DEAD ZONE
October 9th, 2003, 09:53 AM
http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/7591.htm
October 8, 2003 -- The French-fried brains of Paris have stooped to yet another low - bestowing the title of honorary citizen on notorious convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal.
The last time the wacky weasels handed out the title was in 1971 - to Pablo Picasso.
"Mumia is a Parisian!" Socialist Mayor Bertrand Delanoe shouted as he pumped his fist to the cheers of the crowd of about 200 mostly left-wing activists in a bizarre city ceremony over the weekend.
Abu-Jamal - a radical former Black Panther whose real name is Wesley Cook - was convicted in 1982 for the fatal, coldblooded shooting of Philadelphia city cop Daniel Faulkner during a routine traffic stop.
His death sentence was overturned in 2001, after years of outcry from everyone from international rights groups to a slew of Hollywood stars.
He remains on Pennsylvania's death row while an appeal is pending.
Delanoe claimed that the move to honor the U.S. felon was done to show support for France's opposition to the death penalty. The land of the guillotine abolished capital punishment in 1981.
They seem to have just as much if not more of a love for such characters.
October 8, 2003 -- The French-fried brains of Paris have stooped to yet another low - bestowing the title of honorary citizen on notorious convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal.
The last time the wacky weasels handed out the title was in 1971 - to Pablo Picasso.
"Mumia is a Parisian!" Socialist Mayor Bertrand Delanoe shouted as he pumped his fist to the cheers of the crowd of about 200 mostly left-wing activists in a bizarre city ceremony over the weekend.
Abu-Jamal - a radical former Black Panther whose real name is Wesley Cook - was convicted in 1982 for the fatal, coldblooded shooting of Philadelphia city cop Daniel Faulkner during a routine traffic stop.
His death sentence was overturned in 2001, after years of outcry from everyone from international rights groups to a slew of Hollywood stars.
He remains on Pennsylvania's death row while an appeal is pending.
Delanoe claimed that the move to honor the U.S. felon was done to show support for France's opposition to the death penalty. The land of the guillotine abolished capital punishment in 1981.
They seem to have just as much if not more of a love for such characters.