LANDON R. WILLIAMS RORY B. HITHE POLITICAL PRISONERS THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1969 PAGE 6 Rory Hithe and Landon Williams are political prisoners held in jail in Denver Colorado on charges of unlawful flight to avoid prose- cution. The brothers were arres- ted when fascist FBI and Denver pigs vamped on the Denver Black Panther Party headquarters with guns and machine guns. These brothers are held in isolation cells because they refuse to work, they refuse to submit to super-exploi- tation while they are in the fascist jail. They are on a diet of bread and water. They are not allowed to the human privile.:ge of taking By elevating my consciousness to the revolutionary level, I have come to realize the fascism all around me. I have come to re- cognize the San Joaquin Valley for the plantation that it is. In a showen. They have no com- missary kiviledges. Their fami- lies can 'spend only 15 minutes visiting time with them. That 15 minutes is spent talking through a telephone which is partitioned off by. a glass wall. Landon Williams has a seven week old baby girl whom he is more interested in than being in a fascist concentration camp. 'The spirit of a Panther is greater than the man's jail.' • DYNAMITE world to end colonialism! And in conclusion to my anal- ysis of the San Joaquin Valley and Fresno, its largest city, I find that it is a boiling pot of racism, Mrs.*, c• fly. n•neasnel 44." ras:4. TO: Landon Robert Williams: The fascist pigs think they've taken you away from the revolu- tion don't they? They thought that they had taken Malcolm away, but he's here. He's here in the teach- ings of Huey P. Newton. They thought they had taken Huey away, but he's here; the Vanguard, the Black Panther Party IS Huey P. Newton. Fools, they can't see that you, "Bunchy", John, Eldridge, and all other revolutionaries are all manifestations of Malcolm and Huey. This just goes to show the low level of intelligence of the stupid, fascist, capitalistic power structure. Those of you (N.Y. 21, Conn. 8 etc.) have fought for the people taught the people and are now incarcerated as political prisoners, you will continue doing these things. Chairman Mao says that "A re- volutionary should have largeness of mind and he should be staunch and active, looking upon the in- terests of the revolution as his VERY LIFE and subordinating his personal interests to those of the revolution; ALWAYS and EVERY- WHERE he should adhere to prin- ciples and wage a TIRELESS strug- gle against all incorrect ideas and actions. He should be more con- cerned about the party and the mas- ses than about any individual (be it wife, mother, child) and more concerned about others than him- self. Only then can he be consi- dered a revolutionary.'' John Huggins, and Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter and many other senting a UNITED FRONT against this overt and blatantly fascist country which only displayed a little of its true nature on you. Shackled like a slave bound to his master. Fuck that shit. Shackled only in body, not in mind, spirit nor in soul, always a Panther and a servant of the people. You have a 5 week old daughter Kijana Melieke, who has been in- stilled with revolutionary princi- ples. This was inborn in her from revolutionary parents through practice in a revolutionary envir- onment. She was born a revolution- ary and will die one; the first of a new generation whose minds will not be conditioned by this power structure. A counter-revolution- ary she cannot be. The people, and I will not tolerate it. Long may she and all others like her live to carry out the needs and desires of the people. This, as all the other jive ass bustsi makes me mad and even more so, makes me realize the desperate need of the people to free them- selves from this beast. As your wife I say, "I love you and miss you, but with your incarceration, we are one step closer to over- throwing this fascist regime. The RED BOOK is my bible, the GUN my staff. VICTORY TO THE PEOPLE! VICTORY IS OURS! ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE! LONG LIVE THE MINISTER OF DEFENSE ! Ora Williams OPEN LETTER:. TO A POLITICAL PRISONER BOILING POT OF FASCISM
Transcript
LAN
DO
N R
. WILLIA
MS
R
OR
Y B
. HITH
E
POLITICAL PRISONERS
TH
E B
LA
CK
PA
NT
HE
R S
AT
UR
DA
Y, JU
NE
21, 1969 PA
GE
6
Rory H
ithe and Landon W
illiams
are po
litical priso
ners h
eld in
jail in
Den
ver C
olo
rado
on
charg
es o
f un
lawfu
l fligh
t to av
oid
pro
se-cu
tion
. Th
e bro
thers w
ere arres-ted
when
fascist FB
I and D
enver
pig
s vam
ped
on
the D
env
er Black
P
anth
er Party
head
qu
arters with
guns a
nd m
achin
e g
uns. T
hese
bro
thers are h
eld in
isolatio
n cells
becau
se they
refuse to
work
, they
refu
se to su
bm
it to su
per-ex
plo
i-tatio
n w
hile th
ey are in
the fascist
jail. Th
ey are o
n a d
iet of b
read
and w
ater. They
are not allo
wed
to
the h
um
an p
rivile.:g
e of tak
ing
By elev
ating m
y co
nscio
usn
ess to
the rev
olu
tion
ary lev
el, I hav
e com
e to
realiz
e th
e fa
scism
all
aro
un
d m
e. I h
av
e c
om
e to
re-
cogn
ize the S
an Jo
aquin
Valley
fo
r the p
lan
tatio
n th
at it is. In
a sh
ow
en
. Th
ey
hav
e n
o c
om
-m
issary k
iviled
ges. T
heir fam
i-lies can
'spen
d o
nly
15
min
utes
visitin
g tim
e with
them
. That 1
5
min
utes is sp
ent talk
ing th
rough a
telephone w
hich
is partitio
ned
off
by. a glass wall.
Lan
do
n W
illiams h
as a seven
w
eek o
ld b
aby
girl w
ho
m h
e is m
ore in
terested in
than
bein
g in
a fascist co
ncen
tration
camp
. 'T
he s
pirit o
f a P
an
ther is
greater th
an th
e man
's jail.'
• DY
NA
MIT
E
world
to end colonialism!
And in
conclu
sion to
my an
al-y
sis of th
e San
Joaq
uin
Valley
and
F
resn
o, its la
rgest c
ity, I fin
d
that it is a b
oilin
g p
ot o
f racism,
Mrs
.*, c• fly
. n•n
easn
el 4
4."
ras:4
.
TO
: Landon R
obert William
s: T
he fascist p
igs th
ink th
ey'v
e tak
en y
ou
away
from
the rev
olu
-tio
n d
on
't they
? Th
ey th
ou
gh
t that
they had taken Malcolm
away, but
he's h
ere. He's h
ere in th
e teach-
ings o
f Huey P
. New
ton. T
hey
thought they had taken Huey aw
ay, b
ut h
e's here; th
e Van
gu
ard, th
e B
lack P
anth
er Party
IS H
uey
P.
New
ton
. Fo
ols, th
ey can
't see that
yo
u, "B
un
chy
", Joh
n, E
ldrid
ge,
and
all oth
er revo
lutio
naries are
all man
ifestations o
f Malco
lm an
d
Hu
ey. T
his ju
st go
es to sh
ow
the
low
level o
f intellig
ence o
f the
stup
id, fascist, cap
italistic po
wer
structu
re. Th
ose o
f yo
u (N
.Y. 2
1,
Co
nn
. 8 etc.) h
ave fo
ug
ht fo
r the
peo
ple tau
gh
t the p
eop
le and
are now
incarc
era
ted a
s politic
al
priso
ners, y
ou w
ill contin
ue d
oin
g
these th
ing
s. C
hairm
an M
ao say
s that "A
re-volutionary should have largeness of m
ind an
d h
e should
be stau
nch
an
d activ
e, lookin
g u
pon th
e in-
tere
sts of th
e re
vo
lutio
n a
s his
VE
RY
LIF
E and subordinating his
perso
nal in
terests to th
ose o
f the
revolution; AL
WA
YS
and EV
ER
Y-
WH
ER
E he should adhere to prin-
ciples and wage a T
IRE
LE
SS
strug-g
le again
st all inco
rrect ideas an
d
action
s. He sh
ou
ld b
e mo
re con
-cerned about the party and the m
as-ses th
an ab
ou
t any
ind
ivid
ual (b
e it w
ife, moth
er, child
) and m
ore
con
cerned
abo
ut o
thers th
an h
im-
self. Only
then
can h
e be co
nsi-
dered
a revo
lutio
nary
.'' Jo
hn
Hu
gg
ins, an
d A
lpren
tice "B
unch
y" C
arter and m
any o
ther
senting a UN
ITE
D F
RO
NT
against th
is ov
ert a
nd
bla
tan
tly fa
scist
country
which
only
disp
layed
a little
of its tru
e n
atu
re o
n y
ou
. S
hack
led lik
e a slave b
ou
nd
to h
is m
aster. Fu
ck th
at shit. S
hack
led
only
in b
ody, n
ot in
min
d, sp
irit nor in
soul, alw
ays a P
anth
er and
a servan
t of th
e peo
ple.
