Posted on 12/06/2006 5:36:39 PM PST by blam
House Denounces French Street Name
Thursday December 7, 2006 1:01 AM
By KIMBERLY HEFLING
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House passed a resolution Wednesday denouncing a French city for naming a street in honor of Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was sentenced to death for shooting a Philadelphia police officer 25 years ago this month.
``We must stand together as one and send a strong message to the world that cop-killers deserve to be punished, not to be celebrated,'' said Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick, a Philadelphia-area congressman who authored the resolution.
The vote came a few days shy of the 25th anniversary of the shooting of Daniel Faulkner, a 25-year-old officer shot after he pulled over Abu-Jamal's brother on Dec. 9, 1981. Abu-Jamal, a one-time radio reporter and former Black Panther, was convicted in 1982 and sentenced to death.
Abu-Jamal's writings and taped speeches on the justice system have made him a cause celebre among Hollywood activists, foreign politicians and some death-penalty opponents who believe he was the victim of a racist justice system.
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Good to see the House doing some real work, isn't it? < / yeah, sarcasm >
Exactly!
Hey, every hour they spend on this is one hour they're not raising our taxes or trampling on our civil liberties.
Hey, I know that. I got third place in a geography contest in high school. Out of four participants. ;-)
I thought he was dead already. Wait until his execution, then we'll see the lunatics out in full force.
Another "victim" who is guilty as sin is Ruben "Hurricane" Carter, this murderer is now walking free because he became a "cause celebre" not because he's innocent.
If you needed one more reason to stop buying French wine, if you needed one more reason to not shop at Target, if you needed one more reason to despise the French government, well, here it is.
You're right, carter is guilty, but mumia will never die. PA has only executed 3 killers since the death penalty was reinstated. All white BTW.
Isn't Saint-Denis the town where the first structure using gothic architecture (pointed arches, ribbed vaulting) was built??
Hard to believe those votes against the resolution were all Dems.
But in the words of NYC Mayor Bloomberg, "NOT IN TRANS FATTY OIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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