Arthur League - It's About Time · Arthur League ROMAINE FITZGERALD ... son, the jurors wished to...
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ARTHUR LEAGUE...recently convict~
ed in racist Orange County, Santa Ana
California..Now facing a five to life
sentence for allegedly killing the
"Rookie Pig of the Year". He was
charged originally with first degree
murder. But after nine days of de-
liberation an 'all-white' jury 'com-
promised' on a second-degree verdict.
His case is currently being appealed
in the state supreme court. Arthur
who organized in Santa Ana before
being kidnapped by the pigs there,
was remanded to Chino Prison to await
final in a state institution.
Robert Williams Luxey Irvin
.re also in Chino Prison, await-
irig shipment to state pig pens. They
must endure 24-hour lock up (they re-
fuse to work) and are only allowed
two or three hours of exercise per
day. The constant harassment hasn't
daunted their revolutionary spirits,
and they continue to make known the
political ideology of the Vanguard
Party through classes held with other
brothers in this pig pen.
Arthur League
ROMAINE FITZGERALD...known affec-
tiona.tely as 'Chipl is n.ow on death
row in San Quentin State Prison.
This brother was railroaded bya raci
lawyer and jury who all agreed this
Panther should be sentenced to the ga
chamber after a 'mock' four day trial
Chip was sent to San Quentin immediat
ly to make it difficult for his famil-
to visit and communicate with him.
Proving again the spirit is truly
greater than the contempt of pigs, th,
Party moved to send Chip's mother and
family, as often as they can make the
trip to see the brother in order to
keep his spirits high. Chip is just
one of the many strong brothers who
have faced repeated attempts of geno-
cide by the fascist pigs here in L.A.
Before being arrested on this trumped
up charge, Chip was constantly stoppe(
and harassed by the pigs in L.A. for
no other reason than serving the peo-
LUXEY IRVIN AND ROBERT WILLIAMS...
were convicted by an 'all white' jury
in the lily-white suburb of Torrance
Attempts by their attorneys for a
change of venue were denied. The bro-
thers were convicted (along with Ro-
maine 'Chip' Fitzgerald) of several
counts of assault on a pig, kidnap
and other trumped-up charges. Several
consecutive sentences have it certain
they'll have to face life in prison.
Chip, the third brother, because he
had been given the death sentence in
another frame-up, was given a sentence
of one to ten years...Robert and Luxey con't on page
con't from paQe 4
ple. He now awaits appeal, and does
so with the knowledge that victory
and liberation, in the final analysis,
belong to the people.
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an attempt to frame Blue along with
three other members of the So. Calif.
Chapter in a 'bizarre conspiracy' to
kidnap and beat a 16 year old boy.
The ridiculous nature of the charge
is indicative of the desperateness of
the LAPD to jail the Panthers here.
Blue is a prime example of the
pigs attempt of 'legal genocide'. Al-
though he's been acquitted at least
six times in attempts to put him back
in their pig pen, Blue is still ha-
rassed by his 'so-called' record. He
along with the other Panthers in New
County face the day to day harassment
inflicted on them by the demented
pigs acting as their keepers. The con-
stant harassment hasn't stopped them
from setting revolutionary examples
by teaching and exposing the decadence
of this fascistic government to the
black, brown, and poor oppressed
whites concentrated in that pig pen.
ROGER 'BLUE' LEWIS...has been the
victim of repeated attempts to kill
or imprison him. Blue since joining
the Party has had to fight six times
for his life and was acquitted six
times. He has been in the fascist
pigpen of New County since being kid.
napped last August, almost a year
ago. During this time his probation
was violated on the pretense that he
didn't get permission to leave the
State when he was called to visit
his sick father. He may now have to
serve one to ten years if an appeal
is not granted.
In addition, the brother still
faces three major charges. He now
awaits trial in a bomb case where
he supposedly was riding around the
city of Los Angeles (along with the
Southern California Chapter D~puty
Minister of Defense, Geronimo) with
'pipe bombs' in the car...The pigs
are moving full steam ahead to a-
ttempt to file charge after charge
to make sure he along with our other
political prisoners is behind bars
for life...The second major case is
Roger Lewis
Blue has a charisma that acts as
a catalyst to bolster the spirits of
the brothers in jail in the face of
constant harassment by the pigs there.
He keeps them headed in the right
political direction and always with
a revolutionary respective.
ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE
SOUTHERN CALIF. CHAPTER
1JIE B~CK PAN1JIER. SA1'uRDAY JU~Y 24.1971 PAGE 12
.On October 24, 1970, 15 membersof the Black Panther Party were ar-rested and charged with the murderof a Detroit policeman, Glenn Smith.At the time of their arrest they wereattacked by a police raiding party.There was firing into and around ahouse for 9 hours from which the fif-teen brothers and sisters were finallydriven out by tear gas. The last threebeing Erone De Soussure, BenjaminFondrun and Dal'id Johnson, who wereeventually found guilty of felontous as-
.""sault on the raiding police officers.
their existence. Our programs servethe people's interests by providingbasic necessities, food, health care,clothing, etc. The government under-stands that through our own programspeople will unify against oppression.They realize that if we work togetherto survive, we can organize to controlour own lives. They fear unity in thecommunities because this means dis-unity within their crumbling structureand their eventual downfall.
It was not until the free breakfastfor school children programs wereestablished across the country thatthey began to openly attack our Com-munity Centers and homes in full force.From the murder of Fred Hamptonto the attack on the centers in L,A.to the raids and attacks on our com-munity centers in New Orleans andelsewhere. No one ambushed themin Detroit,. as they claim; they at-
tempted to ambush our Detroit Chap-ter and herd them off to the prison:amps to be railroaded through thecourts. The trial of members of theDetroit Branch of the Black PantherParty lasted for six weeks. Seven dayswere spent picking the jury, whichcon-sisted of ten Blacks and two whites.The prosecution built its whole casearound one of the defendants, JohnLee, whom they singled out as theonly person who could place a weaponin the hand of one of the other de-fendants. They felt that if they droppedall charges against him, he would ,
testify (-lie) for the State. So theydropped the charges against him. When
, ./ ' .'. ,
John Lee was called to the stand,he refused to testify. He was the only
one who could, according to the pro-secution, prove that the shotthatkilleCOfficer Glenn Smith came from thEcommunity center. Lee refused to utteza word. The judge cited him with con-tempt of coun. They sentenced him tc30 days in jail for refusing to testi-fy .And still no word.
