Report on NPR about 'dirty money'

This link takes you to an NPR webpage with a series of reports on police abuse and dependency upon seizing 'dirty money'. On June 16, 2008 while driving I heard the following clip on the radio and then I had to hear the rest of the report.
The June 16th broadcast started...
"The law states that authorities can confiscate your money without ever charging you with a crime, as long as they can prove it's tied to illegal activity — but sometimes it happens even when they can't." -- "Cash Seizures by Police Prompt Court Fights", All Things Considered, NPR

Free Mumia Abu-Jamal event in Oakland

So, many reading this don't live near Oakland, but I ran across this event and it made me think about Mumia. So, I decided to post some info. This is just one of many examples of the FBI's COINTEL program in action. Click here for some info about Mumia Abu-Jamal. I came across one website with much information that has a link to a video of a man named Arnold Beverly confessing to the shooting of Faulkner (the cop that Mumia allegedly killed).

Anyway, for more info about Mumia, click here for a wikipedia article. I usually don't rely on wikipedia, but this entry has links to trial transcipts and I thought that was interesting.

One thing I find interesting about this case is that it sounds so much like Assata Shakur's run-in with the cops. I was reading that Mumia was shot in the incident and then charged with the cops murder. This also happened to Assata Shakur. She was shot and that should have been enough proof to show the courts that she couldn't have shot the cop she has been accused of killing. I will post about Assata Shakur another time. her case is very important. her autobiography is a must-read.