California Teachers Union Draws Fire for Rallying Behind Cop Killer Mumia Abu-Jamala
A California teachers union is under fire after passing a new resolution supporting a convicted cop killer.
The California Federation of Teachers (CFT) last month passed a resolution reaffirming their support for Mumia Abu-Jamal , who was sentenced to death in the 1982 murder of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner during a routine traffic stop.
In the resolution, the CFT alleges Abu-Jamal’s trial was unfair and calls the former radio journalist a civil rights hero.
But a critic says evidence in the case shows Abu-Jamal was clearly guilty and that the teachers union should be focusing on California’s education issues, not the 30-year-old conviction of a cop killer in Philadelphia.
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But Daniel Flynn, Author of “Cop killer: How Mumia Abu-Jamal conned millions into believing he was framed,” said the facts of Abu-Jamal’s case were “overwhelming.”
“You had numerous eye witnesses seeing him actually kill the cop. He was found at the scene with his gun, registered in his own name, with five expended shells. The cop actually shot him, so he had a bullet from the cop, and, in addition to all this, you have numerous eye witnesses reporting that he confessed to killing the cop, including one of his sympathizers,” Flynn told Fox News. “…Except on the fringes there isn’t much of a debate on this guy’s guilt.”