>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.