.In May of this year, all 15 of themwere brought to trial not only for themurder of.Glenn Smith, who was sup-posedly ambushed that same day, butalso for conspiracy with the intent tocommit murder of the 40 policemen thatsurrounded the Detroit CommunityCenter, back in October,
Throughout the country the agents ofthe law always want us to believe thatit is the people who are provokingthe attacks on them. It seems to be aconstant pattern that the police un-warantedly harass and attack the Peo-ple, particularly Black Panther Partymembers and then scream that theyhave been shot at, ambushed, that theyare the victims of unprovoked attack.We know this to be untrue. As a mat-ter of fact, we understand that the workwe do in the communities of Americais geared toward the survival of poor,Black people and therefore threatens, r ' ) , I"' ' I! : ,
These trumped-up charges for thiscase were therefore left in the airagain. So that when the jurors deli-berated, for thirty hours over a five-day period, they felt that there wagnot enough evidence to convict the de-fendants of murder. However, becauseof the forcefully skillful manner Inwhich the prosecution implicated Bro-thers De Soussure, Fondrun and John-son, the jurors wished to convict themof something. Mrs. Angeline Buchananwas the only juror who held out, for2 1/2 days, however, because she feltthat there was no evidence to convictany of the defendants on any charges.
In an interview with Mrs. Buchanan,she stated that they (the other jurors)became hostile and threatened her ifshe did not make a decision. She finallydid -guilty. Ho'1{ever, if It had notbeen for her firm stand on an ac-quIttal for all, the charges would neveJhave been dropped down to feloniousassault for those three brothers. Theacquittal for nine and lesser chargesfor three was the jury's compromise.
CONTlNUED ON p AGE 17, "' " , ' ,
The acquittal of the New York 21 and the Harlem 5 cspurious consPiracy charges raises sharply the issue 0;the criminal conduct of public officials. Many Black ansome White peoPle have recognized for years that thejudicial process has been illegally used, since the verfoundation of the Republic, to punish political dissidentlto crush liberation movements and to control the pO01Now, for virtually the first time in American Historythose who wanted so much to believe in the fairness of thsystem can see at close range that the concept of eqwjustice under law was merely a convenient smokescreefor the power structure's consistent and relentless de~truction of human rights and liberties.
It would be ironic indeed if the New York acquitta;were viewed as proof that the system does indeed worjNothing could be further from the truth. It was the syste:that arrested, indicted and tried these Black defendant.It was the system that stripped from them years of the:lives, unmercifully and unjustifiably punished their famlies and attempted to ostracize them from human societ.It was the system which, in total disregard of all of imost vaunted princiPles of justice and fair play, tried
brutalize and destroy them.That they were eventually saved is a triumph, not of
destructive system, but of two juries which, at 101last, could not bring themselves to legitimatize the t:ranny of the law. These verdicts represent, in a micr.cosm, the revolt of the powerless from the fearful conmands of those who seek to control and direct the de~tinies of all of us. Twenty-four Americans decided,the face of a monstrous evil, to cry halt to those w.attempt to equate court decrees with the hangman's no0and the headsman's blade.
These cases do not mark the beginning of the GoldAge of Universal Justice. But they do give heart to us (and indicate that some fights can be won if we are tgether with ourselves and determine to resist oppressiuntil we destroy it or die in the process. And, hopefu'ithey will teach other juries in other places that theretruth to the cries of the persecuted and that the SyStEwill often stoop to the pavement in order to preseritself and its mythology.
We must now go forward on every front in unity Qcomradeship. Our true enemies are not ourselves, Ithose who lie in wait for each of us -the power hungthe avaricious, the hate mQJlgers, the militarists, the iperialists, the racists, the' despoilers of the dream. Obrothers and sisters may die, but they will not be detroyed -their hopes and dreams will be passed/Yowilling hand to willing hand until the walls come down Qthe city is ours. Then, and only then, will the time habeen seized and the power re-taken by the peoPle.
I ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE/
A new morning has come. With it a new ideology has in-vaded New York City and perhaps elsewhere as well. The" 2l" Victory indicates that a cross section of peoPle re-ject the tactics of secret police, the undefinable lawofconsPiracy used as a trap, ~iased judges and over-zea-lous prosecutors.
With thirteen defendants, each charged with twelve dif-ferent crimes, the courtroom broke into hysteria when theBlack jury foreman rose and said, "Notguilty, not guilty..."one hundred fifty-six times. With one fell swoop New Yorkwas ignited in a peoPle's celebration. Not at the prospectthat the " American system of justice" works, but ratherat the prospect that when you fight hard enough and strug-gle long enough, your cause, if it is just and true, will be
answered.One juror said he felt like running up to Judge Murtaugh
and asking him where he thought he was "Mississippi?".Another said, " ConsPiracy law is like a lasso that isturned into a hangman's noose that fits every collar size."Still another said, "This verdict of not guilty was necessaryfor everyone's freedom". All in all, twelve peoPle withtheir four alternate jurors, unanimously agreed that theverdict was "Not guilty" on every charge. Without anydisagreement at all, the jury ended the longest trial in thehistory of New York with a 90-roinute deliberation.
Way back on April 2, 1969, the government launchedits attacks with the indictment of the "2l", following soonthereafter with the indictment of the " Chicago 8" , then inMay, 1969, the New Haven Chapter of the Black PantherParty was indicted for murder, and in a phony hunt forGeorge Sams, the government attacked and destroyed of-ficesof the Black Panther P~rty in several cities acrossthe nation and finally indicted Bobby Seale also for mur-der in Connecticut. These attacks culminated in the mur-der of Fred Haropton and Mark Clark on December 4,1969, in Chicago, Illinois. Besides Ericka and Bobby,Angela Davis and Ruchell Magee, the Berrigans, in Har-risburg, and countless others around the nation, the govem-mnet has been attacking ever since.
The verdict in the New York 2l case is the first step inthe fight back, hopefully to be followed quickly by a victoryfor Ericka and Bobby and on to victory in California forAngela and Ruchell. In each case, the fight back will con-tinue to prove that through struggle and determination andthe support of the peoPle, freedom can be a reality forthose who seek it hard enough.
-nlE BLACK PAN-niER, SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1971 PAGE ~
THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, JULY 1i, 1i6i PAGE 16
FREE BREAKFAST FOR
CHILDREN ABOUT
TO BE VAMPED ON ,+
on Wednesday, July 9, the W-IDols Chapter 01 the msck Pan-ther Psrty opeoed a Free Break-faat lor ChIldren Center at theJackson ChrlsUan Blvd. Churchon Western and Jackson. 200 chIl-dren were fed, and the numberwnllncreas. dally. On ThursdayspIg sOOwed up amODg the peopleand told us that our program was!1Iterferlng wtth a government pro-gram called operaUon Push-up.He saId that the chIldren neededpush-ups more than they needed ahot breakfast. How many push-upscan a buniry chIld do?
