A longtime political prisoner of the US prison system, Mumia Abu-Jamal was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and became involved with the Black Panther Party as a teenager. He left the party at age 16 and became a journalist, still active in local left-wing social movements. He became president of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists and supported MOVE. In 1982, Abu-Jamal was convicted of the murder of a police officer, in a trial marred by unreliable evidence and falsified witness testimony. He has remained a prisoner of conscience ever since, continuing his appeals. He has become the subject of a movement dedicated to securing his release.
When people say “defund the police is too scary” ask them how scary this graphic is and ask if the funding police get correlates to the conditions in the city or if that same money would be better off reallocated to… Let’s say a fucking library
