May 16, 2006

IN THE COUNTRY OF MORAL MIDGETS:

Paris suburb names street for cop-killer Abu-Jamal (Jennifer Lin, 5/16/06, Philadelphia Inquirer)

As Philadelphians cope with another police slaying, news comes that a suburb of Paris has named a street for Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted of the 1981 murder of Police Officer Daniel Faulkner.

Hundreds of supporters of Abu-Jamal attended a ceremony on April 29 to dedicate the Rue Mumia-Abu Jamal in the city of St.-Denis.

"In France, they see him as a towering figure," said Suzanne Ross, cochair of the Free Mumia Coalition of New York City, who was part of the ceremony.


Heck, Charles Manson towers over most of the French.

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 16, 2006 4:18 PM
Comments

Is it any wonder that Parisan youth enjoy a good riot every now and again? Look at who people idolize, and you can see their character (or lack thereof).

Posted by: Jay at May 16, 2006 4:26 PM

Charles Manson never killed anyone. (also he wrote a song for the Beach Boys as I recall)

Posted by: h-man at May 16, 2006 4:27 PM

Send them Mumia. They are also more than welcome to claim those from Abu Ghrib, and from Gitmo.

Posted by: ic at May 16, 2006 4:43 PM

The French love murderers from Philadelphia. Remember Ira Einhorn? He was a hippie from Philly who killed his grilfriend, stuffed her body in a suitcase and then left for France. He stayed there for 20+ years.

Posted by: pchuck at May 16, 2006 4:46 PM

Funny how they don't name streets after Robspierre.

Posted by: Mike Morley at May 16, 2006 5:13 PM

Uh, Mike, they do.

Posted by: Annoying Old Guy at May 16, 2006 5:42 PM

Oh, hell, why stop there? Why not go for the brass ring: rue Klaus Barbie?

Posted by: Mike Morley at May 16, 2006 6:22 PM

Those maternal-fornicating surrender monkeys!

They deserve the effing Germans for buddies.

Posted by: Lou Gots at May 16, 2006 7:06 PM

Although never convicted (for want of a corpse) it's pretty much assumed that Manson fired the gun that killed Donald "Shorty" Shea.

Posted by: Bryan at May 17, 2006 7:48 AM

My understanding is that Donald "Shorty" Shea's remains were found in 1979 due to statements given by Steve Grogan, who had been convicted of the murder.

Grogan was released from prison in 1986. Certainly he had his own reasons for blaming Manson. The moral of the story is that Manson should not have hung out with such desperados.

(if this post gets thru, OJ I accept your apologies)

Posted by: h-man at May 17, 2006 9:39 AM

Surely there are streets in France named for Pierre Laval, Leon Blum, and Marshal Petain.

Petain was adored, even after June 1940. Desperate times, to be sure - but a strange country nonetheless.

Posted by: jim hamlen at May 17, 2006 10:01 AM

The US has an entire town named after the founder of the KKK, strange world.

Posted by: h-man at May 17, 2006 10:29 AM

h-man:
Yep, I just checked and you're correct. I should get a more recent version of Helter Skelter than my old 1976-era copy.

Posted by: Bryan at May 17, 2006 1:33 PM
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