When I saw the howls of protest that continue to be voiced in favor of Mumua Abu-Jamal, I couldn’t help but think of the irony.
Abu-Jamal supporters were out in force last night at a showing of a documentary made on the infamous case of the convicted killer of Officer Daniel Faulkner. Tigre Hill’s film, “The Barrel of a Gun,” makes the case that Abu-Jamal was the killer.
Later today the case, which stems from Faulkner’s murder in 1981, will be back in court, where lawyers will argue that they jury was not properly instructed in Abu-Jamal’s case.
But I was thinking of the scene in another Philadelphia courtroom yesterday.
That is where the widow of slain Philadelphia Officer John Pawloski was sobbing at a jury’s inability to reach a verdict in the death penalty phase for the man convicted of gunning down her husband.
Outside the court, Kimmy Pawloski left no doubt as to her feelings in the case.
“My husband is 9 feet in the ground and he (convicted killer Rasheed
Scruggs) gets to breathe another breath,” she said. “Justice was not served.”
Three decades after her husband was gunned down on a Philadelphia street, I think Danny Faulkner’s widow, Maureen, would probably agree.
Abu-Jamal supporters were out in force last night at a showing of a documentary made on the infamous case of the convicted killer of Officer Daniel Faulkner. Tigre Hill’s film, “The Barrel of a Gun,” makes the case that Abu-Jamal was the killer.
Later today the case, which stems from Faulkner’s murder in 1981, will be back in court, where lawyers will argue that they jury was not properly instructed in Abu-Jamal’s case.
But I was thinking of the scene in another Philadelphia courtroom yesterday.
That is where the widow of slain Philadelphia Officer John Pawloski was sobbing at a jury’s inability to reach a verdict in the death penalty phase for the man convicted of gunning down her husband.
Outside the court, Kimmy Pawloski left no doubt as to her feelings in the case.
“My husband is 9 feet in the ground and he (convicted killer Rasheed
Scruggs) gets to breathe another breath,” she said. “Justice was not served.”
Three decades after her husband was gunned down on a Philadelphia street, I think Danny Faulkner’s widow, Maureen, would probably agree.
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