Letters: MORE ABU-JAMAL VITRIOL, MORE HILL DISSES, AND MORE

IF ALL THE circumstances and evidence, etc., were exactly the same, except that Wesley Cook a/k/a Mumia Abu-Jamal, were either white, Asian, Latino, etc., other than black, would racist Marc Lamont Hill be so up in arms over Abu-Jamal's new getting-away-with-murder sentence of life in prison without parole? Just asking.

Diane McDowell

Philadelphia

Why does the Daily News continue to let a racist bigot like Marc Lamont Hill write a column in the paper? His latest column detailing how he supports Mumia Abu-Jamal is disgusting. To defend a scumbag like Mumia Abu-Jamal, who clearly was convicted of murder by a jury of his peers, is just unbelievable. Maybe we should free Mumia and put Marc Lamont Hill in his place, as that is truly where he belongs.

Chris Graham

Philadelphia

You would think an associate professor of journalism at Columbia University attempting to tackle such a volatile and race dividing issue as Faulkner/Mumia would be able to represent his ultimate conclusion that Mumia didn't murder Officer Daniel Faulkner in at least a manner a step or two above National Enquirer reporting.

Apparently not. How can you attempt to tackle an issue as sensitive as Faulkner/Mumia in a piece that has you asking (and then answering) your own six questions, and represent to the reader that your answers to your own carefully crafted questions give credence to your position?

Please, allow me to ask you six real questions about the facts of the case and see if you can truthfully answer them in a way that still allows you to justify your ignorant conclusions on the facts of the case. I pity your students (and their parents, paying their tuitions) in your Columbia University journalism class.

Bill Rushton

Philadelphia

Re: National Constitution Center's Rally For Abu-Jamal Insults Police Officers: Be that as it may, those who support Mr. Abu-Jamal are protected by the First Amendment. To deny them - or anybody else - their right to free speech at the National Constitution Center would be the ultimate hypocrisy.

And anybody who feels insulted by this, I suggest you pick up a copy of Constitutional Law For Dummies at your favorite book store. And, yes, the book really does exist. (Makes a great Christmas gift, too!)

Rob Boyden

Drexel Hill