Take Action! Big Media Must Not Ignore New Mumia Abu-Jamal Crime Scene Photos

international | anti-capitalism | news report Monday October 15, 2007 15:09 by RP

Taken from Global IMC (http://www.indymedia.org). Apologies for layout as Indymedia Ireland doesn't seem to allow URL tags.

As the world waits on a decision from Mumia Abu-Jamal's May 17 hearing before the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals, new questions are being raised as to whether the original jurors had access to all available information. On October 6, Educators for Mumia Abu-Jamal (http://www.emajonline.com/) issued a press-release stating that recently disclosed photos taken by press photographer Pedro Polakoff amount to "more evidence that basic investigative protocol was violated by police from the earliest moments of the killing."

Dr. Michael Schiffmann of the University of Heidelberg unveiled these 26 photos in May at a press conference in Philadelphia (http://www.abu-jamal-news.com/temp/press%20release.html). The story was picked up by independent media (http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/05/new-evidence-of-m...me-up), but no mainstream media outlet has acknowledged it. Readers are encouraged to contact the media directly (http://phillyimc.org/en/2007/10/42735.shtml), and have prepared a list of media contacts (http://phillyimc.org/en/2007/10/42734.shtml) and a sample letter (http://www.abu-jamal-news.com/docs/SampleLetter.doc)

In anticipation of the Third Circuit Court's ruling, supporters in Philadelphia, the SF Bay Area and around the world are preparing for emergency "day after" actions. They continue to highlight the connections between Mumia's struggle and other political prisoners -- such as Leonard Peltier, the Cuban Five, the SF 8, and the MOVE 9. Meanwhile, Mumia continues his prolific journalism production from death row, with two new stories on the housing crisis in the US, as well as stories on Jena, Blackwater, and many more.

Free Mumia!