Government Surveillance

Mumia’s activism and Black Panther roots were so strong even the US government put him under surveillance. He was under surveillance by the FBI’s COINTELPRO program from 1969 until 1974 despite his breaking away from the Black Panther Party in 1970. The main thing that people around the world, including Nelson Mandela, say about Mumia’s captivity is that it has little to do with the murder of officer Faulkner. He is a political threat to America which is one reason that he continues to be held in jail for a crime that he more than likely did not commit.