How many more honors can France dream up for her pet American cop-killer?

PARIS SUBURB NAMES STREET FOR COP-KILLER ABU-JAMAL

PHILADELPHIA May 16, 2006 (Philadelphia Inquirer) - Hundreds of supporters of Abu-Jamal attended a ceremony on April 29 to dedicate the Rue Mumia-Abu Jamal [sic] in the city of St.-Denis.

"In France, they see him as a towering figure," said Suzanne Ross, cochair of the Free Mumia Coalition of New York City, who was part of the ceremony. The street naming in St.-Denis [in the town's Human Rights district, which includes Nelson Mandela Stadium] was part of a three-day event sponsored by the French city, Ross said.

Richard Costello, past president of the Philadelphia lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police, said the street dedication was "deplorable" but "consistent with the offensive position the French have taken in this matter. They've made him into some type of hero."

Abu-Jamal, 53, was sentenced to death in 1982 for the shooting of [police officer] Faulkner, who was 25. Abu-Jamal, a former Philadelphia journalist, Black Panther member, and critic of police brutality, has maintained his innocence.

When notified of the French dedication, Maureen Faulkner, widow of the victim, called it "disgusting." ...Faulkner said from Los Angeles, where she lives. "It's insulting to the police officers of Philadelphia that they are naming a street after a murderer."

The campaign to free Abu-Jamal has generated international attention, particularly among anti-death-penalty activists in France. At the dedication ceremony, Julia Wright, a translator in Paris and daughter of the late African American author Richard Wright, called Abu-Jamal "our Mandela."

Maureen Faulkner, on the other hand, urged Americans to boycott Paris.

"The people of Philadelphia should think if they have any trips to Paris this summer, to cancel those trips," Faulkner said. Of the French support of Abu-Jamal, she added: "These are the people who sheltered Ira Einhorn" - a fugitive who was finally returned to Philadelphia and convicted of killing his girlfriend, Holly Maddux.

There is, to the objective juror and jurist, no doubt as to M. Abu-Jamal's guilt. That is why he was convicted of murdering Officer Faulkner, a conviction upheld on appeal. A conviction does not make M. Abu-Jamal a "victim of justice", it makes him responsible for the crime and subject to penalties prescribed in law. We would remind those in need of reminding that the vicitm is Officer Faulkner.

So why is M. Abu-Jamal a cause célèbre? He is the darling of the anti-death penalty crowd because he is a tool for a larger goal. A goal that discards justice. But then justice is but a word.

M. Abu-Jamal is celebrated in France because France is morally empty.

PFFT (What is this?): Shameless France 5 | Rayonnement français 0

It is disgusting that a convicted murderer should be honored in such a manner. How about Rue Hitler ?

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