Prosecutors were the ones who seated the first juror in the jury selection who happened to coincidentally be an African American, They also had 5 more peremptory challenges remaining at the end of jury selection. If they had wanted to racially stack the jury against Mumia they totally went about it the wrong way.
+stonegroovejason You clearly didn't bother to watch the documentary at all, you ignorant piece of shit.
+Paul Miazga Hey moron. I watched it. Unlike you I know to look at BOTH sides of an argument and use critical thinking to find the truth instead of jumping on a bandwagon based off of one bullshit documentary. I guarantee I know more about this case then you do. If you want to debate actual facts I am more than ready to school you. If you read further comments for this video you can read some of my posts and educate yourself.
And for the record it is really pathetic to call people ignorant pieces of shit when you have no idea what you are talking about.
+gibwise Actually if he realized Mumia was guilty he would probably say it was justifiable to shoot a cop in the back. He wouldn't bother to find out that said Officer was at the hospital he would later be pronounced dead at earlier in the night with a young Black girl who had been abused. He brought her to the hospital so she could get treatment and be safe. Kinda fucks up the whole racist cop argument...
What it truly comes down to.... If he truly shot a cop in the face, thats not someone who should be in our society. If he did it to a cop, he would habe no problem doing it to an innocent person.
for the "impossible angle" of the bullet the narrator talks about - the prosecution said that Mr. Abu-Jamal was standing over the officer, bent over him. In that position the angle of the bullet makes perfect sense.
You are not a ballistics investigator. I rather take the information of individuals trained in this field then someone with a biased opinion.
@@levitepriest1913 that opinion was given as testimony by a ballistics and trajectory investigator in court. And it makes total sense if you draw a diagram of the relative positions that were described. I'm not sure what evidence you are relying on to conclude my opinion is biased.
Oh please there’s a shit load of evidence to support he didn’t do it.. even the coroner said the testimony of how the guy was shot was impossible. You’re racism is definitely showing 😒
@@levitepriest1913 disagreeing with you is racist? direct me to that testimony, or quote it. I have the transcripts of the trial.
@@levitepriest1913 Oh come one Darrell. You can't cry racism any time someone doesn't share your exact opinion. Educate yourself on racism in our country. Please
WHY HASN'T THIS JUDGE BEEN INVESTIGATED???? MUMIA SHOULD BE FREE.....
Bn bgy
It's 2021 and Mumia is still in jail. Infected with covid 19. This makes me so mad
That's why I'm here too... Prayers up
Whats wrong with him being in prison? He killed a police officer..
@@sir7544 Did you even watch the video? It outlined all the false evidence that the police used and why it's impossible for Mumia to be the killer.
@@ethmad9061 no, it didn't. it tried to magnify insignificant details to make them seem relevant. Mr. Jamal was found wearing his shoulder holster, with his gun having five empty rounds, near a dead policeman, who had fired one round. Mr. Jamal was shot once, Officer Faulkner several times in the back, once in the head, consistent with the state of their two guns on the scene. Even without witnesses this is pretty strong evidence that they had a gunfight. At least one witness described seeing events that exactly match what was found at the scene. No other theory is proposed that accounts for the items and state of the participants found at the scene.
for the "impossible angle" of the bullet the narrator talks about - the prosecution (and at least one witness) said that Mr. Abu-Jamal was standing over the officer, bent over him. In that position the angle of the bullet makes perfect sense. That is just one example of how the video is disingenuous.
Makes me happy 😄
Im going tru something like this i was charge with a dui after i got beat then did the test then i got hurt being poked with a seringe. I sent and i expose the how i wss offered a plea deal to sign or go to jail after that day i never heard of the case even 3 years later i was held hostage and i spoke to an officer and he checked my records and i was clean i was put on victims of a crime them got 2 death threats and got beat up robbed i ende in the hospital i never was called to speak about the person who held me hostage now i can see how i was being held not to go to court in 2019 i got arrested with a warrant from that case that came as a dui? I didnt know ... I was being set up there was a needle inside the back of the patrol where i was gona be seated and i held on with my foot i was even called a fugutive this trial makes no sense because i went outside the country to see the piramids nothibg happened.. Came in and left the things is i didnt know i was a fugitive so they say..
