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5 unusual facts about Arnold Beverly


Arnold Beverly

Arnold Beverly is a Philadelphia man who rose to prominence during the legal appeals following the 1982 trial of Mumia Abu-Jamal.

The affidavit further states that he escaped the scene by traveling three blocks on the underground Speedline, at which point he received further assistance from a police officer, then left the Center City area in a car that was waiting for him.

One of Abu-Jamal's attorneys, Partisan Defense Committee member Rachel Wolkenstein, found Beverly in 1999 and presented him and his affidavit to Abu-Jamal and the rest of the legal team.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Mumia Abu-Jamal

Arnold Beverly - Claimed in 1999 to have been hired by the mob to assassinate Faulkner on the night in question.

However, Abu-Jamal did not state his version of events for the initial police investigation or later until, almost 20 years afterwards, Arnold Beverly claimed that, "wearing a green (camouflage) army jacket", he had run across the street and shot Daniel Faulkner as part of a contract killing because Faulkner was interfering with graft and payoff to corrupt police.



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