You have a 5 w
eek old daughter K
ijana M
elieke, w
ho h
as been
in-
stilled w
ith rev
olu
tionary
prin
ci-ples. T
his w
as inborn
in h
er from
re
vo
lutio
nary
pare
nts th
rou
gh
practice in
a revolu
tionary
envir-
onment. S
he was born a revolution-
ary an
d w
ill die o
ne; th
e first of
a new generation w
hose minds w
ill n
ot b
e con
ditio
ned
by
this p
ow
er stru
cture. A
counter-rev
olu
tion-
ary she cannot be. The people, and
I will not tolerate it. L
ong may she
and all others like her live to carry out th
e need
s and d
esires of th
e people.
This, a
s all th
e o
ther jiv
e a
ss b
ustsim
akes me m
ad and even more
so, makes m
e realize the desperate n
eed o
f the p
eop
le to free th
em-
selves fro
m th
is beast. A
s yo
ur
wife I say
, "I love y
ou an
d m
iss you, b
ut w
ith y
our in
carceration,
we are o
ne step
closer to
over-
thro
win
g th
is fascist regim
e. T
he R
ED
BO
OK
is my
bib
le, the G
UN
my staff.
VIC
TO
RY
TO
TH
E P
EO
PL
E!
VIC
TO
RY
IS OU
RS!
AL
L P
OW
ER
TO
TH
E P
EO
PL
E!
LO
NG
LIV
E T
HE
MIN
IST
ER
O
F D
EF
EN
SE
! O
ra William
s
OP
EN
LETTE
R:.
TO A POLITICAL PRISONER
BOILING POT OF FASCISM
By
elevatin
g m
y co
nscio
usn
ess to
the rev
olu
tionary
level, I h
ave
com
e to
realiz
e th
e fa
scism
all
aro
un
d m
e. I h
av
e c
om
e to
re-
cognize th
e San
Joaq
uin
Valley
fo
r the p
lanta
tion th
at it is. In
beco
min
g a rev
olu
tionary
, I recog-
nize who the plantation ow
ners are. T
hey
are
the ric
h fa
rmers w
ho
co
ntro
l the S
an Jo
aquin
Valley
, w
ho
hav
e argu
ed fo
r the id
ea of
industrializing the San Joaquin V
al-ley
for years. It m
ust b
e po
inted
out that the puppet politicians stood u
p fo
r the p
eo
ple
s' righ
ts on
ly
after repeated
ly b
eing rem
inded
by
the p
oo
r and
wo
rkin
g m
asses. In
accessing
this in
seeing
ho
w
these fascists h
ave n
eglected
black
peo
ple, th
eir com
mu
nity
and
, its schools, I have broken off from
this presen
t govern
men
tal system
. And
I say to
all the o
ther slav
es on th
is plan
tation, 'D
eclare yourselv
es in a
state of reb
ellion as I h
ave d
on
e. U
nite and we w
ill join with the stru-
ggle th
at is goin
g o
h aro
und th
e wo
rld to
end
colo
nialism
! A
nd in
conclu
sion to
my an
al-ysis o
f the S
an Jo
aquin
Valley
and
Fre
sno, its la
rgest c
ity, I fin
d
that it is a b
oilin
g p
ot o
f racism.
To
ms fly
arou
nd
the sh
it-smellin
g
poverty
pro
gram
s gettin
g m
oney
th
at smells w
ith th
e stench
of th
e deceit o
f the m
asses into
thin
k-
ing
they
hav
e som
ethin
g to
ho
pe
for in
the
presen
t day
go
vern
-m
ental sy
stem. T
hey
fly aro
und
these p
rogram
s like so
man
y flies
around fresh
shit. I say
this, th
e governm
ent should serve the people an
d if it d
oesn
't, off th
e go
vern
-m
ent! A
nd sin
ce the S
an Jo
aquin
Val-
ley g
reatly ex
udes all o
f the q
ual-
ities o
f fasc
ism, I sa
y it a
nd a
ll its fascist in
hab
itants sh
ould
be
dealt with by any m
eans necessary. A
LL
PO
WE
R T
O T
HE
PE
OP
LE
. D
OW
N W
ITH
TH
E L
AN
DO
WN
ER
S. D
eWayne A
, William
s, Jr. L
t. of In
form
ation, F
resno
Ch
airman
Mao
says th
at "A re-
volutionary should have largeness o
f min
d an
d h
e sho
uld
be stau
nch
an
d activ
e, lookin
g u
pon th
e in-
tere
sts of th
e re
vo
lutio
n a
s his
VE
RY
LIF
E and subordinating his
perso
nal in
terests to th
ose o
f the
revolution; AL
WA
YS
and EV
ER
Y-
WH
ER
E he should adhere to prin-
ciples and wage a T
IRE
LE
SS
strug-gle ag
ainst all in
correct id
eas and
actions. H
e should
be m
ore co
n-
cerned about the party and the mas-
ses than
abo
ut an
y in
div
idu
al (be
it wife, m
oth
er, child
) and
mo
re co
ncern
ed ab
out o
thers th
an h
im-
self. Only
then
can h
e be co
nsi-
dered
a revolu
tionary
." Jo
hn
Hu
gg
ins, an
d A
lpren
tice "B
unch
y" C
arter and m
any o
ther
bro
thers h
ave sa
crific
ed m
uch
mo
re than
freedo
m fo
r the p
eop
le, th
ey h
ave g
iven
their liv
es out o
f , lo
ve. L
ov
e for th
e peo
ple. T
he re-
vo
lutio
n is y
ou
r life, so th
erefore
yo
u m
ust co
ntin
ue to
edu
cate op
-pressed
peo
ple. Y
ou w
ill educate
your b
roth
ers in jail, b
ecause if
they w
ere
not o
ppre
ssed th
ey
wouldn't be there. "W
e revolution-aries are lik
e seeds an
d th
e peo
-p
le like so
il. Wh
erever w
e go
, we
must u
nite w
ith th
e peo
ple,tak
e ro
ot an
d b
losso
m am
on
g th
em."
--Chairm
an M
ao
Your ab
sence fro
m th
is "jail's! a sh
am fo
r a cou
ntry
called th
e U
nited
States o
f Am
erica, will b
e m
anifested
by all rev
olu
tionaries
In m
any d
ifferent w
ays, all p
re-
5a
a4
W1
51
.11
15
S
IC 1
0
bro
thers are h
eld in
isolatio
n cells m
ore in
terested in
than
bein
g in
• becau
se they
refuse to
work
, they
a fascist concen
tration cam
p.
refuse to
subm
it to su
per-ex
plo
i- 'T
he s
pirit o
f a P
an
ther is
tatio
n w
hile th
ey are in
the fascist g
reater than
the m
an's jail.'
jail. Th
ey are o
n a d
iet of b
read
and
water. T
hey
are no
t allow
ed D
YN
AM
ITE
to
the h
um
an p
rivileg
e of tak
ing
BOILING POT OF FASCISM
A CASE FOR BROTHER HUEY T
he w
anto
n slay
ing
of a w
hite
man
by L
os A
ngeles p
igs recen
tly
pre
sen
ts a c
ase
for M
iniste
r of
Defense H
uey P. N
ewton, and show
a re
ck
less d
isreg
ard
for h
um
an
life in
heren
t in th
e attitudes an
d
acts o
f the a
ssassin
s in b
lue.
When B
rother Huey w
as accused o
f killin
g o
ne o
f Oak
land
's paid
assa
ssins
durin
g an
obvio
us at-
tempt b
y th
em to
assassinate h
im,
no o
ne d
are
d b
elie
ve th
at c
ops
would
shoot o
ne an
oth
er while ac-
ting in
a ruth
less and reck
less fa-' sh
ion. W
hen
the q
uestio
n as to
w
hether B
roth
er H
uey k
illed
wheth
er the co
ps actu
ally sh
ot o
ne
Inri
44
."
two
fascist pig
s wh
o sto
pp
ed h
im
alleged
ly as a su
spect in
reported
sniping on the H
ollywood freew
ay. E
arly rep
orts h
ad it th
at Ou
gh
ton
had
exch
anged
gunfire w
ith b
lue-
clad assa
ssins w
ho had gone to an o
verp
ass, wh
ere a snip
er repo
r-ted
ly h
ad fired
rifle shots at p
ass-in
g c
ars, b
ut it w
as la
ter d
ete
r-m
ined that Oughton w
as unarmed.