Well, saw the film and I can tell you Brotha' Mumia that I think we are going to just go ahead and keep you right where you are for a period not to exceed say, the length of 3 modern era human lifetimes, or how ever many human lifespans necessary for you to expire in the event that a medical breakthrough available to cop-killers enabled you to somehow successfully cheat death and live 1 additional lifetime, albeit in the same prison...but don't give up, the miracle may be right around the corner.
According to Mumia, he heard shots and ran to the area of the shooting-He then claims Faulkner shot him after Faulkner was allegedly shot by a third party. However Faulkner was shot in the head at point blank range making it impossible to shoot Mumia.
+milart12 Neither Mumia, or his brother, have ever made an official statement under oath as to what actually happened. By not saying anything they can't be caught lying. If they testified under oath they would get tripped up by the facts of the case and the mirage of Mumia's innocence would dissipate.
Ran to the area with his gun. This what I don't understand. Why
With a different caliber gun than the legal gun owned by mumia
@@orunmila8861 This is false actually. It was the same caliber, with the same type of bullets that Mumia had purchased.
@@jg4840 Wheres the proof of that???
I love Jamal and his attitude. He has been swimming to thru a tunnel of shit all this time and he will come out clean on the other side. I don't like BLM, panthers and all racist groups. Doesn't matter if your black white or zigg zagg this could happen to anyone.
😂😂😂 Yeah, right. He keeps saying he's innocent. You know where he's saying it? In prison!
@@brianpomeroy9624 Geronimo Pratt did the same thing from a PRISON CELL and was later cleared. He got an undisclosed amount of money from LA County as well. What's your point? Guess you've never heard of Cointelpro.
great share
Get reàl he shot him
Read the book: Murdered By Mumia. This guy is guilty and should never get out of prison
My Dad was a cop in the same district working that night. It could've been him.
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal. Completely unconstitutional.
He’s so guilty , stop lying
Is this one of those cases like Adnan Said's where there is a ton of debate about what the truth is?
No debate at all if you look at the facts. Faulker's gun deposited a bullet directly into Mumia's chest. Just like a scarlet letter, that bullet identified Mumia as the suspect once and for all. Even Mumia's own brother would not testify in his defense and he was the reason for the traffic stop and present for the entire incident.
@@msmith3407 yeah because he was intimidated into not testifying
Mumia Abu jamal is Innocent...,
Who shot Mumia, was there any forensics done on any of the officers guns to find out who shot him in the chest? Mumia will die in jail for a crime he didn't commit.
+Belkis Martinez
Yes. Forensics were done on the bullets in Officer Faulkner and Mumia.
The bullet in Mumia was from Officer Faulkner's gun to the exclusion of all other guns in existence.
The bullets in Officer Faulkner were high velocity +P .38 bullets. Since they were high velocity rounds they were deformed on the way out of the barrel so they can't be conclusively linked to any single gun to the exclusion of all others in the world. That being said they do match the casings and the rifling characteristics of Mumia's gun. They never found any other guns with similar shells or rifling characteristics at the scene so by the laws of probabilities odds are they had to have come from Mumia's gun.
If you research the actual facts of the case, and contrast it to the Pro-Mumia Propaganda, you will start to notice that the propaganda is bullshit. He's in prison for a crime he committed.
Thank you for your time. I will look this up. I was just wondering, is all.
The person who sold the gun to Mumia testified that the one in custody was the same one he sold him. There is ZERO doubt that the gun found next to Mumia was his legally registered gun.
There is also no doubt that the bullets found in Officer Faulkner's body matched the casings in Mumia's gun and the rifling characteristics show that they could have come from his type of gun.
