Mumia Abu Jamal, the nationās best known political prisoner, recalled being beaten up by cops, as a 14 year-old, in 1968 Philadelphia. It was āa little taste of [former mayor and police chief] Rizzo, and āan introduction to Trump,ā Abu Jamal told journalist Chris Hedges, host of the RT program āOn Contact.ā āI lived in the ābad old days,āā said Mumia. āThey were ugly days, and theyāre ugly days, today.ā