Ou
gh
ton
had
app
arently
been
ru
shin
g h
om
e to v
iew a reg
ular
weekly w
restling program on tele-
vision when the tw
o pigs, Norm
an P
. O'M
alley an
d ro
ok
ie cop
Hen
-ry
Ken
ned
y, sp
otted
him
rush
ing
along several blocks from
the free-
nev
er carried a g
un
," she said
,, A
search o
f the area tu
rned
up
neith
er a
gun n
or evidence o
f a sn
iper,
One need not be prejudiced in be-
half of the Black P
anther Minister
of D
efense, o
r be d
ow
n o
n co
ps
to see th
at there are v
ery sim
ilar asp
ects in th
is case and th
at of
Brother H
uey. One need only look
at the p
rov
en w
eakn
esses of th
e natio
n's p
olice sy
stem, a sy
stem
that h
as been
recently
recognized
by so
me m
en in
govern
men
t as a grow
ing and most threatening poli-
tical force in
the life o
f Am
erica. T
his alw
ay co
mes ab
out p
rior to
ley fo
r years. It m
ust b
e poin
ted
out that the puppet politicians stood up fo
r the p
eople
s' rights o
nly
after rep
eatedly
bein
g rem
inded
by
the poor and working m
asses.
In accessin
g th
is in seein
g h
ow
these
fascists have neglected black peo
ple, th
eir com
munity
and its
schools, I have broken off from this
presen
t govern
men
tal system
. And
I .saY to all the other slaves on this
plan
tation, 'D
eclare yourselv
es in a
state of reb
ellion as I h
ave d
one.
Unite and w
e will - join w
ith the stru-ggle th
at is goin
g o
h, aro
und th
e
these p
rogram
s like so
man
y flies
around fresh
shit. I say
this, th
e governm
ent should serve the people an
d if it d
oesn
't , off the g
overn
-m
entj
And sin
ce the S
an Jo
aquin
Val-
ley g
reatly ex
udes all o
f the q
ual-
ities o
f fasc
ism, I sa
y it a
nd a
ll its fascist in
hab
itants sh
ould
be
dealt with by any m
eans necessary. A
LL
PO
WE
R T
O T
HE
PE
OP
LE
. D
OW
N W
ITH
TH
E. L
AN
DO
WN
ER
S. D
eWayne A
. William
s, Jr. L
t. of In
form
ation, F
resno
ya c
oo e
u p
evin
e. iv
u w
in eaucate
your b
roth
ers in jail, b
ecause if
they w
ere
not o
ppre
ssed th
ey
wouldn't be there. "W
e revolution-aries are lik
e seeds an
d th
e peo
-ple lik
e soil. W
herev
er we g
o, w
e m
ust u
nite w
ith th
e peo
plejak
e ro
ot an
d b
losso
m am
ong th
em."
---Chairm
an M
ao
Your ab
sence fro
m th
is "jail'? a sh
am fo
r a country
called th
e U
nited
States o
f Am
erica, will b
e m
anifested
by all rev
olu
tionaries
In m
any d
ifferent w
ays, all p
re-
A CASE FOR BROTHER HUEY T
he w
anto
n slay
ing o
f a white
man
by L
os A
ngeles p
igs recen
tly
pre
sents a
case
for M
iniste
r of
Defense H
uey P. N
ewton, and show
a re
ckle
ss disre
gard
for h
um
an
life inheren
t in th
e attitudes an
d
acts o
f the
assa
ssins
in b
lue.
When B
rother Huey w
as accused of k
illing o
ne o
f Oak
land's p
aid
assassins d
urin
g an
obvio
us at-
tempt b
y th
em to
assassinate h
im,
no o
ne d
are
d b
elie
ve th
at c
ops
would
shoot o
ne an
oth
er while ac-
ting in
a ruth
less and reck
less fa-' sh
ion. W
hen th
e q
uestio
n a
s to
wheth
er B
roth
er H
uey k
illed
wheth
er the co
ps actu
ally sh
ot o
ne
anoth
er and w
ounded
the b
roth
er in
their effo
rt to m
urd
er him
be-
cause o
f his rev
olu
tionary
stance,
whic
h p
ose
d a
serio
us th
reat to
th
e reactionary
, imperialistic U
ni-
ted S
tates, few d
ared th
ink it an
d
apparen
tly n
one d
ared b
elieve it.
Those doubtful persons should now
rev
aluate th
e circum
stances su
r-ro
undin
g B
roth
er Huey
's plig
ht,
especially in view of the L
.A. slay-
ing, fo
r this m
urd
er raises som
e very serious and definite questions and sh
ould
bette
r serv
e to
giv
e
greater insight into the psychology at w
ork in the fascist police depar-tm
ents o
f Am
erica: the im
pulsiv
e desire to
kill.
In the L.A
. killing, which occur-
red Ju
ne II, 2
9-y
ear-old
Donald
L
ee Oughto
n, a w
hite m
an, w
as gunned dow
n as he apparently sou-ght to
pro
duce id
entificatio
n fo
r
two fascist p
igs w
ho sto
pped
him
alleg
edly
as a susp
ect in rep
orted
sniping on the H
ollywood freew
ay. E
arly rep
orts h
ad it th
at Oughto
n
had
exch
anged
gunfire w
ith b
lue-
clad assa
ssins w
ho had gone to an overp
ass, where a sn
iper rep
or-
tedly
had
fired rifle sh
ots at p
ass-in
g c
ars, b
ut it w
as la
ter d
ete
r-m
ined that Oughton w
as unarmed.
Oughto
n h
ad ap
paren
tly b
een
rush
ing h
om
e to v
iew a reg
ular
weekly w
restling p
rogram
on tele-
visio
n w
hen
the tw
o p
igs, N
orm
an
P. O
'Malley
and ro
okie co
p H
en-
ry K
enned
y, sp
otted
him
rush
ing
along several blocks from the free-
way. "A
ll of a su
dden
, with
out an
y
apparen
t notice, h
e slow
ed to
a w
alk," a sp
okesm
an fo
r the assas-
sins said
. When
ord
ered to
do so
, O
ughto
n sto
pped
and ap
pro
ached
O
'Malley and K
ennedy, who alight-
ed fro
m th
eir car and p
ositio
ned
th
emselv
es about h
im.
Oughto
n is re
porte
d to
have
turn
ed an
d reach
ed fo
r his b
ack
pocket. "W
atc
h o
ut, h
e's g
ot a
gun!"
rookie K
enned
y is to
hav
e yelled
, w
ithout ev
er seeing a w
eapon o
r an
yth
ing th
at appeared
to b
e one.
At th
is Ken
ned
y d
rew an
d fired
, m
issing O
ughto
n an
d strik
ing 0
' M
alle
y in
the le
ft index fin
ger.
O'M
alley w
as standing
behind O
ughto
n--O
'Malley
should
hav
e been
able to
see that th
e man
had
no gun- -and K
ennedy in fron of him.
O'M
alley pulled his gun and shot O
ughton dead, reportedly believing that O
ughton had shot him.
The slain
man
's moth
er said h
er so
n alw
ays carried
a card in
his
pock
et with
his n
ame an
d ad
dress
on it b
ecause o
f a speech
han
dicap
he had. S
he said he must have been
reachin
g fo
r it when
he w
as slain.
"My so
n d
oesn
't ow
n a g
un, an
d
nev
er carried a_
gun," sh
e said..
A search
of th
e area turn
ed u
p
neith
er a gun n
or eV
iden
ce of a
snip
er. O
ne need ncit be prejudiced in be-half of the B
ldck Panther M
inister of D
efense, o
r be d
ow
n o
n co
ps
to see th
at there are v
ery sim
ilar asp
ects in
this c
ase
and th
at o
f B
rother Huey. O
ne need only look at th
e pro
ven
weak
nesses o
f the
natio
n's p
olice sy
stem, a sy
stem
that h
as been
recently
recognized
by so
me m
en in
govern
men
t as a grow
ing and most threateningpoli-
tical force in
the life o
f Am
erica. T
his aiw
ay co
mes ab
out p
rior to
an
all out fascist tak
e-over, as is
apparen
t here in
the H
uey
P. N
ew:
ton case, th
e slayin
g o
f . Martin
L
uth
er Kin
g Jr., an
d th
e persecu
-tio
n an
d m
urd
er of M
alcolm
X,
and the persecution and attempted
murd
er of th
e Min
ister of In
for-
qm
ation o
f the B
lack P
anth
er Par-
ty, E
ldrid
ge C
leaver, all o
f who
threaten
ed th
e smooth
success o
f th
e to
tal a
dvent o
f fasc
ism. In
:th
e eve o
f fascism, th
e fascists alw
ays become m
uch more daring
in th
eir acts again
st the p
eople
becau
se there stan
ds n
one to
op-
pose th
em, an
d th
ose w
ho d
o rise
in o
ppositio
n are eith
er silenced
, or k
illed. W
itness w
hat is h
ap-
pen
ing to
the B
lack P
anth
er Par-
ty o
n a n
ational scale.