The only thing they can't conclusively prove beyond a shadow of a doubt is that the bullets were too deformed to be able to match them to Mumia's gun to the exclusion of all other guns in the world. This is because of they were +P high velocity rounds that had more gun powder than regular bullets.
As far as the gun that show Mumia it has been proven to have come from Officer Faulkner's service revolver to the exclusion of every other gun in the world. In plain English they proved it came from Faulkner's gun.
Yeah I guess OJ is innocent too...
He needs us now more than ever. Free Mumia!
Why...
Why did he leave his cab and approach a police car with his gun?
balor7 he didn’t? The cop came to his car
@balor7 Are you just ANOTHER White person trying to 'prove' a Black person's guilt?
murder, duh
@@NickyM_0 White people aint trying prove black guilt..... Remember, its us whites that should have "white guilt" right. Your obviously a fuckin racist and theres no room for you in this world.
what would you do if you saw your sibling is in a grave danger?
I think coming out of a car with an intention to help is the least you can do
We all know that cop would have murdered Mumia had he not defended himself. He should be released immediately.
"We all know..."
Wow, what a marvelously well-thought-out analysis. Did you cook that one up all by yourself? 😒
Did you know Officer Faulkner? Do you know their family? Who are you to cast such blind and foolish judgment? Please, spare me that putrid hogwash. It's a racial thing, and that's all it is. Your side just backs "Mumia" (Wesley Cook) because of his race and because his victim was a white Irish Catholic police officer. You're obviously a radical leftist and you clearly had your mind made up before you even heard the entire case. I'll bet dollars to doughnuts that you didn't even know anything about it until you bought a Rage Against the Machine album. You saw that the victim was a white police officer and figured, "yup, obviously a racist pig..." It isn't exactly a secret how much your side of the fence blindly counter-signals against your own people in hopes that certain ethnic minority groups will give you cheap praise and social accolades, seeing you as "one of the good ones". Nor is it a secret how much your left-wing ilk hate police officers. What we really "all know" is that if the roles had been reversed, you wouldn't even know his name. And you bloody well know it.
Why don't you go write one of those ever so elegant "free-styles" about how much of a dunce you are and call it a day, fella.
In my book INFORMolution available at Amazon, I call for Obama to pardon Mumia. This man has spent more time in prison than Nelson Mandela. He needs to be freed pronto! I sent a copy of my book to Mumia about a month or so ago.
You are misinformed and wrong. Sorry to say. Obama wouldn't touch that with a 10 foot pole.
What’s the name of your book?
Fix it
Who's the guy (from 5.50 to 6.39) who speaks out Mumia's words?
Brick by brick, wall by wall, we're gonna free Mumia Abu Jamal!
30 years in solitary confinement... no one that has ever existed deserves that. It's basically just being buried alive, but with oxygen and food... they don't even let you die. If he's still sane, he's a bigger man than I.
Good luck with that. Mr. Jamal is where any cop killer should be rotting in an 8ft x 8ft cell.
Framed by Politiki.
The narrator in this documentary says that all are agreed that officer Faulkner and Billy Cook had an altercation outside the vehicles after the traffic stop-Why then did Billy Cook testify via affidavit in 2001 that he was inside the vehicle when the shooting took place?
+milart12 Same reason he refused to testify in court under oath. He's lying.
3:14 SS Officers
So, who killed the cop ?
again I ask……who killed the cop ?
FBI/CIA
Mumia, of course. Facts and ballistics don't lie.
@@oh542545 the police in your country were so corrupt they killed you after torturing you
@@msmith3407 ya but apprently police and witnesses who they intimidate do lie
Let this man go home, screw your paperwork and procedures, you've done enough damage. You can do your paperwork without him sitting in jail
Obama MUST pardon him as his last act in the office.
and Leonard Peltier and Assata Shakur as well as Snowden, Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange and all the whistleblowers and other political prisoners.
Let's just say that out of all these ppl, Mumia is the easiest to pardon for this administration. And also it would at least serve as a symbolic gesture to his African American supporters for all the promises he never fulfilled.
