William Ford Cook

… Alongside his political activism, he became a radio journalist, eventually becoming president of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists. On December 9, 1981, Officer Faulkner was shot dead while conducting a traffic stop on Abu-Jamal's brother, William Cook. Abu-Jamal was injured...

…For a similar period, William Cook also did not testify or make any statement about events other than saying at the crimescene, "I ain't got nothing to do with this."[35] In 2001, Cook belatedly declared that he would be willing to testify and that both he and his brother "had nothing do wit...