.IP.Irire
orto
to
DO
NA
LD
L. O
UG
HT
ON
T
he v
ictim
By
elevatin
g m
y co
nscio
usn
ess to
the rev
olu
tion
ary lev
el, I hav
e co
me to
realiz
e th
e fa
scism
all
aro
und m
e. I h
ave c
om
e to
re
cog
nize th
e San
Joaq
uin
Valley
fo
r the p
lan
tatio
n th
at it is. In
b
ecom
ing
a revo
lutio
nary
, I recog
. nize w
ho the plantation owners are.
They a
re th
e ric
h fa
rmers w
ho
con
trol th
e San
Joaq
uin
Valley
, w
ho h
ave arg
ued
for th
e idea o
f industrializing the S
an Joaquin Val-
ley fo
r years. It m
ust b
e po
inted
out that the puppet politicians stood up fo
r the p
eople
s' rights o
nly
after rep
eatedly
bein
g rem
ind
ed b
y
the p
oo
r and
wo
rkin
g m
asses. In
accessing th
is in seein
g h
ow
th
ese fascists hav
e neg
lected b
lack
peo
ple, th
eir com
mu
nity
and
its schools, I have broken off from
this presen
t govern
men
tal system
. And
I say to
all the o
ther slav
es on th
is plantation, 'D
eclare yourselves in a state o
f rebellio
n as I h
ave d
one.
Unite and w
e willioin w
ith the stru-ggle th
at is goin
g o
h aro
und th
e
y
whom
he is
mo
re interested
in th
an b
eing
in
a fascist con
centratio
n cam
p.
'The s
pirit o
f a P
anth
er is
greater th
an th
e man
's jail.'
wo
rld to
end co
lonialism!
And in
conclu
sion to
my an
al-y
sis of th
e San
Joaq
uin
Valley
and
F
resn
o, its la
rgest c
ity, I fin
d
that it is a b
oilin
g p
ot o
f racism.
Tom
s fly aro
und th
e shit-sm
elling
poverty
pro
gram
s gettin
g m
oney
th
at smells w
ith th
e stench
of th
e d
eceit o f th
e masses in
to th
ink
-in
g th
ey h
ave so
meth
ing
to h
op
e fo
r in th
e p
rese
nt d
ay g
overn
-m
ental system
. T
hey
fly aro
un
d
these p
rog
rams lik
e so m
any
flies aro
un
d fresh
shit. I say
this, th
e governm
ent should serve the people an
d if it d
oesn
't , off th
e go
vern
-m
ent
An
d sin
ce the S
an Jo
aqu
in V
al-ley
greatly
exudes all o
f the q
ual-
ities o
f fasc
ism, I sa
y it a
nd
all
its fascist inhab
itants sh
ould
be
dealt with by any m
eans necessary. A
LL
Pq
WE
R T
O T
HE
PE
OP
LE
. D
OW
N W
ITH
TH
E. L
AN
DO
WN
ER
S. D
eWayne A
. William
s, Jr. L
t. of In
form
ation, F
resno
se mu
ngs.
Ch
airman
Mao
says th
at "A re-
volutionary should have largeness of m
ind an
d h
e should
be stau
nch
an
d activ
e, loo
kin
g u
po
n th
e in-
tere
sts of th
e re
vo
lutio
n a
s his
VE
RY
LIF
E and subordinating his
perso
nal in
terests to th
ose o
f the
revolution; AL
WA
YS
and EV
ER
Y-
WH
ER
E h
e sho
uld
adh
ere to p
rin-
ciples and wage a T
IRE
LE
SS
strug-g
le again
st all inco
rrect ideas an
d
action
s. He sh
ou
ld b
e mo
re con
-cerned about the party and the m
as-ses th
an ab
out an
y in
div
idual (b
e it w
ife, mo
ther, ch
ild) an
d m
ore
con
cerned
abo
ut o
thers th
an h
im-
self. Only
then
can h
e be co
nsi-
dered
a revo
lutio
nary
!' Jo
hn
Hu
gg
ins, an
d A
lpren
tice "B
un
chy
" Carter an
d m
any
oth
er b
roth
ers h
av
e sa
crific
ed
mu
ch
m
ore th
an freed
om
for th
e peo
ple,
they
hav
e giv
en th
eir lives o
ut o
f lo
ve. L
ov
e for th
e peo
ple. T
he re-
vo
lutio
n is y
ou
r life, so th
erefore
yo
u m
ust co
ntin
ue to
edu
cate op
-pressed
peo
ple. Y
ou w
ill educate
yo
ur b
roth
ers in jail, b
ecause if
they
were
no
t op
pre
ssed
they
w
ouldn't be there. "We revolution-
aries are like seed
s and th
e peo
-ple lik
e soil. W
herev
er we g
o, w
e m
ust u
nite w
ith th
e peo
ple,tak
e ro
ot an
d b
losso
m am
on
g th
em."
---Chairm
an M
ao
Yo
ur ab
sence fro
m th
is "jail'? a sh
am fo
r a country
called th
e U
nited
States o
f Am
erica, will b
e m
anifested
by all rev
olu
tionaries
in m
any
differen
t way
s, all pre-
bro
ars a
re held
in Iso
latio
n cells
beca
use th
ey refuse to w
ork, they
refuse to
subm
it to su
per-ex
plo
i-tatio
n w
hile th
ey are in
the fascist
jail. Th
ey are o
n a d
iet of b
read
and
water. T
hey
are no
t allow
ed 'D
YN
AM
ITE
to th
e hu
man
priv
ilt , :ge o
f takin
g
BOILING POT OF FASCISM
A CASE FOR BROTHER HUEY T
he w
anto
n slay
ing o
f a white
man
by
Lo
s An
geles p
igs recen
tly
pre
sents a
case
for M
iniste
r of
Defense H
uey P. N
ewton, and show
a reck
less disreg
ard fo
r hum
an
life inheren
t in th
e attitudes an
d
acts o
f the a
ssassin
s in b
lue.
When B
rother Huey w
as accused of k
illing o
ne o
f Oak
land's p
aid
assassins d
urin
g an
obvio
us at-
tempt b
y th
em to
assassinate h
im,
no o
ne d
are
d b
elie
ve th
at c
ops
would shoot one another w
hile ac-tin
g in
a ruth
less and reck
less fa-' sh
ion
. Wh
en th
e qu
estion
as to
wheth
er B
roth
er Hu
ey k
illed
whether the cops actually shot one
two fascist p
igs w
ho sto
pped
him
alleg
edly
as a susp
ect in rep
orted
sniping on the H
ollywood freew
ay. E
arly rep
orts h
ad it th
at Ou
gh
ton
h
ad ex
chan
ged
gu
nfire w
ith b
lue-
clad assassin
s wh
o h
ad g
on
e to an
o
verp
ass, wh
ere a snip
er repo
r-ted
ly h
ad fired
rifle sho
ts at pass-
ing
cars, b
ut it w
as la
ter d
ete
r-m
ined that Oughton w
as unarmed.
Oughto
n h
ad ap
paren
tly b
een
rush
ing h
om
e to v
iew a reg
ular
weekly w
restling program on tele-
vision when the tw
o pigs, Norm
an P
. O'M
alley an
d ro
okie co
p H
en-
ry K
enn
edy
, spo
tted h
im ru
shin
g
alone several blocks from th
e f._
nev
er carried a g
un
," she said
., A
search o
f the area tu
rned
up
neith
er a gu
n n
or eiiid
ence o
f a sn
iper.