Cléo Z ohhh yeah, but I'm not gonna hold my breath, I never thought Obama would be the savoir many of his followers thought he was going to be, and I don't have high expectations for Clinton either. Its very sobering, one can only hope but as Woody Allen allegedly said "I felt a lot better when I gave up on hope" hehe! but all that being said I hope Trump loses against Clinton, he'd probally bring back death by firing squad if he could on Mumia, and hang Snowden, Manning and others.
Not gonna happen... not because he's guilty anyway, but because only the governor of Pennsylvania can do that, the President cannot pardon anyone incarcerated in a state prison.
He couldn't if he wanted to (and I doubt he wants to)... only the governor of Pennsylvania can pardon people incarcerated in Pennsylvania state prisons. The President does not have that power, believe it or not.
Mumia, his brother William Cook and Officer Faulkner were the only 3 in the immediate area. Mumia was struck by a bullet from Faulkner's gun. Faulkner was mortally wounded by a bullet from Mumias gun. There were only 2 guns at the crime scene. Neither Mumia nor Cook ever testified in their own defense or related the version of a "fourth" person at the scene. Cook never testified for his brother. Cook waited until 2001 to pin the crime on a guy that died in 1985. Mumia screamed "I shot the m__f__r, and I hope the m__f__r dies." in front of a hospital security guard (female). She told her supervisor. Mumia made death threats against Judge Sabo. Mumia is a stone cold killer. To believe otherwise you would have to trust the words of black panthers, prison inmates or believe in fairytale conspiracies.
puertorricane
"I shot the m__f__r, and I hope the m__f__r dies." or words to that effect were heard by a security guard and a nurse, one of which is black. This was included in the statements they gave to police the next day. Yes, two police officers who were with Mumia when he entered the hospital only reported hearing those words 2 months after the incident. One of the police officers stated that this probably was due to stress and shock at the time, which is very plausible.
Mumia is guilty, I'm happy that he is no longer on death row as I oppose the death sentence, but when you look at the facts it's an open and shut case. The real facts not the confessions and new witnesses that appeared years later which have all been regarded by the courts as fiction, even by some of Mumia's own defence team such as Arnold R Beverly's "confession".
The facts are out there they are just hard to find under all the BS.
puertorricane The key word is from when he came INTO the emergency room. He made the incriminating statements in the entrance BEFORE being brought inside the emergency room.
+thefinalword1980 So, you didn't bother to watch the documentary either. Wtf is with you douchebags who come on here to comment about something you know fuck all? Hear that? It's the KKK calling: they want their white hood back, you racist moron.
+Paul Miazga Hey moron. Do you realize that people can actually study this case and find the actual facts out instead of just reacting to a documentary? Do you understand that documentaries can be completely one sided and potentially peddling bullshit?
You see some of us have actually researched this case for ourselves instead of letting other people, or documentaries, think for us. When one actually looks at the trial transcripts, and the documented evidence, they can have a different point of view. If they are intellectually honest when comparing the facts to the propaganda in this documentary, or other Mumia propaganda, they will be forced to realize that the Mumia propaganda is based on bullshit and misdirection.
To be fair I understand your naivety. I was once in your shoes thinking that Mumia was an innocent political prisoner being framed by the Man. But then I actually studied both sides of the case. Once I did that I came to the firm conclusion that Mumia is a murderer who killed a cop. He tries to promote himself as a political prisoner who was taken out for the damage he was doing to the Man but the truth is he was already shut down as a journalist for over a year before he killed Officer Faulkner. There was no need to do anything to silence him as he had already silenced himself with his complete lack of objectivity.
If you want to look at both sides fairly, but are too lazy to read anything, I would strongly suggest buying a copy of The Barrel Of A Gun Documentary made by Tigre Hill. He interviewed people on both sides and let them speak their peace. He came at the project with the intention of giving both sides the benefit of the doubt and following the facts to wherever they led.