We told b1m that THE PEOPLERUN IT , not the pIgs
The Black Panther Partylsa-tservlDi the Deeds 01 the people.Rather than having many ...reau-cratlc commissions di.orcedfromthe people studylni the hunger pro-blem, the Party started breakfastprograms all over the country.Hungry chIldren are belnc led be-cause they need to be. The capltal-Ist Punks In poWer do notblnc tostop the problem. They can't makea profIt off of feedlni h-ry cbll-dren.
A lying demacoglc pollUclan wassent over to negotiate wtth theBlack Panther Party,...tour.causeIs not negotiable. Thechlldrenwl11be led. We wnl s.e to It thatwhatever the people need, the peo-pie wIll iet.
We are ready to .ee that eachand every hungry chIld Is fed. NobootlIcking polIticIan Is going tohave anythIng to say about It.
If you want the Breakfast forChildren Program to continuethrouill the.summer--SUPPORTIT. Come on down, help ~stopthe plcs."We must stop the capitalIst cor-porate structure Irom kIUlng us,teasing us, dividing ~, and rulingus... The time bas come to fallthe system. It only uses ~ toperpetuate Itself. To serve the s18-tem Is tre~ Smash the State.POWER TO THE PEOPLE"Eldrldge ClesverMInIster of In1ormatlonBlack Panther Party
nllnols ChapterBlack Panther Party
CHARLES YOUTHINDIANA --
BREAKFASTThe Breakfast Prorram got
under way In Ind1anapolls (Indiana)after many setback. Irom lyIngpreacber. and morcllants,Weare PHILADELPHIA PAnow In the third week and tho re- , . ,.ponse lrom tbe community, ha.been grest, many mother. have BREAKFASTturned oUt to help us serve andproper. food, and the chUdron arealways reluctant to see us lesve.
This program got under wsy withthe belp 01 BUI Crawlord (tbe FREE BREAKFAST FOR CHIL- HARBISON'S (exoeptlon Ist day)Deputy Chairman'" hrotber) who BREAKFAST DREN PR.OGRAM -A PEOPLE'S PENNBROOKhas really -n a truo worker and PROGRAMI ABBOTTShi. concern lor black people I. Monday, July 7th, 1969, met a BOND BREADgenuine Froo Breaklast lor Children Pro- We aak yoU not to buy at these
Bro~r Crawlord (BUI) 1. a gram at 9:00 a.m.deIPlteattompta placea,and not to buythe..pro-member 01 the Black Radlcll by bIg busIness and petty pig duct.. Show the.. arrogant busl-Action ProJect, one 01 lour or- church.. to .top or I(DOre It. The nessmon, that ~t their pro/It Irom~1t.aUon. we cont.cted about the kid" number, totllllng approxi- you --the people, WHAT THEprogram, and the only organization mately 70 on this rainy beglnn1Dg POWER OF THE PEOPLE can docontinuIng their s-ort. It' .quite 01 .week, was welcomed by unI- to ~~Ir prollt..obvioUS that poverty money hal Tbe Breakfast Program ,,1 'lIe ma, and tbe MetropOlitan Opera 10rmed Panthers, at their service. 00 tbe other hand, Milk Maid,hung these other bull-Jlvlng trtck. Boston Chapter I. a COUUnul.1. House 01 Roxbury. These busl- They ate-rWy, a heaping helpIng Tang, WDAS radto, Hand's Ros-01 the powOr structure In a bIg 01 ..uccess, with no thank, '0 the nesses are obvioUSly DOt working 01 grl~s, sausages, eggs, milk, and taurant, JaY's 5& 10, Reo DI.-continuous exploitation 01 the peo- avaricious busInessmen wOO re- In the Interest 01 the people, but orang. Juice. A partial listIng 01 Count Store, Soldier Shelly Shop,pi". Ius. to leed the chtldren 01 the are op, -atlng In the Interest of businesses not belplng this peo- Yo De Yo Produce, Jurman &
In addition to the BreaklastPro- communIty. Just to Dam. a lew: proltt-maklng. If the bUIlne.s.s pie's program wUI be Included In Sons, Dr. A. Kleln &BurleyClark,gram, a People' .Garden hal been Little Archie WIllIams and the cannot lunctlon In the Interest 01 the People' .New. service, with SOB Deportment Store, have aidedplonted and we hope to plant many Freedom Fnod Monopoly, Arch- the people, then they must not mention 01 some very antl-com- the people In this humanlsUc, re-more In the future. duke Nelson 01 ihe B & B (Black funcUon at Ill. munlty mtnded poople CloSIng their volutloDary endeavor! PEOPLE'SALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE and Beautlflll -Bandit and Brag- ALl. POWER TO THE PEOPLE doors to the communities needs- POWER!LONG LIVE THE MINISTER OF rar1) Blair'" Foodland, No-No INTENSIFY THE STRUGGLE In other ~orda, churchos. Phlladelphll C~rDEFENSE Nep'o and the Frankfurt Freak., FREE HUEY A partial llstlng 01 these Black Panther PartyIJId1&na Chapter Now En,land Moat PackIng Com- Bostoll C~r a..rlclou. bUIInessmen are:
THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1970 PAGE 21
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goIng about doing things, OOt theyall have to be apprecIated becausethey have gIven up a lot. Con-stderlng they are tn exile, In Jailor what have you
(James Ramsey, 30 years old)
LAURYN: I want to ask you aboutyour opinion of all those postersthat have been put up on the waIlsItke thts by the panthers.
BROTHER: I thInk the posters arerelevant to the people here, andIn an educattonal nature.
LAURYN: Do you thInk the peopleare gettIng a real message fromthese poster.?
BROTHER: I think the people thatare concerned are getting the mes-ssge. I think all people are con-cerned at thls time, because thtsIs the time of confusion and there-fore they reach their point of In-terest, they (the posters) reacheveryone, the>, re relevant toeveryone.
LAURYN: Do you read the !'antherPaper?
: The Panther Paper I
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If1i.,
One of the best ways to findout hoW the masses feel aOOut thework Panther members are doIngIs to 10 out and ask them directly.
Members of the Black PantherParty have been puttIng up postersall over the Black communItiesacross the country EverywhereIhere Is a Black Panther PartyChapter or Branch yoU wIll findre",lutlonary posters done by ourMInister of Culture, Emory Doug-las. These posters are usually ofbrothers and sisters showIng thatthe only way to deal with the pro-h!em of oppression of poor peo-ple Is to pick up the gun or any-thIng else that wIll stoP, hInder,hurt, orparalyzethese!asclstdogswithin our communIties, who aretry!ng to kIll and terrorize the peo-ple In any way or manner thatthey can easUy JustIfy.
