In loving memory of Fallen Officer Daniel Faulkner (End of Watch: December 9, 1981), we will not forget him also on his birthday on December 21:
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Officer Daniel Faulkner |
Police Officer
Daniel J. Faulkner
Philadelphia Police Department,
Pennsylvania
End of Watch: Wednesday, December 9, 1981
Bio & Incident Details
Age: 25
Tour: 5 years
Badge # 4699
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 12/9/1981
Weapon: Handgun; .38 caliber
Suspect: Sentenced to life
Police Officer Daniel J. Faulkner was shot and killed while making a traffic stop.
Officer Faulkner stopped the driver of a light blue Volkswagen at the corner of
Thirteenth and Locust Streets for driving the wrong way down a one-way street.
Officer Faulkner had the driver exit the vehicle. As the officer was speaking
with the driver, the driver struck him in the face. Officer Faulkner struck the
driver back and attempted to take him into custody. As the officer was
attempting to subdue the driver, the driver's brother came running to the scene
from a parking lot across the street. While Officer Faulkner's back was turned,
the brother opened fire, shooting him in the back four times. Officer Faulkner
fell to the ground but was able to return fire, hitting the suspect. The
wounded suspect was able to fire again as he stood over the fallen officer,
shooting him in the face.
The suspect attempted to flee but fell to the ground several feet from where he had just shot the officer. When back-up officers arrived, they found Officer Faulkner mortally wounded and the suspect, murder weapon in hand, laying several feet away.
The suspect, who was a member of the racist group Black Panthers, was charged
with murder. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in two separate
trials. In December 2001, a federal judge overturned the death sentence and
ordered a new sentencing hearing. In December 2011, the district attorney
dropped a request for a new sentencing hearing and Officer Faulkner's murderer
and was subsequently sentenced to life in prison. In March 2012 the
Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected his appeal to overturn the life sentence.
Officer Faulkner had served with the Philadelphia Police Department for 5
years. He is survived by his wife and is buried in Glenwood Memorial Gardens,
Broomall, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
The Black Panthers is a racist, radical group that professed the murders of law enforcement officers. Members and former members of the group were responsible for the murders of at least 15 law enforcement officers and the wounding of dozens more across the nation.
INTERNET
SOURCE: http://www.odmp.org/officer/4764-police-officer-daniel-j-faulkner
OTHER LINKS:
Maureen Faulkner, wife of officer killed by Mumia Abu-Jamal, on the death penalty: Commentary
UNIT 1012 BOOK CLUB – MURDERED BY MUMIA: A LIFE SENTENCE OF LOSS, PAIN, AND INJUSTICE