One need not be prejudiced in be-
half of the Black P
anther Minister
of D
efense, o
r be d
ow
n o
n co
ps
to see th
at there are v
ery sim
ilar asp
ects in th
is case and th
at of
Brother H
uey. One need only look
at the p
rov
en w
eakn
esses of th
e natio
n's p
olice sy
stem, a sy
stem
that h
as been
recently
recognized
by so
me m
en in
govern
men
t as a grow
ing and most threateningpoli-
tical force in
the life o
f Am
erica.
CO
NN
EC
TIC
UT
PA
NT
HE
RS
PE
GG
Y H
UD
GIN
S
WA
RR
EN
KIM
BR
O
TH
E B
LA
CK
PA
NT
HE
R S
AT
UR
DA
Y, JU
NE
21, 1969 PA
GE
5
FASCIST FORCES MOVE NATIONW
IDE TO DESTROY BLACK PANTHER PARTY
.LO
NN
IE M
C L
UC
AS
When
the o
ppresso
r makes a
vicious a
ttack a
gain
st freed
om
fighters b
ecause o
f the w
ay th
at su
ch freed
om
fighters choose to go about their liberation, then w
e know
we are m
oving in the direction of our liberation. —
Huey P. N
ewton
Th
e Black
Pan
ther p
arty is u
nd
er natio
nw
ide attack
, in a
concerted government effort to destroy gains the P
anthers have m
ade in black comm
unities. In a June 5 press conference, Bobby
Seale, B
lack Panther party chairm
an, said more than 40 P
anther leaders have been arrested in the last tw
o months. T
he Panthers
hav
e lost k
ey p
eople in
Oreg
on, C
onnecticu
t, Colo
rado, N
ew
Jersey and California. S
eale termed these arrests "nothing m
ore than R
ichard Nixon's operations."
Seale's fig
ure o
f 40 d
id n
ot in
clude th
e indictm
ent o
f 21
Panthers in N
ew Y
ork City on A
pril 3. They w
ere charged with
conspiring to bomb several departm
ent stores, blow up the B
ronx botanical G
ardens, several police stations and a section of railroad tracks. T
his.was the high point of a N
ew Y
ork police vendetta w
hich
has, b
rought 6
0 ch
arges ag
ainst P
anth
ers in th
e last 10
months. T
here have been no convictions. T
hirteen
of th
e Pan
ther 2
1 are cu
rrently
bein
g h
eld o
n
$100,000 bail each in seven New
York prisons under m
aximum
security. T
hey are kept in lighted cells 24 hours a day, they are allow
ed no recreation or library privileges, and have not been perm
itted to meet as a group w
ith their lawyers, G
erry Lefcourt
and William
Kunstler, to prepare their defense.
Under these conditions and w
ith hostile nationwide publicity,
the Panther 21 are guaranteed a prejudiced trial if it is held, as
scheduled, on June 11. Defense. law
yers have asked a federal co
urt fo
r a show
-cause h
earing w
hich
would
force th
e state com
missioner of corrections to release the prisoners, to low
er their bail or to show
that no injustice or violation of/procedures has taken place w
hich would deny them
a fair trial. T
here h
ave b
een 1
0 h
earing
s on
bail red
uctio
n fo
r the 2
1.
Lonnie E
pps, a minor, had his bail reduted to $10,000 and w
as released. A
"friendly" bailbondsman told one P
anther, "I got a call from
DA
Phillips saying that I w
ould lose my license to do
business if I bailed out the Panthers."
The g
overn
men
t has u
sed th
e Pan
ther 2
1 case to
bust an
d
harass P
anth
er chap
ters all over th
e country
. In N
ew H
aven
, C
onn. on May 22, eight m
embers of a chapter just being form
ed w
ere arrested an
d ch
arged
with
kid
nap
pin
g an
d m
urd
ering
a New
York P
anther who, the police claim
, was going to testify
against the Panther 21.
Ra
ids
a p
rete
xt
Panther offices in C
hicago, Denver and S
alt Lake C
ity have been raided by police and F
BI agents looking for N
ew Y
ork and N
ew H
aven "fugitives." Local authorities have tried to use these
raids to turn comm
unity opinion against the Panthers. T
he raids hav
e also b
een p
retexts fo
r police co
nfiscatio
n o
f Pan
ther
organizing material, m
oney and whatever else w
as portable. In
New
Hav
en, C
onn. p
olice claim
eight lo
cal Pan
thers
kid
nap
ed A
lix R
ackley
from
New
Yo
rk an
d m
urd
ered h
im in
N
ew H
aven
. Rack
ley, th
e cop
s say, w
as to testify
again
st the
Panther 21. T
he New
York P
anther office says Rackley w
as an ex
cellent o
rgan
izer wh
o h
ad clo
se con
tact with
the p
eop
le of
Harle
m " R
rnt —
or Al;.
,.,.,e
t... _
J
• •
•
WA
RR
EN K
IMB
RO
JEAN
NIE W
ILSON
FASCISM F
ascism is th
e open
terrorist d
ictatorsh
ip o
f the m
ost
reactio
nary
, most c
hauvin
istic (ra
cist) a
nd m
ost im
-perialist elem
ents o
f finan
ce capital. It d
oes n
ot stan
d
above b
oth
classes - the p
roletariat an
d th
e bourg
eoisie,
nor is it su
per-class g
overn
men
t, nor g
overn
men
t of th
e petty
-bourg
eoisie o
r the lu
mpen
pro
letariat over fin
ance
capital. F
ascism is th
e pow
er of fin
ance cap
ital itself. F
INA
NC
E C
AP
ITA
L m
anifests itself n
ot o
nly
as ban
ks,
trusts, an
d m
onopoly
s, but also
as the h
um
an p
roperty
of
FIN
T A
l■lCr
CA
PIT
AL
— tha
axra
-ririnlic
hi rs
ZA
MIM
MIN
PEG
GY H
UD
GIN
S
MA
UD
E FRA
NC
IS E
RIC
A H
UG
GIN
S
FRA
NC
IS C
AR
TER
GE
OR
GE
ED
WA
RD
S
RO
SE
SM
ITH
Panther offices in C
hicago, Denver and S
alt Lake C
ity have been raided by police and F
BI agents looking for N
ew Y
ork and N
ew H
aven "fugitives." Local authorities have tried to use these
raids to turn comm
unity opinion against the Panthers. T
he raids hav
e also b
een p
retexts fo
r police co
nfiscatio
n o
f Pan
ther
organizing material, m
oney and whatever else w
as portable. In
New
Hav
en, C
onn. p
olice claim
eight lo
cal Pan
thers
kid
nap
ed A
lix R
ackley
from
New
York
and m
urd
ered h
im in
N
ew H
aven
. Rack
ley, th
e cops say
, was to
testify ag
ainst th
e P
anther 21. The N
ew Y
ork Panther office says R
ackley was an
excellen
t org
anizer w
ho h
ad clo
se contact w
ith th
e peo
ple o
f H
arlem. "B
rother Alix w
as murdered by the pigs and now
eight P
anthers have been framed on trum
ped-up charges and are being held captive w
ithout bail." O
n June 3, Chicago police and F
BI agents w
ith machine guns
forced their way into P
anther headquarters, claiming they w
ere looking for "G
eorge Sam
s, a fugitive from N
ew Y
ork." Eight
Panthers w
ere arrested, charged with harboring a federal fugitive
and illegal possession of weapons.
Tw
o, days later in Denver, R
ory Hithe, 18, and L
andon Robert
William
s, 25,' w
ere arrested fo
r unlaw
ful flig
ht to
avoid
pro
secutio
n. T
hey w
ere
taken in
to c
usto
dy a
t Panth
er
headquarters and charged with being involved in the N
ew H
aven case. B
ail for each was set at $200,000.