FRANK WILSON
YoU ,vU! also find pictures ofthe Central Commltleeofthe BlackPanther party among these pos-ters, such as Muey P. Newton,MInIster of Defense of the BlackPanther Party, Bobby Seale,ChaIrman of the Black PantherParty, Eldrldge Cleaver, Ministerof Information, of the Black Pan-ther Party, DavId MIlliard, Chiefof Staff of the Black Panther party,and others
Here are some of the generalcomments from the hrothers andsisters who live In Ihe communitywhere these posters have been putup This Interview was done InMount Vernon, New York, on W.3rd and 7th Ave the heart of
~he -B~~-~ c~mmunlty
up on the walls here?
SISTER: I thInk It looks had theway the posters are put up.
LAURYN: W"at do you thInk aboutthe pictures themselves?
SISTER: Well, they're not loo had,some of them I lIke. (She poIntsto the ones she likes.)
LAURYN:,Whlch ones don't youlIke?
SISTER: The one with " All Power
to the People" on it
LAURYN: What Is it y()U don'tlike about the posters?
SISTER: It Just looks phony tome.
LAURYN: How about the one withthe hrother holdIng the gun?
SISTER: That one looks Right onto me.
LAURYN: How about the one withthe sister holdIng the gun?
SISTER, It's all right too
LAURYN: You dig that one?---
-SISTER: Right on
(Jack Chlsam, 31 years old)
LAURYN: What do you think aboutthOse posters that the Panthershave been puttIng up In the com-munity?
jBROTHER: I think they're nne.
LAURYN: What do you think aboutthem?
BROTHER: Well, I think theyshould be put up In a ploce wherethey wIll be a little more dlg-Dined, maybe on a communityOOI-leitn board.
LAURYN, What do you mean whenyou say where they wIll be more
dignIfied?
BROTHER: Because as you no-itce, the places that they are postedup on are stores that are closed,run down and wIll be prohahlybe torn down eventually, right?
BEVERLY PRICE
in Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
LAURYN: Yeah
BROTHER: And It' s lIke undlg-nllled. I think they deserve a cer-lain amount of dignIty, a lIttlemore than they are gettIng, thereshould he somethIng lIke a 001-let In board, even a Panther Bul-lelln Board If necessary. And thenthe people could get the messagealong wllh mayhe a weekly 00l1e-tIn of what's goIng on In the com-munlly.
LAURYN: Where would you sug-gest such 0 spot?
BROTHER: I don't know, even 11you could rent a spot, where theyare now Is very tacky It's veryrun dQWn and It's degradlD. to thepeople that are up there an!lf thinkthat they've done a great deal forwhat they belIeve --
LAURYN: Which one of those pos-ter. do you relate to the most?
BROTHER: Not 10 anyone In par-tlcular, because llhink, that every-one of them represent. an indI-vIdual who has done what he thinkshe could do and has put fortha whole lot of effort to accom-plIsh what he belIeved In- And Ihave to appreciate all of them,I do appreciate all of them- Theyhave their own dl1ferent ways of
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JACKCHlSAM
LAURYN: Had you heard anythIngabout the Party while you were Inthere,BROTRER: Yeah, I hall read aboutthe posters being posted and therun In you had with the munlcl-pal courts here, In the Dally Au-gust and other publications From
I heard about the New York 2(and the others r ve been tryingto keep abreast of the PantherParty as much as possible
LAURYN: Could you kind of givethe op1Rton of the Panther Partythat the other brothers had, wbnwere up there wIth you?
BROTHER: Most of them are atthis time very sympathetIc but thenagain as I say this Is the tIme ofconfusion. There Is so much beIngdone and so much beIng said that
we can't wish to have everybOdytotally you know That's why theposters are essential becausa Ifoel that we can get them for atleast a moment of the day; some-bOdy wUI relate to Ihe relevancyof the Panther Party
(Lauryn asked the brother abouthls opInion of a bulletin boardbeInC put up In one spot for theposters, so that the people canalways find them and look at them.HI. reply was that It Is betterthat the postera be put up lIkethey are. ThIs way when some-One wakes up one morning, all ofa sudden he Is lookIng at It andat least for a moment he Is con-fronted with the Issue, whereasIf It was only In one spot, ttwould be easier for the ones notso concerned to always avoid beIngconfronted. He said that he thInk"they should stay where they are )
.JAMES R.4-MSEY
OTHER COMMENTS:
Beverly ?rice .aId that th-pos-tsrs are very InterestIng to her,they mean to her that the bro-thers and slsterssbould get to-gether and stop fIghting one ano-ther and .tart fIghtIng the oppres-sor.
Frank WIlson "aid tbe picture"give him the message of self-defense for himself aDd the peo-ple, and It's hard to talk to tbebrother. thougb cause theY'restrung out on dope, a lot of them.
The Black Panther, Black Com-munIty New. S8rvlce ts s paperfor the people, by the people, andabout the people. The only wayfor It to fulfIll all these areas,we the members of the Black Pan-ther Party who are responsJbleforthe prInting of this paper must askthe people for advice and crItI-cIsm on the paper that they mayhave
If you have any advise, crIt-IcIsm, questlQns about the Party,Qr any other Information of some-thil!g that has happened In yourcommunity or'to someone In yourcommunity, that you think all thepeople should be aware of, thenplease send your Information orcomments In to the nearest BlackPanther Party chapter, branch orNC C F nearest to you.
ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE
CommunIty Information Center45-B E. 3rd Street(914) 068-8430Lauryn WIlliam", B P P
THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY OCTOBER 3,1970 PAGE 4
PRESS CONFERENCE
United States. We wIll not have I-"'Ike Cross JaIled for a so-<:al1ed I
long gun vlolal!on. or possession Iof explosives. The explosives Wf!re .obviously a plant hecause they were ,not discovered In the Immedla[esearch of the buIlding. hut w!len :Brotller Cross voluntarIly accom-panIed them In another search ofthe buIlding.
Contrary to what the admlnlstra-I!on may heUeve. they have not Iatllled our efforts. we WtJJ Inten-sJfy our struggle for total and un-
"THE ORIGINAL BROTHERS PLUS ONE"
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THE BLACK PANTHER JULY 3, 1967 Page 9
This press co.1ferenc:e Is beingcalled by Ihe Toledo. N.C.C.F. lopublIcly denoJnce Ihe vIcious at-lack upon IheToledo N.C.C.F.Headquarlers. as beIng unprovokedand hIghly fasclsl In nature. Thelocal and natIonal conspIracy IOkill or JaIl members of so-calledorganlzatlo"s ha. finally reachedIls deadly tentacles Into our com-munlly wllh hopes 10 sleal ourquest for freedom. bullhls cannoland will 001 be done.
