Mumia Abu-Jamal is Philadelphia's Innocent Native Son
May 27, 2021, By Betsey Piette, Workers World. For decades, the endorsement of the powerful Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police was sought by almost every candidate running for office in the city and throughout Pennsylvania. Through the power of its purse strings, the FOP has been able to fill the courts with judges who favor …
Black Lives Matter movement sparks electoral defeat for FOPRead More
Krasner’s resounding victory over Carlos Vega was an emphatic marker of the rapid decline of the FOP’s political brand. May 20, 2021, By Sean Collins Walsh, Chris Brennan, and Julia Terruso, Reprinted from The Philadelphia Inquirer (original link). After voting for Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, Jesse Vincent walked out of his Mount Airy polling place and said …
