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rossdowdell t1_itvdus5 wrote

Mumia's gun fired the kill shot.

Faulkner's gun fired the bullet lodged in Mumia.

Mumia's death penalty conviction was overturned, which is good because it prevented him from entering martyrdom.

This is desperation. Mumia is an old man hoping the fog of time will grant him mercy. It shouldn't.

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[deleted] t1_itw0shx wrote

Nobody is arguing that there wasn’t a confrontation. There absolutely was, and Mumia shot and killed Faulkner.

The question with Mumia is whether or not you view a man shooting a cop who was attacking his brother as self defense or murder and whether you believe Mumia’s accounting of the incident. I honestly don’t know where I come down on this, but the question here is whether self-defense can possibly be applied against a police officer.

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1up t1_itw2zkw wrote

>The question with Mumia is whether or not you view a man shooting a cop who was attacking his brother as self defense or murder and whether you believe Mumia’s accounting of the incident. I honestly don’t know where I come down on this, but the question here is whether self-defense can possibly be applied against a police officer.

That is not the question. Abu-jamal maintains that someone else shot Faulkner and he was framed for the murder. Not sure where you got the self-defense stuff, but it is wrong.

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-redacted_- t1_itw18q4 wrote

Who fired first?

Edit: Please link to a source that backs up your assertion that Mumia’s gun fired the kill shot. The link was never proven by ballistics, to my knowledge.

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