You don't know what the fu## you're talking about ! They never tested Mumia's gun nor did they test his hands for gun residue. Mumia never said a damn thing about shooting anyone and that was supported by the cop watching him and the doctor ! The only ones who are stone cold killers are those cops, that mayor at the time, and that racist judge. Get your fu##ing facts straight if you're going to make comments !
Jamal is guilty AF
Mumia was shot after his first attempt to kill Officer Faulkner…. After exchanging fire with Officer Faulkner he executed him with a shot between the eyes. #factsoverfiction
Mumia is innocent!!
Why hasn't Mumia's brother never testified? Didn't he see everything?
Because he doesn’t want to purger himself or admit his brother wrongly murdered a cop
@@JustCallEmHowISeeEm it's perjure you fucking bootlicker. Also nice assumption (not backed by any facts).
He was probably threatened...what a choice....defend your brother or the safety of your kids?
@@nicolegillespie4704
Ok but you said he was probably threatened. So you don't actually know if he was threatened.
@@CrowdPleeza That's right I don't know however, if you watch all the documentaries listen to the testimony of the doctor that was at the hospital that night the witnesses and really pay attention to all the details it doesn't take an IQ of 500 to put the pieces of the puzzle together.
free mumia
Both sides seem to think it’s a cut and dry case. Those who support him show proof he’s innocent. Those who feel he’s guilty show proof that he definitely did it. I don’t how the truth can be in the middle in a situation like this but it has to be something other than what either side is saying.
No reasonable person believes that Mumia is innocent-Mumia's brother was silent for close to 20 years despite being present at the scene. Billy Cook had his partner's ID and gave the police the partner's ID to the police because he had warrants out. No witnesses reported a third gunman. None of the officers were aware of who Mumia was and had no particular vendetta against him. Mumia may have been somewhat famous in the Philadelphia black community but was completely unknown to young white policeman. The balistics showed that Faulkner was shot at point blank range. Mumia was completely contemptuous at his trial and that, more than anything, caused whatever problems at trial. He is guilty
That's not true that they weren't aware of who is was, that's a very ignorant statement, you should look into the long time feud between him and the phili pd
The trial was bullshit
I think he's innocent You think he's guilty
That's all fair
But because of how the investigation and trial was carried out we will never know what really happened
3:58--When they saw who they had?--I am sure none of these officers knew who Mumia was
Let's play devils advocate. Even if he did do the crime, he still should have had his due process.
He did.
There are so many lies in this that I can't even keep count of them.
This guy says that Mumia "recently" began carrying his gun because of a robbery attempt. He bought the gun 2 years before the shooting. Two years doesn't strike me as recently.
I find particularly interesting the reading of Mumia's alleged account of the night. In it Mumia claims to have heard shots BEFORE leaving his cab. If that were true the assumption would have to be that Faulkner had been shot before Mumia got out of his cab. Faulkner only managed to get one shot off and that was in Mumia. So assuming Faulkner was shot, and Mumia had JUST gotten out of his car, that would leave very little time, and a lot of distance, for Faulkner to have gotten that shot off at Mumia.
If Faulkner had been shot by someone else why did he shoot at Mumia instead of the other shooter? There were multiple gunshots fired at Faulkner so the fatal bullet had to come AFTER Faulkner shot Mumia. Since Mumia claims that he got out of his car because he heard shots fired this would mean that any phantom shooter who fired the initial shots couldn't have left the crime scene by the time Faulkner shot Mumia. So again why shoot Mumia? If he had succeeded in incapacitating Mumia, who claims to have been knocked unconscious by the one shot, why didn't he have time to get a shot off at the other shooter?
One thing they don't make clear here is what it meant for a police to request a wagon. It had nothing to do with the amount of people. It meant that they were probably going top be making an arrest. They didn't put the person in the back of the cop car. They put them in the wagon so that the officer could continue his rounds.
The reason Faulkner requested a wagon is because he had a run in with Billy Cook a couple weeks before the murder. At that time he saw Cook on foot dealing drugs so he attempted to apprehend him. They had a brief foot chase and Cook managed to escape. Faulkner requested a wagon because he expected to be arresting Cook.
