Political Quotes

“as a citizen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, I rise today to speak in favor of House Resolution 1082. When I first read or heard that the leadership of the Paris suburb of St. Denis had decided to name a street in that municipality for Mumia Abu-Jamal, I thought I had just disappeared down Lewis and Carroll's rabbit hole in Alice in Wonderland. Everything had gone topsy-turvy; left had become right, up was down, and, most significantly, right was now wrong. Mumia Abu-Jamal is a man to be condemned, not honored. On December 9, 1981, he shot Philadelphia Police Officer Danny Faulkner. He shot him in the back, then he shot him four more times. The last round from a 38-caliber handgun struck the officer in the face and killed him. Four eyewitnesses at the scene saw him do it and testified as such in a court of law. Abu-Jamal was apprehended at the scene, and his 38, containing five spent shell casings, was found there as well. And I won't even get into the alleged hospital confession. Abu-Jamal was tried by a jury of his peers in a Philadelphia courtroom. He was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death. Philadelphia's Democratic District Attorney Lynn Abraham called it ``the most open and shut murder case'' that she had ever seen. In fact, current Pennsylvania Democrat Governor Ed Rendell was district attorney at the time, and his office tried that case. Abu-Jamal also admitted to shooting the officer.…”