Prison Radio
Mumia Abu-Jamal

Speaker 1
No I’m just talking about, like, what happened tonight.

Speaker 2
I turned the corner. Here’s the police standing with a big ol’ stick. And he had it drawn back as though like, as I was turning he was gonna hit me in the face or the mouth, you know. I look. You know, next thing you know, he say, “Yeah, look at him.” I ain’t say nothin’ to him. He wanted us to say something, give him a reason, like uhh… just say, well, let’s say “Officer you can’t–don’t say nothing to me.” That’s a reason for him to jump on you, to him. You know, which is not to me. Because I’m only minding my business trying to get away from him.

Now, as far as the killing of the young brother, the boy didn’t deserve the die, man. He didn’t. He only got one life to live. That was a gift.

They need to do to that police officer is get with him right. You know? Because right now, they awfully suffering all for theyself. If a police jump on me right now, and I told this police jumped on me for no reason, I couldn’t be right in no way. That’s they justice system. I don’t know why that’s they justice system.

When they say United States is supposed to be a land of freedom, peace, and justice, we get a peace–piece of hell. We ain’t got no breaks man, none. And if we can’t get that, what can we do? Stand up for our right. That’s it. My name Terry, man.

Speaker 1
How old are you?

Speaker 2
I’m 22. [???] Thank you for the interview too.

Speaker 1
Thank you for yours, you know.