Another P
anther allegedly involved in the case was arrested in
Salt L
ake City June 6. L
onnie McL
ucas, 23, was charged w
ith unlaw
ful flight to avoid prosecution and had bail set at $100,000. O
n the night of June 7 about 400 black people gathered in the street outside the Indianapolis B
lack Panther party office. T
hree cops in a patrol car tried to disperse the crow
d. The cops claim
they w
ere attacked. P
olice used the gathering as a pretext for entering the Panther
office and busting everyone presegt.. About half of the 30 persons
arrested w
ere Pan
thers. T
he in
ciden
t hap
pen
ed o
n th
e second
night of disturbances in Indianapolis, in which about 200 blacks
have been arrested and six'injured. One undercover agent w
as reportedly w
ounded by a sniper. T
hese raids on the Panthers are being used in N
ew Y
ork to preju
dice th
e public ag
ainst th
e Pan
ther 2
1. T
he p
ress reports
each bust with blaring headlines, although the P
anthers here have never been found guilty on any charge. T
he press never mentions
the Panther's 10-point political program
or the fact that they are setting up free m
edical care services and free breakfasts for school children. W
e never hear that the Panthers say, "W
e want land,
bread, housing, education, justice and peace;" instead we hear
trumped-up charges, ridiculous stories and enorm
ous bail figures. A
ction is b
eing tak
en to
publicize th
e real natu
re of .th
e nationw
ide move against the P
anthers. A series of dem
onstrations have been held in N
ew Y
ork, the most recent on June 3 at the
federal courthouse, where 200 people show
ed up. T
wo of the P
anther 21—Joan B
ird and Afeni S
hakur—and tw
o P
anthers arrested on other charges are being held at the Wom
en's H
ouse of Detention, 6th A
venue and West 10th S
treet. The A
d H
oc C
om
mittee to
Support th
e Pan
ther 2
1 h
as called fo
r a dem
onstration there on June 14 at 1 p.m.
In New
Haven, m
embers of Y
ale SD
S distributed a leaflet
stating, "Th,-; charges against the N
ew H
aven Panthers, which have
been trumped up by the governm
ent and police, are intended to
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tmg
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ams, a tu
gitive trom N
ew Y
ork."
Eigh
t P
anthers were arrested, charged w
ith harboring a federal fugitive and illegal possession of w
eapons. T
wo, days later in D
enver, Rory H
ithe, 18, and Landon R
obert W
illiam
s, 25
, were a
rrested fo
r un
law
ful flig
ht to
av
oid
p
rosecu
tion
. Th
ey w
ere tak
en in
to cu
stod
y a
t Pan
ther
headquarters and charged with being involved in the N
ew M
aven `case. B
ail for each w
as set at $200,000. A
nother Panther allegedly involved in the case w
as arrested in S
alt Lak
e City Ju
ne 6. L
onn
ie McL
ucas, 23, w
as charged
with
u
nlaw
ful fligh
t to avoid p
rosecution
and
had
bail set at $100,000.
On
the n
ight of Ju
ne 7 ab
out 400 b
lack p
eople gath
ered in
the
street outsid
e the In
dian
apolis B
lack P
anth
er party office. T
hree
cops in
a patrol car tried
to disp
erse the crow
d. T
he cop
s claim
they w
ere attacked
. P
olice used
the gath
ering as a p
retext for enterin
g the P
anth
er office an
d b
ustin
g everyone p
resent. A
bou
t half of th
e 30 person
s arrested
were P
anth
ers. Th
e incid
ent h
app
ened
on th
e second
n
ight of d
isturb
ances in
Ind
ianap
olis, in w
hich
abou
t 200 black
s h
ave been
arrested an
d six' in
jured
. On
e un
dercover agen
t was
reportedly wounded by a sniper.
Th
ese raids on
the P
anth
ers are bein
g used
in N
ew Y
ork to
preju
dice th
e pu
blic again
st the P
anth
er 21. Th
e press rep
orts each bust w
ith blaring headlines, although the Panthers here have
never b
een fou
nd
guilty on
any ch
arge. Th
e press n
ever men
tions
the P
anth
er's 10-poin
t political p
rogram or th
e fact that th
ey are setting up free m
edical care services and free breakfasts for school ch
ildren
. We n
ever hear th
at the P
anth
ers say, "W
e wan
t land
, b
read, h
ousin
g, edu
cation, ju
stice and
peace;"
instead
we h
ear trum
ped-up charges, ridiculous stories and enormous bail figures.
Actio
n is b
eing
tak
en to
pu
blicize th
e real n
atu
re of .th
e nationw
ide move against the P
anthers. A series of dem
onstrations h
ave been
held
in N
ew Y
ork, th
e most recen
t on Ju
ne 3 at th
e fed
eral courth
ouse, w
here 200 p
eople sh
owed
up
. T
wo of the P
anther 21—Joan B
ird and Afeni Shakur—
and two
Panthers arrested on other charges are being held at the W
omen's
Hou
se of Deten
tion, 6th
Aven
ue an
d W
est 10th S
treet. Th
e Ad
H
oc C
om
mittee to
Su
pp
ort th
e Pan
ther 2
1 h
as ca
lled fo
r a
dem
onstration
there on
Jun
e 14 at 1 p.m
. In
New
Haven
, mem
bers of Y
ale SD
S d
istribu
ted a leaflet
stating, "The charges against the N
ew H
aven Panthers, w
hich have b
een tru
mp
ed u
p b
y the govern
men
t and
police, are in
tend
ed to
inten
sify race hatred
by p
laying u
pon
the lies an
d m
yths in
stilled
in w
hite p
eople b
y the ed
ucation
al system an
d th
e mass m
edia."
T
he P
an
thers h
ave ca
lled fo
r a n
atio
nal co
nferen
ce of
revolution
aries to form a U
nited
Fron
t Again
st Fascism
. Th
e co
nferen
ce will b
e held
Ju
ly 1
8-2
1 in
Oa
kla
nd
, Ca
lif. Th
e P
anth
ers expect 5000 p
articipan
ts and
the call to th
e conferen
ce stresses th
e need
for "a fron
t wh
ich h
as a comm
on revolu
tionary
ideology an
d p
olitical program
wh
ich an
swers th
e bask
desires
and
need
s of all peop
le in fascist, cap
italistic, racist Am
erica. P
rimary ob
jective will b
e com
mu
nity co
ntro
l of p
olice to
end
fascism."
This article is a reprint from the G
uardian June 14, 1969 issue
FASCISM F
ascism is th
e op
en terro
rist dictato
rship
of th
e mo
st re
actio
nary
, most c
hauvin
istic (ra
cist) a
nd m
ost im
-perialist elem
ents o
f finan
ce capital. It d
oes n
ot stan
d
abo
ve b
oth
classes - the p
roletariat an
d th
e bo
urg
eoisie,
nor is it su
per-class g
overrirn
ent, n
or g
overn
men
t of th
e petty
-bourg
eoisie o
r the lu
mpen
pro
letariat over fin
ance
capital. F
ascism is th
e pow
er of fin
ance cap
ital itself. F
INA
NC
E C
AP
ITA
L m
anifests itself n
ot o
nly
as ban
ks,
trusts, an
d m
onopoly
s, but also
as the h
um
an p
roperty
o
f FIN
AN
CE
CA
PIT
AL
- the av
ariciou
s bu
sinessm
an,
the d
em
ag
og
ic p
olitic
ian
, an
d th
e ra
cist p
ig c
op
. F
AS
CIS
M is th
e o
rgan
izatio
n o
f terro
rist ven
gen
ce
again
st the w
ork
ing
class, and
the rev
olu
tion
ary sectio
n
of th
e peasan
try an
d in
telligen
tsia.
CAPITALISM PLUS RACISM
EQUALS FASCISM
PU
BL
IC T
RIA
L
with
P
eople
's Judges, P
rose
cutin
g A
ttorn
eys,
an
d Ju
ry
TH
E P
EO
PL
E o
f the
LO
WE
R E
AS
T
SID
E
versus
TH
E W
AR
CR
IMIN
ALS
: T
he U
.S. G
ove
rnm
ent
The P
entagon T
he
Pro
fitee
rs S
atu
rday, D
ec 2
0th
-1 P
M
• S
t. Ma
rks Ch
urch
on
the
Bo
uw
erie
S
eco
nd
Ave
. at 1
0th
Stre
et
Sp
on
sore
d b
y LE
MP
A 1
05
Ave
. B, N
YC
533-6
948
•
...Panthers (c
ontin
ued fro
m m
e 3.)
• co
nfro
nta
tion w
ith th
e p
olice
who a
lleg-
ed
ly s
ou
gh
t to in
stru
ct th
e P
an
the
rs to
to
ne
do
wn
the
ir lou
dsp
ea
ker.
(Th
e first tim
e S
WA
T co
ps a
cted
op
en
-ly
as a
un
it tho
ug
h n
ot in
vo
lve
d in
an
a
ctua
l ba
ttle w
as ju
st afte
r the
No
v. 28
a
ffair. T
he
y surro
un
de
d th
e h
ea
dq
ua
rters-
an
d sh
ou
ted
tau
ntin
g re
ma
rks inte
nd
ed
to
pro
voke
a fig
ht. O
ne
sou
rce sa
ys a p
artic-
ula
r shoute
d re
mark w
as, "W
e kn
ow
you
have
guns in
there
nig
gers-w
hy d
on't yo
u
use them? -)
Imm
ed
iate
de
fen
se
stra
teg
y fo
r the
P
an
the
rs will h
e to
cha
llen
ge
the
leg
ality
of th
e se
arch
an
d a
rrest w
arra
nt -a
nd
to
req
ue
st a fu
ll ba
il he
arin
g, in
stea
d o
f the
p
relim
ina
ry he
arin
gs.