The incidents surrounding Ihesevicious atta"ks are as follows:I. The passing of an ordinance
sponsored by Mayor EnsIgn DepulyChief Duck, Safely D!reCIorQuinn,and Chief Bosch which slates thatII Is unlawful for any cItizen 10
calla polIceman aplgor make oink -
Ing aou"ds.The paaslng of this ordinance
DIG IT BABY
By Chico Grant
Black Brothera and Black Siaters
.Listen to what I say,
The whiteman is getting funkier
each and every day;
I So wakeup Black People
Stop playing the fool,
Whitey is oU~ to get you
And he don't play by the rules;
~ Now you and I both Know that The pig has slwaya been on top,
And to bring him down baby
Will take more than sticka & Rocka;
Come out of the Ghettos,
Come out of the Shacks,
Lets get together brother
And become one hell of a
R!-g BLACK CAT. (BLACK PANTHER)
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-nd DIG /1 BABY
Is a direct violation of the peo-
ple's ConStItutional RIght ofFree-dom of Speech and expressionwhereas Black people have beencalled '.Nlggers'. by Toledo's ra-clOt polIcemen, and nothing hasever been done to stop thelroffen-slve language and exploitationsagainst Black people.2. ,\nother Incident Is over polIc-Ing and polIce brutalIty which hSSrun rampant throughout the Blackcolonies. The over polIcing andbrutalIty In our Black communI-ties h.s allenaled Black peopleand polIcemen and Black peoplesee polIcemen as occupying troopsand a threat to theIr freedom. TheJ arne. Dotson Incident Is. prim.example of the brutalIty thatBlack people must face. This manwas maced, handcuffed, and thenbeaten. Then when t"eDocsonfam-Ily went to t"e Safety Building toInquire of their loved, they were
verbally and physIcally abused. Tothe Dotso.1 f.1mlly. the ToledoN.C.C.F., and a!l revolutionarypeople say -RIGHT ONI3. The clImax of the Incidentsleading {0 the attack 0.1 theN.C.C.F. Headquarters wasthefa-tal shooting of PolIceman Wl1llamMiscannon. '!bls Incident was usedto attack the Headquarters and alsoas an excuse to send John Mc-ClelJan to the electrIc chair. andto send MIke Croas to the penI-
tentIary. In the news, paa-o!manMJscannon was pora-aved "" a"good cop;' but he was knownfor hls racism and acts of bru-
ta1lty throughout the Black com-munIty .Hla partner In crime a-gaInst the people. Walter Shaw,who In the eyes of the peopleIs a lackey, a bootUcker, and atraitor who shot me, Larry Mc-ClelJan, as I was trying to surren-der with my hands up, and he wasone of the many who shot Jroy
Montgomery, who was also sur-renderIng with his hands up, andboth were unarmed. Shawalsoopened lIre OIl MIke Cross as hea-Ied to surrender, empty-handed.The news media failed to mentIonthat Jroy laid on the -sidewalkwith the raIn fslUng on hIm forover two hours. After Jroy wsstaken to the hospital he lay for..,other two hours before treat-ment began.
We will not have John McCIel-Ian tried and convicted by the presaas In the case of Clarence Squalrewhere the suapect was convictedbefore he ever got to a-Ial. State-ments such as the one made by
Mayor EnsIgn Baying that BrotherJohn McClellan Is a depravedper-son, muSt cease, or there canbe no laIr trial anywhere In the
compromIsed freedom.
expose thls racIst systemwhat It la.busing to
famIly
dren, Community Control of po-lIce, and Freedom Schools In theface of teacher strikes.
We are setting up a Defense Fundand a Support CommIttee.
ALL roWER ro 1HE PEOPLESEIZE 1HE TIME
IN SEARCH OF MYSELF
By Avotcja Ackerman --July 1~65
lnd, while roaming the world in search of myself
chanced upon a full length Dlirror.
had hoped I would find myself there.
aut all I saw was a black, empty hole And it made DIe cry
*****
o I sailed to England in aearch of that which ia DIe,
nd I hitch-hiked across Europe
thought I could lose the black, eDIpty hole ---
in a sea of whits.
out the white ses greeted DIe with chsins, snd teargas,
and guns
And the hole just grew larger.
*****
And then someone said, "Shut up woman, you\ll wake
the dead"
J\ut how do you cry softly, when you're just a black,
empty hole?
And where do you run next, when you don't know why
you're running?
And what do you look for, when you're looking for
yourself?
And how do you wake the living?
*****
next ran eaat to Africa, and I swam in a aea of blacl,.
And I felt at home there.
And in the faces of the black aea, I saw reflectiona---
of culture, pride, and pyramids.
ran to the mirror, and the empty hole had gone, And I smiled back at myself:
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(A) First class of the Oakland Community School (formerlythe Intercommunal Youth Institute) on the steps of originalschool building in Berkeley in 1971; (B} OCS instructorconducting class outdoors in 1972; (C) Children at the OCS in1973 receive the individual attention that is almostnon-existent in many urban public schools; (D) HUEY p,NEWTON, the prime motivator for the creation of the OCS,with staff and children in 1974 photo; (E) Studious OCS youth --.
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in 1974 busily at work in the classroom; (F} Children inprimary skills class in 1975 listen attentively; (a) 1976 OCSgraduating class; (H} Level 7 students presenting advanced.9cience project in 1976 at Black engineers' and scientists ,
conference; (1} 1977 OCS graduating class (J) September,1977, view of OCS, whase facilities are kept in top condition,Newl.y-laid grass.y area, formerly the School's parking lot, will
.9OOn be the site of a playground complex.
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Tbe r-acUooary, racist, fu- Pantbera wbo had been UD&bleto lIce In o-r to end fuclsm. SUD-
CtSUc SaDta Ana Pig Dept. Is coo- get Into the courtroom were poIl- day,
Unulng their kangaroo court pro. Uclzlng and sel1lng papers. The
ceed1Dp agaInst the SaDta Ana ODe people responded wIth many ques-
-Daniel MIchael Lynem. He wu Uons aboUt Fascism, and tbe Ptge Committeeto be brought fortb for prelImInary responded with concrete examples. -
bearIng, motl0D8 for dlscowry of PrevIously, various members of
eY\dence and tbe return of hIs U- tbe Los Ang-le. and Ij8nta Ana
legally obtaIned property. Court Brancbes of tbe Black Panther
proceeding. were to begin at 10:00 Party had been picked up and har- thern
a.m., Monday MornIng, June 16. assed (and one beaten) on SUI- Black Pa:lther Part!
