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PROTEST AT THE FRENCH CONSULATE

1650 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA

FRIDAY,  JULY 14, 2006

FROM 12 NOON TO 2PM

 

 

On Friday, July 14, 2006, between 12 noon and 2:00 p.m., outside the French Consulate, 1650 Market Street, Philadelphia, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 Philadelphia will be protesting the naming of a street in France for the convicted killer of a Philadelphia Police Officer.

 

The street in the Paris suburb of Saint Denis is named for Mumia Abu Jamal who was convicted by a jury of his peers for murdering on-duty Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner on December 9, 1981 at South 13^th and Locust Streets, Philadelphia.

 

Jamal, also known as Wesley Cook, was arrested at the scene after having been shot by Police Officer Faulkner.

 

This protest coincides with the celebration of Bastille Day, French Independence Day.

 

Contact person at the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 is Recording Secretary Andrew Harley 215-629-3619.

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