A True Heroine
- In the 26 years since former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal gunned down her cop husband on a Philadelphia street, Maureen Faulkner has often felt like a reed in a tornado.
As death penalty opponents rallied to win Abu-Jamal a new trial, contending that he had been framed by police, Faulkner quietly fought back, one hearing at a time.
She never missed a court hearing through the long appeals process, even after she moved from Philadelphia to Southern California. She's appeared at pro-Abu-Jamal events, handing out fliers to explain the evidence that led a jury to sentence him to death.
In the face of thousands of lies and endless celebrity BS, she has fought the good fight to keep Danny Faulkner's name and the truth of the circumstances of his death out of the darkness.
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