On December 9, 1981, Daniel J. Faulkner, a 25-year-old male police officer with the Philadelphia Police Department, was fatally shot while making a traffic stop. Officer Faulkner had stopped a vehicle driven by William Cook for driving the wrong way down a one-way street. As Officer Faulkner attempted to handcuff Cook, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Cook's brother, ran from across the street and shot Faulkner in the back. Despite Faulkner's attempt to return fire, Abu-Jamal stood over him and shot him four mo
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