I could go on but I know that no matter what I say Mumia's followers will refuse to believe it.
Yep, That is one many strange cases that remain unsolved. There was and still is forms of corruption in Philadelphia Law Enforcement community. Daniel Faulkner should have waited in his patrol car until back up came. Then where was Faulkner's partner when Faulkner decided to approach the vehicle he want to investigate? I love and respect the people in blue, but I don't want to agree or disagree. I just hope there's no repeats of a case like this one, because everyone's life is ruin.
I'm sorry, I couldn't watch more than 6 minutes of this bull shit.
The prosecutions case was strong, 3 out of 4 of their witnesses from the scene gave the exact same statement to to police within 30 minutes of the shooting.
The testimonies of the 3 witnesses brought by the defense were either inconsistent, not plausible and/or did not match up to the forensic evidence.
The jury was made up of 10 white people and 2 black people, the verdict was unanimous.
Mumia was allowed to represent himself but he refused to answer the plea of guilty or not guilty. Further disruption ensued and therefore after a few days Mumia was no longer allowed to represent himself in order for the case to continue.
I'm glad Mumia is no longer on death row as I oppose the death penalty but the case was open and shut, the prosecution's witnesses were consistent and supported the forensic evidence. They didn't need to fabricate anything, to do so would just risk getting a conviction in such a sensitive case.
You should watch the whole video if your so confident in your beliefs
This film is conviction unsafe so free Mumia Abu Jamal is the right action.
If you kill a police officer the court might be somewhat upset with you and impose a strict sentence. He didnt have to go to jail at all, all he needed to have done was not to kill the cop.
....or try being smart enough to not brag about it at the police station.
Made me sad and angry! Free Him now!
He’s guilty lol.
@@jg4840 how is he guilty if they’re clearly stating he didn’t do it and there was no actual evidence that he killed him.
@@miad1310 There’s plenty of evidence. I have no idea why this video was made. It’s all lies. Everything they said was wrong.
@@jg4840 so you’re telling me evidence can’t be completely fabricated to fit a prosecutors case? Everyone thought the Central Park 5 were guilty too but lo and behold they were all innocent. Also they were killing and locking up black panthers left and right. He would be no different.
@@miad1310 Every piece of “evidence” they have provided in this video has been proven false in the court transcripts. If you would like more information on certain things you believe to be true I can send you the info on why it’s false. Yes, there has been police framing before and innocent people in jail. However, this particular case; he’s guilty.
What about 5 spent cartridges in abu-jamal's revolver?
"Saint Mumia". What a bunch of bullshit...
Not implying anything but abu had a Afro when he was arrested.... so I know what u said about the dreads thing was absolutely false
This whole case is fucked up on both sides. Both sides are savages.....
This video is full of lies and nonsense.
GUILTY.
Stubborn.
Racist
lol he's 100% guilty
Accused in 1982 of murder says "I'm Innocent" and tells his side of the story in 2001 ...ok
wtf are you even saying
There's no "red light district" in Philly. Prostitution is illegal.
What he means is "the hood."
He's guiltier than O.J. Simpson. It's so obvious yet this extremely vocal minority pays zero attention to the facts. However racist the Philadelphia police department was back then, it does not make Mumia innocent.
what "facts" are you speaking of jackass? if the case went based off facts he would have and should not have been convicted... choke on that fact ya dumb bitch
READ THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE TRIAL YOU DUMB FUCK. THIS PIECE OF SHIT IS GUILTY.
thank you....
This is a one sided short film based on speculation not facts.
So is what supports the prosecution
You’re kidding me right?
Not at all. This man needs to admit he killed the cop. Plain and simple. He should be let out on probation for sure. But he needs to own his actions
It is just Black privilege that make him innocent.
black privilege? there are no privileges for black people in USA. you are an ignorant dumbass.
I hope this cop killer continues to rot in jail.
Even in 2021 we're still saying free Abu Jamal......he's innocent