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Mumia supporters expose police terror
Published Apr 26, 2007 10:14 PM
Following are excerpts from a N.Y. Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition press release.
From left to right, Gwen Dobrow, Monica Moorehead, City Councilperson Charles Barron,
Orrie Lumumba and Suzanne Ross at City Hall press conference.
WW photo: Lal Roohk
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On April 23, a press conference was held on the steps of City Hall in New York
denouncing the outrageous and illegal police tactics aimed at silencing support
for internationally renowned journalist and writer, Mumia Abu-Jamal, who has
been on Pennsylvania’s death row for almost a quarter of a century.
A Hip Hop concert, organized by young supporters of Abu-Jamal, was scheduled to
take place on April 15 at the Remote Lounge. For a week prior to the scheduled
concert, the police pressured the club owner to cancel the event, but the owner
stood firm. Then, two nights before the scheduled event, the police barged in
on the club, issued 16 citations, involving thousands of dollars in fines, and
escalated the threats against the owner. Fearing for his family and himself,
the owner at this point cancelled the event. The event was promptly moved to
Solidarity Center and was held with great enthusiasm, but with anger at the
police action.
The case of Mumia Abu-Jamal will be heard on May 17 before the Third Circuit
Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. Mumia has his first real chance of winning a
new trial in that court after being convicted of the murder of a policeman
almost 25 years ago. The Fraternal Order of Police, the prosecution and their
allies are doing everything possible to undermine that possibility.
It is in that context that the attack on the Remote Lounge must be responded to
seriously, as it mirrors a long history of similar actions in Philadelphia. In
that city, a scheduled event highlighting famed actor Danny Glover for April
24, Mumia’s birthday, at the Clef Club, was just moved because of similar
police tactics.
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