Exclusive: Mumia Abu-Jamal Releases New Prison Radio Commentary on Walter Scott Shooting
April 10, 2015
7,230
145
9
2.13%
Search the Record
IndexedEvery word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
Amy Goodman Episodes Around April 10, 2015
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
2:00Now PlayingExclusive: Mumia Abu-Jamal Releases New Prison Radio Commentary on Walter Scott Shooting
YouTube Description
as posted by the channelImprisoned journalist and former Black Panther Mumia AbuJamal has spoken out from a prison infirmary about the police killing of Walter Scott in South Carolina. AbuJamal, who is seriously ill at SCI Mahanoy, rose from his infirmary bed to record the commentary after a fellow prisoner wheeled in a TV so he could watch coverage of the shooting. In a Democracy Now! exclusive, we air an excerpt from AbuJamal's Prison Radio commentary about Michael Slager, the nowfired police officer who shot Scott during a traffic stop. "Is he a punk? A predator?" AbuJamal asks. "Or what Huey P. Newton called 'a pig'?" AbuJamal's supporters say he remains severely ill after he was hospitalized recently for diabetic shock. Today his supporters have called a national day of action with protests in 10 cities to demand he be allowed to see a diabetes specialist. AbuJamal is in prison for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner, but has always maintained his innocence. Amnesty International has found he was deprived of a fair trial.
Democracy Now!, is an independent global news hour that airs weekdays on 1,300+ TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 89am ET
Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today
FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE:
Daily Email
Stitcher Radio
Links & Promotions
Guests & Subjects Covered
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.