Preeee4tllgs were 4elay~ by oar- ptclon of murder In coonecUon with
louo OOreaucraUc method. unW the SaDta Ana case. Also, Panther.
lI:45 a.m. Tbe Judge, an obvIous from L.A. wbo have bee'lattendlng
recruIt from some zoo, then an- court bearing. In Santa Ana haw AgaInst FascIsm.
nounced that theprellmlnarybear- been stopped for no r-asOO -wry Michael Lynem II not
Ing was dlsmllaed, and that Mt- tIm. tbey have been In santa AD&.
cbael hao Just been aecretly In- Tbey- have had Pantbers' Legal of the Year.
dtcted for murder by the santa Defense lIterature, material. and
Ana Grand Jury. 1nf0rmaUon taken andpbotograpb-
Tbe D.A. realIzed that be would ed without legal warranto of any to fIght racIsm wIth oolldartty,
bave to preoent hll nOD-exlstent kInd. Tbe people knew of these clpttallsm with ooclaltoUc pro-
evIdence at the ecbeduled prellm- Incld-nta and remembered them. lnary bearing (whlcb Is open to the wben we appeared at the court-
publIc), so be mad. the strategic room. This hae b-Iped to IoI1ld
mow of bavlng the prelImInary up tbe understandIng and support Froot agaInst Fasclom.
dismIssed and a oecret IndIctment of tbe community, parUcularly for
banded down to saw ~ce and to Michael and tbe pantbers for the These rIdIculous charps lev-
maIntaIn the trumped- UP charges. Insane treatment we have received eled against Mlchaalare onlf a part
The 42 people wbo were able to from the pig. UDder the guise of of IbIs racIst, captlaltsUc, Imper-
squeeze Into the small courtroom law and order. But generally the lalloUc gowrnment's c000ptracy
went Into an uproar. The approx- Santa Ana communIty hao come to against the Black Panther Party,
Imately 150 persons UD&ble to get understand exacUy bow FascIsm, tbe vanguard of the r-voluUooary
Into the courtroom were outsIde capItalIsm, and racism work. ¥'ovement,andewntuallyagalnat 196g e RAMPANTp-UUonIng for alarger courtroom. Michael' s trial date has been set the mas... of tbe people. e
This combIned group tben moved for July 21, 1969. Tbe communIty
on the newsmen outatde wbo were of Santa ADs hae alresdy begun FREE MICHAEL'
bedgerlng Michael's father and to mobilIze around Mike's case, FREE ALL POLITICAL Pmso-
FASCISM AT A GLANCEwife for statements and answer. and tbe larger Issue of the nece- NERSI
to quesUons. sstty of communIty control of 110- ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLEI
S.F. -FascIst PIgO'Brlensetfree less be was shot down lIke a anI-
after murdering George Bask-tt an mal because he hesitated to come
unarmed worker. outside ImmedIately when ordered
to do so by the fascist..
S.F. -Teenager Alvert Unthcome
shot In cold blood by San Franc 1.- Los Angeles -lDrenzo Clark, 14-
co fascist pIg.. Murdered In hls year""ld boy shot to death by L.A.
own community. County Sberlff deputy. Hewas sus-
pected of tryiDi to break Into a
i.Berkeley -James Rector, student grocery store.
at U.C. sbot down whIle watcblDi
lo-called riot. Murdered by Ala- Oakland -Professor Pblllp Caplan
meda Sharlff'1 deputy who Is free died after being beaten by Oak-
to kIll agaio. land's fascist vice squad In an
Oakland park. He was suspected
Santa Rita. Alam-da County-Per- olbelng a homosexual.
sons who were arrested In Berke-
ley for participating In a so-called The McClellan Committee had
riot were sent to Alameda's con- better get hlp to the fact that the
centratton camp and put throngh Black Panther Party Is not going to
gestapo orientation. lIt around and watcb the '.Aclst
american plga fuck over the rest
Santa Rita, AlamedaCounty-Aso- of humanity and do nothIng about
called mIld maMered Inmate died It. The Black Panther Party Is
from undlaclosedreasons after be- organizing a United Front AgaInst
Ing subJected to the same Inhu- Fascism.
man treatment a. the people ar'" The people of America hod bet-
rested In Berkeley for rlotlng. ter get hip snd become a part oJ
that United Front. Becaule If you
Los Angeles -Donald Lee Oughton don't oppose fascism, you must be
shot by fascIst L.A. pIg" while on s fascist. The Black Panther Party
hls way home to watch a T.V.pro- Is In the vanguard role In forming
gram. a United Front, because It has
wItnessed and survived tiiemost
a week after young Oughion was vicious blows ever leveled upon any
kIlled. This youDi man was no group In the history of this de-
notorious criminal nor had any cadent, fascIst country.
background or record. Never-the- Blgman-" ,- '"1 f:~ ~ " thin~""",
LOS ANGELES, Dee. 30-FrankoDiggs, a captain of the Los Angeles BlackPanther Party, was mllrdered at 120 St.and Main St. on Dec. 19, according to astatement made today by Panther spokes-man Mike Pennywell. The murder receivedno coverage in the local newspapers. Apublic funeral was planned for I p.m.,Thursday, Jan. 2, at the Victory BaptistChurch, 4802 McKinley Avenue.
In a statement to The Militant, Penny-well described the murder of Franko Diggsas "an attempt to liquidate the leadershipof the Black Panther Party by the racistpower structure. ...Captain Franko hadno real family- but he had a big familyhere in L. A. that loved him very deeply,the Black Panther Party. ...We will in-tensify our struggle until there will be nomore cold-blooded murders of our people."
Funds to help with the funeral expensesare needed and can be sent to the CaptainFranko Diggs Fund, 8404 S. Broadway,Los Angeles, Calif.
