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Mumia
Mumia Abu-Jamal, a black revolutionary who has been on Death Row in
Philadelphia for sixteen years, is again facing execution.
Mumia has been fighting against oppression since he joined the Black
Panthers in Philly at the age of fourteen. He has been fitted up on
a murder charge to silence him, as he is a dedicated fighter for all
our freedom.
Mumia's arrest occurred when, working as a cab driver, he saw his
brother being beaten by the police and went to his aid. Mumia was
shot in the stomach and the policeman was shot and killed by a
passerby who escaped. One hundred and fifty witnesses came forward,
but the police case rests on three witnesses all up on other charges
and willing to do deals, and in one case being supplied with drugs
by the pigs.