The vicio
usn
ess o
f the p
olice
atta
ck, fo
llow
ing
so clo
sely o
n th
e C
hica
go
mu
r-ders. h
as so
lidifie
d th
e b
lack -co
mm
un
ity in
sup
po
rt of th
e B
lack P
an
the
rs. On
the
afte
rnoon- o
f the D
ec. 8
atta
ck, hundre
ds
of b
lack stu
de
nts fro
m n
ea
rby Je
fferso
n
Hig
h S
cho
ol w
alke
d o
ut o
f class. In
the
e
ven
ing
, som
e 3
50
rep
rese
nta
tives o
f var-
ious b
lack o
rganiza
tions m
et to
form
the
Co
alitio
n o
f (7on
t mun
ity Org
aniza
tion
s, w
hich
calle
d fo
r the
city ha
ll rally. P
arti-
cip
an
ts in
the
co
alitio
n in
clu
de
rad
ica
l g
rou
ps, co
mm
un
ity service
org
an
izatio
ns,
the B
lack E
lecte
d O
fficials' O
rganiza
tion,
Urb
an
Le
ag
ue
. Op
era
tion
Bre
ad
ba
sket,
NA
AC
P, S
ou
the
rn C
hristia
n L
ea
de
rship
C
onfe
rence a
nd o
ther b
lack o
rganiz
a-
tion
s. T
he
coa
lition
de
ma
nd
ed
tha
t-an inves-tig
atio
n o
f the
atta
ck be
un
de
rtake
n b
y th
e L
os A
ng
ele
s C
ity C
ou
ncil, th
e U
.S.
Com
missio
n o
n C
ivil Rig
hts a
nd th
e Ju
s-tice
Departm
ent. A
report w
ill be d
raw
n
up
an
d p
rese
nte
d to
the
Justice
De
pa
rt-- w
ent c
harg
ing th
at th
ere
is a
natio
nal
conspiracy againSt the P
anthers. P
an
the
r spo
kesm
en
ha
ve a
lrea
dy a
n-
no
un
ce
d th
at th
e U
N S
ecu
rity C
ou
ncil.
would
be a
sked to
inve
stigate
U.S
. 'gov-
ern
ment g
enocid
e a
gain
st bla
ck Am
eri-
cans. ,
18
/DE
CE
MB
ER
20
, 19
69
/GU
AR
DIA
N
Th
e d
ay a
fter th
e a
ttack, P
an
the
r m
em
bers sh
ow
ed
up a
t headquarte
rs as
usu
al a
nd
serve
d h
ot b
rea
kfasts fo
r chil-
dre
n. D
esp
ite w
ha
t ha
pp
en
ed
, ab
ou
t ha
lf th
e n
orm
al n
um
be
r of c
hild
ren
sh
ow
ed
u
p. L
ate
r in th
e d
ay, h
ow
eve
r, the
De
-partm
ent o
f Health
officia
lly condem
ned
the
he
ad
qu
arte
rs, p
uttin
g u
p - a
no
tice,
"Un
safe
, do
no
t en
ter," n
ea
r a fro
nt d
oo
r sig
n re
ad
ing
, "Fre
e H
ue
y-Fe
ed
Hu
ng
ry C
hild
ren
. Fre
e b
rea
kfast fo
r scho
ol ch
il-dre
n."
L. A
. cops d
ispla
y Panth
er "a
rsenal."
Th
e p
arty h
eld
a p
ress co
nfe
ren
ce o
ut-
sid
e ith
e o
ffice th
e n
ext m
orn
ing. A
fter
de
clarin
g th
at it w
as a
n o
ffice b
elo
ng
ing
to
the
pe
op
le, th
e P
an
the
rs b
roke
into
th
eir o
wn
bu
ildin
g, b
eg
an
clea
nin
g u
p th
e
de
bris a
nd
invite
d stu
de
nts a
nd
com
mu
n-
ity resid
en
ts to vie
w th
e d
am
ag
e a
nd
he
lp
with
repairs. H
elp
was fo
rthco
min
g. T
he
hod ca
rriers u
nio
n se
nt w
orke
rs to h
elp
re
build
the o
ffice a
nd vo
lunte
er e
lectric-
ians se
t about to
fix the lig
htin
g.
Tw
ice d
urin
g th
e d
ay p
olice
sought to
bre
ak u
p th
e cro
wds co
ngre
gatin
g a
round
the
Pa
nth
er b
uild
ing
, reso
rting
at tim
es to
te
ar g
as. A
t 9 p
.m.,. w
ith a
bout 1
50 p
eo-
ple
millin
g o
utsid
e, th
e S
WA
T S
qu
ad
re-
turn
ed
an
d d
ecla
red
an
un
law
ful a
ssem
-b
ly. Th
ey m
ove
d in
with
club
s swin
gin
g to
disp
erse
the cro
wd. S
eve
ral p
eople
were
beate
n o
r arre
sted. T
hey m
arch
ed a
round
in m
ilitary fo
rmatio
n fo
r at le
ast a
n h
our,
terro
rizing a
nyo
ne w
ho ve
ntu
red o
utsid
e
a b
uild
ing
or n
ea
r the
office
. S
tate
Se
na
tor M
ervin
Dym
ally, o
ne
of
seve
ral b
lack le
gisla
tors w
ho h
ad co
me to
th
e su
pport o
f the.P
anth
ers, trie
d to
ne-
gotia
te w
ith th
e p
olic
e, a
skin
g fo
r five
min
ute
s to w
ork o
ut a
n a
rran
ge
me
nt fo
r re
movin
g th
e cro
wd. N
o so
on
er h
ad
he
tu
rne
d h
is ba
ck, po
lice ch
arg
ed
a g
rou
p o
f youth
s, s
trikin
g -D
ym
ally
on th
e c
heek
and te
mple
. A
t noon D
ec. I1
, perh
aps th
e la
rgest
rally
ever w
as h
eld
on th
e s
teps o
f city
hall. A
bout 5
000 p
eople
-four-fifth
s
bla
ck-lis
ten
ed
to m
ilitan
t sp
ee
ch
es b
y
repre
senta
tives o
f milita
nt a
nd m
odera
te
bla
ck org
aniza
tions. S
peake
rs from
the
SC
LC
and N
AA
CP
share
d th
e p
latfo
rm
with
two P
anth
er w
om
en a
nd A
ngela
D
avis
of th
e C
om
munis
t party
's C
he-
Lu
mu
mb
a C
lub
. Th
e R
ev. R
icha
rd B
ass
of th
e N
AA
CP
decla
red th
e a
ttacks o
n
the
Pa
nth
ers
we
re "p
art o
f the
na
tion
al
conspira
cy to
destro
y a
ny a
ggre
ssiv
e,
virile
bla
ck le
ad
ers
hip
." Th
e R
ev. H
.H.
Bro
okin
s, who ch
aire
d th
e ra
lly, exp
res-
sed th
e s
olid
arity
of th
e e
ntire
gro
up
when h
e sa
id th
e P
anth
ers w
ere
the b
ull's-
eye
but th
e ta
rget w
as th
e b
lack co
mm
un-
ity:
- Th
e p
olice
atta
ck wa
s we
ll-pla
nn
ed
, at
least tw
o w
eeks in
pre
para
tion. B
ut, it
may h
ave m
isfire
d, a
s d
id th
e C
hic
ago
polic
e a
ttack. In
ste
ad o
f destro
yin
g th
e
Pa
nth
er o
rga
niza
tion
the
po
lice h
ave
suc-
ceeded in
solid
ifying th
e b
lack co
mm
un-
ity in
. defe
nse
of th
e P
anth
ers. E
ven th
e
police
now
seem
to h
ave
seco
nd th
oughts.
"In h
indsig
ht," co
mm
ente
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o-
lice ch
ief R
ob
ert H
ou
gh
ton
, wh
o le
d th
e
pla
nnin
g a
nd th
e a
ctu
al ra
id, "1
don't
know
wheth
er th
is was th
e b
est ta
ctic."