THE FASCISTS
ATTACK
PEOPLE'S
LookIng at the recent attacks beg-1n to arrive In numbers. A pig
on the Black Panlher Party In captain saw It necessary to nego- With the peo le as their endor- vlng, Marshall and James are po-
WA RRIO RSPhiladelphia and Baltimore and the tlate and came up to the office t~ sers the pre:.ntly jailed Baltl- sltloned to face the barbaric ro-
recent convictions of Lonnie Mc- talk. After finding that the pIgs mor~ Panthers wIll ultlmatel) man type courts on charges rang-Lucas It Is quite clear toe pigs excuse was lhat they wer.looklng from the grasping clutches of the Ing from assault to kidnappIng and
of the power structure has gen- for a robbery suspect, It was evl- racist courts and returned to murder. We know by examInIng the
oclde planned for the Black Pan- derlt that it was another fascist the outstretched ariDs of the peo- hl istlorlcal ptractlc t es Ofthathtej Bstalby- On Friday, Sept.lI, at about 2p.m.,on an cour sys ems u cether Party and Its organizIng bu- frame-up. Comrade Valentine a- pIe Is only present In pig murders, ,~ BIll Green had been as-
reau the N.C.C.F. agreed to stand In a lIne-up which The racist courls of Baltimore government sulters and any other ~io sell papers on a busy
We see that these ralda are was to take place at pig head- have a known habit for a~s~- repressive forces that stand as the Intersection, on 23rd & Union 10-
not confined to anyone city or quarters. When we arrived there lute d Slttai teoffaSCl tSmd .rhrO IUstght tetl r officers In the doldrumcourt halls. cated In the heart of the Black colony,con on promo e rac a -
regIon. Even In Seattle the swlnes the pigs oinked that a lIne-up wasn't tudes the Baltimore courts serve Any case parallellnK the oppres- with a rlght-on community worker
have blood dripping down theIr necessary because they realIzed as a ;ed lIght whlchwho'lehearted- sor, enslavIng and murderIng of Robert Relggs. WhIle tslklng and
mouths looking for an excuse to that theIr tricky action wouldn.t ly Is tryIng to stop the peoples' nationwide oppressed dPe tOPle, I In d-sellIng papers to the people, the
Inevitably resullln a pre e erm neraid our community center. On work. just struggle for liberation. Those victory for the oppressive forces brother noticed that a couple of
Septemb"r 2, 1970, Comrade Va- To the community people who who fall to stop at thla red light Because we know the tricks and pIgs were checking them out. A
lentlne Hobbs was walkIng from showed for our defense we say RIght of oppres lSIOn afut domatlCal tllY drbeaw fascist ways of Babylonian courts lIttle later, the aame two pigs gota clear Ine 0 emarca on -
Geyen's Furniture Store when he On, because the spirit of the peo- tween themselves and the fascist In general we know that the Bal- out of theIr car, approached Robert
noticed a pig car followl.1g hl.11. pIe Is greater than the man.s tech- judicial syslem. With this clear tlmore courts In particular wIll and asked hIm If he would get In
Whcl' he reached the commonity nology and the people are the mak- separation made tbe courts ele- admInister no justice to the Bal- the car so they could give him af ' tlmore4 TakIng away all humancenter the pigs pulled alongside Ing orce of any revolution. We vate their feelIngs of hate" sadl- rights of justice the courts wIll ticket for steppIng In the street.
alld !,Jmped out wtlh ;heIr wea- know that the community Is be- sim and fear of a peopl es strug. leave Larry Irving Marshall and Robert said that he would consIderpons drawn. Comrade Hobbs knows hind us ano we as always will gle. If All ted °f t t b hese Pbl gtheml Otlonsd arl e James defen~eless ";'lore an armed acceptIng a ticket but he didn't
df manes roug ersaronchow sadistic these pigs are and e end them at the cost of our practices. The junkIe courls have vigilante of racist judges and think it was necessary to step InknowIng that human life mea:ls lIves. We will defend our center a habit of giving oppressed people jurors forced to remaIn silent theIr car, which would be givingnothing to these insidious beasts and community with righteous guns lIfe sentence. In jaIl legal tree and wordless, the Baltimore Pan- them the opportunity to wlsk himHobbs got ifl the door just In tim.. and force. " For the Freedom, Sal- lynching., and other types of fas- ~~:~~m::~, ~~c~~:::s ~e~~~:d quietly off to the dungeon. TheThe P16s beg'1n to followbutquick- vatlon and Uberty of our People, clst tactics which are done be- wIllIng to kIll when called upon by pigs then proceeded to grab Robertly retreated to theIr cars with we wIll not hesitate to either kill cause their sadlatlc mInds fear the racist Babylon to do so. The and attempted to handcuff hIm. WhIleshotguns hanging out of theIr wln- .or die:' :~~:r :\':~ ~~"J::70n:~~d ~~:lm~~g courts shall surely be stopped In one pIg grabbed one arm the otherdows. The pigs were openl.y pro- Ing to vanish these conditions from their hard planned attempt to re- pIg attempted to grab hls other arm"iok!ng an IncIdent. Members of ALL POWER ro THE PEOPLE tbe face of the earth With every gress the revolutionary movement and was knocked down by Robert
In Baltimore The face of the dog- f hthe comm,micy hearing that theIr progressIng move of the people, matlc judges wIll display a true who realIzed It waa time or Im to
warrIors were being threatened, N.C.C.F., Seattle Branch the moronic feelIngs and oppres- feelIng of confusion and stupidity defend himself. When BIU Green
-slve tactics are elevated, and a. when they see the revolutionary attempted to come to Robert's aid,BROTHERS SENTENCED a result, more deaths, and more forces deal with the racist courts ten more sadistic pIgs led by atl hlfe sent lences, are Imposed upon In a way which denote. the chara- black bootlIckIng IackypIg jumped on
epeopeAs enemies of the people the cterlstlcs of true, loyal, strong, both of the hrothers, handcuffed them, freedom fii!hters d k th ff J IIO S courts have declared war The It I d hI that th t an too em a to a, as yet
T IXTY DAYS FOR Balllmorejudlclalsystemcameup WIlIIn~e;~lfy~~delevatet:e~~~~s~ there were no charges.
with all sorts of tricky, sneaky, clst tactics when they find the
way. to enlIst more pig polIce struggle moving forward Instead of By this time members of the com-
Into their armed vigilante. Because back After Larry Irving Mar- wtl ty had Informed our office andSELLING NEWSPAPERS they are enemies of the people, ' , mthe courts to win their war will shall, and James let It be known we headed for the cIty dungeon. OurkIll, tortu;e, and attempt to'des- that hno reactionary, the not evl en lawyer, John Coughlon, met uS there
deat can regress peop estroy any force that attempts to struggle. Conviction of these and he went Inside to talk to BIll
stop them on this diabolIcally mad brothers wIll only serve as a stl- / and Robert. Inside a pig guardFrIday, September 11, marked 30 days and also placed on three sItuation. \ mU1US for a time bomb consistIng told John that he had better talk
a new epoch In polItic.' repres- years probation. The terms of the Larry Wallace, Marshall Con- guna, revolutionary people and re- to his clIents and teU them to an-
slon. The pigs have repeatedly at- probation expose the true Inten- way, (rvlng Young and James Po- volutlonary action.. All moving to swer some questions or else he
tempted to squash our polItical tlons of the court not to administer well are four of the progressive destroy the slave condition. of rac- would see to It that neither of them
organ the Black Panther Com- JuStice or any of that euphemistic forces that have been victimized Ist Babylon and Its puppet courts. ot out even If ball was posted, by the dog law enforcers of Bal- FREE LARRY FREE MAR- 9 .
