The Trial of Mumia Abu-Jamal

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In class, we recently watch a movie on convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal. While the movie was informative, I couldn't help but being a little troubled by it. I began wondering why this man was so dangerous and yet so many people were standing up for him. In order to gain a better understanding of the situation, I visited www.danielfaulkner.com in order to get the other side of the story. I knew I would find some discrepancies between the sides telling their views. I thought these differences would be minimal at best but I was shocked to find out how dissimilar the two viewpoints were.

The movie we saw in class was very pro-Mumia. In it, various people talked about the trial, from the witnesses to the attorneys to Mumia Abu-Jamal himself. Throughout the movie, the narrator continually bashed the facts given by the police and the prosecuting attorney Joseph McGill. Whenever they stated a point, the next statement from the narrator was either negative or attempted to prove their statement wrong. However, when the defense attorney Anthony Jackson or any witnesses stated a point beneficial to Mumia, the narrator quickly agreed with their point. Also, these witnesses in the movie were all in support of Mumia Abu-Jamal eve

By watching this movie and visiting www.danielfaulkner.com, I learned many of the falsities provided by the movie. By reading the transcript of the trial, I discovered how biased the movie was. Don't get me wrong. The movie was very informative about the entire situation. However, if it presented more facts and fewer opinions and biases, the movie could've been a more enjoyable experience.

After watching the movie and visiting the web site, I have come to the conclusion that Mumia Abu-Jamal is guilty of killing Officer Daniel Faulkner. The movie, to me, gave only one side of the story and heavily favored Mumia Abu-Jamal. However, most of the "facts" brought up in the movie were entirely false. Looking at the transcript of the trial can prove this. The doctor that removed the bullet from Faulkner's body said it was fired from a .44 pistol in the movie. The doctor later retracted that statement due to the fact that he wasn't a ballistics expert. However, the movie kept stating that the bullet was from a .44 pistol. There are two things wrong with this statement. First, a proven ballistics expert stated that the bullet was fired from a .38 pistol, which was the caliber of the gun in Jamal's possession. Second, a .44 pistol is usually a magnum or a semi-automatic weapon. One shot from either of those two guns would kill a person instantly. Fa

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