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More than 150 persons appeared in a P
hiladel-p
hia
Co
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on
Ple
as C
ou
rt last w
ee
k to su
pp
ort
10
bla
cks jaile
d a
mo
nth
ag
o fo
r alle
ge
dly b
om
b-
ing
Ph
ilad
elp
hia
po
lice ca
rs in e
arly O
ctob
er.
Bail, o
rigin
ally se
t at $
100,0
00 e
ach
, was re
-duce
d to
$2500 fo
r six of th
e a
ccuse
d, $
5000
for th
ree
an
d $
10
,00
0 fo
r the
oth
er.
Ju
dg
es g
ettin
g to
ug
her
Pro
secu
tion
s are
be
ing
initia
ted
ag
ain
st mo
re
tha
n 3
00
me
n e
ach
mo
nth
for d
raft vio
latio
ns in
a
n e
ffort to
com
ba
t the
mo
st inte
nsive
wa
r re-
sistance
in th
e n
atio
n's h
istory, a
ssistant A
ttor-
ne
y Ge
ne
ral W
ilson
rep
orte
d D
ec. 7
. Wilso
n sa
id
tha
t 18
39
me
ni w
ere
pro
secu
ted
du
ring
the
first six m
onth
s of 1
969, re
sultin
g in
915 co
nvictio
ns.
"Th
e ju
dg
es a
re g
ettin
g to
ug
he
r," said
Wilso
n,
no
ting
tha
t in fis
ca
l ye
ar 1
96
9 (J
uly
19
68
th
rough Ju
ne 1
969), 3
455 m
en w
ere
prosecuted fo
r dra
ft vio
latio
ns w
ith s
ente
nces a
vera
gin
g
mo
re th
an
thre
e ye
ars.
• ■•■ "
Wit
I police ssault 'anthers
By P
atty Lee P
armalee
Guardian L
os Angeles B
ureau L
os Angeles
Quick
and h
eroic th
inkin
g m
ay h
ave p
reven
ted m
ore m
urd
ers of B
lack P
anth
er party
mem
bers b
y p
olice last w
eek. T
hat is th
e real sto
ry b
ehin
d th
e gu
nfig
ht b
etween
the P
anth
ers and
Lo
s A
ngeles police. Ju
st four d
ays after tw
o ran
kin
g Illin
ois P
anth
ers were sh
ot to
death
durin
g a p
olic•:- raid
on a p
arty o
ffice in C
hicag
o, L
os
Angeles p
olice co
nducted
similar raid
s on th
ree offices h
ere--one
of w
hich
, at Pan
ther reg
ional h
eadquarters, resu
lted in
the n
early
six-h
ou
r gu
n b
attle. T
he p
olice attack
s beg
an b
efore d
awn
D
ec. 8. F
irst, po
lice b
arged
into
the o
ffice-ho
me o
f Pan
ther lead
er Elm
er Pratt. T
he
secon
d attack
was at th
e To
ure co
mm
un
ity cen
ter—n
amed
for
Pan
ther W
ally "T
ou
re" Po
pe, k
illed b
y p
olice S
ept. 2
0—
wh
ere police threw
tear gas. Ten P
anthers were arrested in these raids.
Th
e final an
d larg
est raid w
as at the tw
o-sto
ry b
rick b
uild
ing
w
hich
serves as L
os A
ngeles h
eadquarters, w
here p
olice h
ad g
one
on
an.alleg
ed search
for illeg
al weap
on
s. - E
leven
party
mem
bers, in
cludin
g tw
o w
om
en, h
eld o
ff som
e 300 p
olicem
en, w
ithsto
od g
as and au
tom
atic weap
ons fire an
d
refused
to leav
e the b
uild
ing u
ntil it w
as assured
new
smen
and
other civilians would be allow
ed to witness their surrender.
• T
he b
esieged
Parith
ers feared th
at with
out w
itnesses th
ey
would
hav
e been
murd
ered, as w
ere Fred
Ham
pto
n an
d M
ark
Clark
a few d
ays earlier in
Chicag
o. T
here w
as no q
uestio
n o
f w
innin
g th
e fight ag
ainst su
ch o
dds. "W
e gav
e up b
ecause it's n
ot
the rig
ht tim
e," said R
enee M
oo
re, 19
, after she w
as arrested.
"We'll fig
ht ag
ain w
hen
the o
dd
s are mo
re in o
ur fav
or."
The th
ree raids resu
lted in
21 arrests. F
ive p
olicem
en an
d
seven
Pan
thers w
ere wo
un
ded
in th
e head
qu
arters attack. P
olice
cla
im to
hav
e fo
un
d a
store
ho
use
of ille
gal. w
eapo
ns in
the
build
ing, b
ut th
e Pan
thers ch
arge th
e weap
ons w
ere plan
ted o
n
the scen
e after they
left. C
om
mu
nity
sup
po
rt for th
e Pan
thers d
evelo
ped
imm
ediately
. L
eadin
g b
lack p
olitical 'rep
resentativ
es hav
e called fo
r inv
esti-g
ation
s. So
me 5
00
0 p
eop
le pro
tested th
e attack in
a rally at city
hall D
ec. 11. .
Few
peo
ple in
the b
lack co
mm
un
ity b
elieve th
e po
lice versio
n
of th
e attack. A
ccord
ing
to a L
os A
ng
eles po
lice spo
kesm
an, th
e raid
s were co
nducted
10 d
ays after p
olice lieu
tenan
t Ted
Morto
n
was o
rdered
ou
t of th
e head
qu
arters at gu
np
oin
t after requ
esting
th
at a lou
dsp
eaker b
e turn
ed d
ow
n. R
eturn
ing
befo
re daw
n D
ec. 8 w
ith search
and arrest w
arrants, p
olice said
there w
as no
answ
er w
hen
they
kn
ock
ed o
n th
e do
or. A
fter they
dem
olish
ed th
e fron
t door w
ith a b
attering ram
and en
tered th
e build
ing, th
ey w
ere m
et with
subm
achin
e gun an
d sh
otg
un fire. T
hree o
f the fo
ur
cop
s insid
e were w
ou
nd
ed. R
einfo
rcemen
ts were called
to b
olster
the n
early 8
0-m
an fo
rce arou
nd
the b
uild
ing
and
the sieg
e beg
an,
Aw
akened
by g
un
fire
The P
anth
ers tell a qu
ite differen
t versio
n.
The n
ine m
en an
d tw
o w
om
en sleep
ing in
head
quarter ap
art-
Hilliard
con
victed
Gu
ard
ii!•? W
est C
oa
st Bu
rea
u
Berkeley
David H
illiard, Black P
anther party chief of staff, was
con
victed
on
a Misd
emean
or ch
arge o
f po
ssession
of a
load
ed w
eapo
n in
Berk
eley o
n D
ec. 11
. Th
e jury
was
unable to reach a decision on a second charge, possession of a concealed w
eapon. S
entencing was set for D
ec. 18. Maxim
um penalty on
the charge is six months in jail and a $500 fine.
Th
e lon
g d
elayed
trial stemm
ed fro
m th
e arrest of
Hilliard
and tw
o o
ther P
anth
ers, Bunch
y C
arter and
Joh
n C
oltrale o
utsid
e of B
ob
by
Seale's resid
ence in
B
erkeley
in F
ebru
ary 1
96
8. H
illiard sto
od
trial alon
e as C
arter and Coltrale have since been killed.
Hilliard
still mu
st face a charg
e of attem
pted
mu
rder
in co
nn
ection
with
the A
pril 7
, 19
68
shb
oto
ut w
ith
Oak
land p
olice an
d a fed
eral charg
e of th
reatenin
g th
e life o
f the P
residen
t stemm
ing
from
his N
ov
. 15
speech
to
the an
tiwar rally
in S
an F
rancisco
. He is cu
rrently
out
on bail.
. Po
lice ho
ld tw
o L
A P
anth
ers after pre-d
awn
sho
oto
ut.
afraid they were being surrounded and at that point they allow
ed th
e Pan
thers to
surren
der."
Sev
eral of th
e Pan
ther w
ounded
were in
serious co
nditio
n.
Wayne P
harr, 19, was w
ounded in the left arm, w
rist and the left p
ortio
n o
f his ch
est. Ro
land
Freem
an, 2
4, w
as sho
t in b
oth
arms.
To
mm
ye W
illiams, 1
9, w
as sho
t in b
oth
lees. Ren
ee Mo
ore. cu
t
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ardian
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