Act 1
Mumia Abu-Jamal assassinates a police
officer in cold blood. This fact is not in doubt. Debo Adegbile is
the lawyer who defends his client numerous times in his journeys
through the US legal system.
Act 2
Scene: Berkeley, CA. There are many
signs intoning: “Save Mumia Abu-Jamal” around town. A candidate
who is running for the House of Representatives in Berkeley in 2010,
waiting at a stop light, is nudged by a stranger who, pointing at one
of these signs, says: isn't that a good cause? Said candidate
responds: he is a cop-killer; who on earth would support a
cop-killer? (crickets).
Act 3
The current occupant of 1600
Pennsylvania Ave nominates said lawyer to the United States
Commission on Civil Rights. The fact the cop-killer and said occupant
are of the same racial group is, of course, simple coincidence.
Act 4
A
stunned nation responds: WTF?
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