Check out this editorial by Samuel Francis. I'd say that it is right on
the money!
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Abu-Jamal case reveals the betrayal of Western elites
November 2, 1999
After 16 years on Pennsylvania's Death Row, it looked like
convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal was about to walk the last walk. In
October, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's
rejection of his appeal, and Gov. Tom Ridge actually signed the death
warrant authorizing the killer's execution on Dec. 2.
But the federal leviathan is ever vigilant to prevent justice
from being done. Last week U.S. District Judge William Yohn Jr. decided
the man convicted and sentenced to death for pumping five bullets into a
Philadelphia police officer in 1981 ought to have yet another chance to
prove he was the victim of "racism." The appeal filed by Abu-Jamal's
lawyer, Leonard Weinglass, claims the original judge was biased and that
blacks were kept off the jury.
There's nothing very unusual in that -- a killer is convicted
and sentenced, and years later, thanks to skillful manipulation of
racial guilt and hatreds as well as the legal system, he's still
breathing. What's noteworthy about the Abu-Jamal case is that this
killer has succeeded in making himself a hero to thousands of airheads
inhabiting American campuses, Hollywood and European capitals.
The facts about the Abu-Jamal case are concisely and accurately
set forth in a new pamphlet published by Accuracy in Academia, a campus
organization that tries to inject a little truth and honesty into the
fevered atmosphere that envelops American colleges and universities.
"Cop Killer: How Mumia Abu-Jamal Conned Millions into Believing He Was
Framed," by Accuracy in Academia executive director Dan Flynn, recounts
both the facts of the case as well as the fantasies about it that float
through the otherwise vacant noggins of the cultural elite.
The facts are pretty simple. On the morning of Dec. 9, 1981,
white police officer Daniel Faulkner was shot five times with .38
caliber rounds. Before he died, Officer Faulkner fired one shot from his
own firearm. Police who arrived on the scene a few minutes later found
two bodies -- one that of Officer Faulkner; the other, with one bullet
wound, that of Abu-Jamal.
The driver of the car stopped by Officer Faulkner was
Abu-Jamal's brother, and Abu-Jamal himself was wearing a holster, with
the bullet from the policeman's gun in his chest and a .38 caliber
handgun registered to Abu-Jamal at his side. Five rounds hit Officer
Faulkner; five rounds had been fired from Abu-Jamal's gun. The shell
casings matched the bullets retrieved from Officer Faulkner's body.
Five witnesses testified in court that they saw Abu-Jamal shoot
Officer Faulkner, and at least one person, an anti-death penalty
activist, says Abu Jamal admitted to him privately that he did kill the
policemen. Other witnesses say they heard Abu-Jamal boast of shooting
the officer when he was arrested. To this day, Abu-Jamal has never
testified in his own case nor explicitly stated he did not kill Officer
Faulkner.
Nevertheless, despite the overwhelming evidence against him, Abu
Jamal is today a hero. He's written books that are sold at big bookstore
chains and assigned in college courses. Major critics call his writing
"brilliant" and "prophetic." His articles are published in the most
prestigious magazines in the country. One of his publishers, the
magazine George, describes him merely as "author/journalist." That's a
bit like describing Charles Manson as "guitarist."
But the really big Mumia fans include, according to Mr. Flynn's
monograph, "Susan Sarandon, Woody Harrelson, Whoopi Goldberg, [and] Ed
Asner," among other cultural luminaries. Abu-Jamal's presumed innocence
was slyly sneaked into the dialogue of a recent episode of NBC's
prime-time TV series, "Law and Order."
Then there are the murderer's political pals -- Jesse Jackson,
the Congressional Black Caucus, San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, South
African President Nelson Mandela, the European Parliament (which has
condemned his "unfair trial") and Danielle Mitterand, former wife of the
late president of France, who says she agrees that Abu-Jamal is
innocent, "especially after I have seen him."
As for Officer Daniel Faulkner, who made the mistake of being a
white cop who stopped a car going the wrong way down a one-way street on
a winter morning 17 years ago -- he's forgotten.
There are no books about him, let alone by him or his widow, and no fan
clubs or Hollywood stars or resolutions condemning his murder.
The Abu-Jamal case reminds us that the cultural and much of the
political leadership of the United States and the Western world has
betrayed its own people and civilization and is now on the side of their
enemies. And it also tells us that if the people of the West want their
civilization to survive, they must first cleanse it not just of filth
like Abu-Jamal but also of the filth that idolizes him.
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Wesley Lowe
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