munlty News Service. TheIr me- IdeaUsm of Justice and fair play tlmore SHALL FREE' IRVING FRE£ John replIed that hls clIents con-
thods on a national level Is to In the courts that people are con- In AprIl, 1970, these four ser- JAMES' AND FREE ALL OP- stltutlonal rIghts under the fifth
subpoena Panthers who are known stantly being Insulted with, but to vants of the people were captured PRESSED PEOPLE", are the cries amendment would not be denied and
to work on the Black Panther, the rel1ress.both physically and polltl- by the local reactionary forces who heard throughout the colonies of that Robert and BIll would be set
nationwide Black CommunltyNews caUy anyone who attempts to ex- are composed of polIce comml- Baltimore. When the people see free We Ihen found out that Robert
ServIce to testIfy before the Grand pose the decadence of this corrod- sloner Donald "Duck" Pomerleau the courts actively repressIng had ~en charged with I) solIcitIngJury Ing society Each of the brothers and his armed troops. on orders their just struggle tbey wIll arm
In hlb l ed 2 )..handed down from a higher level, themselves to stop all reactlona- business a pro t area
In Los Angeles thls repression Is to fInd employment and maln- Pomerleau commanded his troop. ry forces that standasuncrossable' resistIng arrest 3) concealed
has been and contInues to be man- taln a job...obey aU laws...is not to Invade the Black commwtlty bridges to freedom valley! weapon. Bill was charged with
Ifested In repeated arrests of Pan- to be affilIated with any organlza- and take prIsoners by any means Interferrlng with an officer .These
thers and community workers tlon or group advocatIng the violent necessary Certalnpre-deslgnated ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE! charges show that It was clearlywhile seUIng our paper throughout overthrow of the government...and pel odPle who because of tbelr my- FREE THE BALTIMORE harrassment of the people's serv-
I 1 be h lUng r a knowledge of the oppressive PANTHERS!the community. In the past months, ast y, not to caug t se pa- forces, stood as vanguarde to tha DEATH TO THE PIGS! ants.the maJority of our misdemeanor pers, magazInes, or the Uke wlth- peoples just struggle for llbera- Where Is the rIght to freedom ofcases Involved Panthers and com- In a hundred feet of anyone else. tlon and total freedom. Larry, Ir- Doug press when our comr~desaresnatch-munlty workers sellIng papers. In Nothing else really needs to be ed from the streets whIle selUngall cases, pIgs have charged them said, it's clear the Intentions of the Panther Paper. It Is also In-not wIth sellIng our paper, but the pIgs are to wipe out all traces TEXAS CONFERENCE terestlngto note that this particular
violations Uke disturbing the of polItical activity , no matter what Issue which Bill and Robert were
peace, Interfering, and occaslon- It takes. If they can harass anyone selUng contained Huey's message
ally, when a pIg moves physlcaUy afflUated with the Party they mIs- to the Revolutionary Peoples Con-
on a brother, mlsdemeanorbatter. takenly assun.e the organization Is TO FREE ALL POLITICAL stltutlonal Convention. The rIghts
weakened. It should be clear after of the people are continuously vlo-
In our attemptS to exhaust all many such attempts that Just the lated everyday. The need for a
legal means to expose the contra- opposite Is In fact true. Each act P RISO N E RS I N AM E RI CA new constitution Is urgent and wltt
dictIons In the antiquated laws and of harassment, each attempt to the people responding readily to this,
the racism Inherent Intheduepro- violate and nullIfy the works of a the pIgs will go to any lengths to
cess syndrome, we've taken aU Panther by arrest and JailIng In- / stop us from getting this Informatlor
such cases to court, always mlnd- creases the determInation of to the people by any means neces.
fuIof the consequences In the event theIr comrades to hasten the ef- OCT.29,30,31, NOV. 1 sary. We reaUzethat these sad.of a guIlty verdict. Friday was forts beIng made to deal with the istic pIgs are escalating thellsuch a day...the pig. gloatingly corruptness and decadence of thls attacks against the vanguard to keelparticipated In the sentencing of seat of ImperialIsm. To be a po- us from educating the masses. butthree bJ.uthers for "InterferIng". IItlcal prIsoner Is merely a tes- thls will make us continue to strug.They were found guIlty ~f Inter- tlmony of an Individual's attempts N O T I C E .gle even harder to destroy this eviferlng with each other s arrest to take part In the overaUstruggle .corrupt government which perpet.whIle selling papers. Their at- of our people agaInst the forces uates this sIck society ofcapltaUsn
torney Dan Lund, arguedflfteenmln- that opp..ess us. We would 1 ike to make it very clear t.3 and racism.utes to no avaIl to have approx- The education and practice of In the future we expect wild suI.Imately 15-20 pIgs removed from brothers Uke Bernard, Ronnie. and the people that the Black P al!ther P arty is cldal attempts to silence our voIcesthe courtroom and to refrain them Omar will prove that you can jaU NOT taking part in this conference. Also, but they shaU fall and bite the duofrom disruptIng hIs attempts to a revolutIonary but not hIs Ideas ili Mln. t r of Defense Hu P Newton as the people pick up the gun "'"argue for an appeal. The fascist or the Ideas of a people who must e l8 e , ey ., move to decapItate the head of U.SJudge denied hls motion. Bernard bring about thls change. "You can wUl not be making al!y speaking engagements Imperl~sm. The VoIce of the Pa:lSmith and RoMle Hawkins (ar- Jsll a revolutIon:';'"y but ycu can't outside of California until after January, ther shaU be heard throughout therested several tImes previously) Jail a revolution. 1971 >( land and the people will be vIctorwere sentenced to siXty days In .iouslthe county jail and placed on a D,\RE ro S"IRUGGLE...DAREthree year probation. "Omar'., ro WIN! ALL POW!-:R .I'1J THE PEOPLE ALL POWER ro THE PEOPUWIlUam Gordon, because he's a DEATH ro THE FASC5T PIGSbrother from the community and BLACK PANTHER PARTY Elmer Dlxonwas employed...was sentenced to Southern California Chapter Seattle, WashlD&ton Chapter
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NO JUSTICE TO THE
BAL TIMORE PANTHERS