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The most notable one that comes to mind is Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panthers [1]. It was a common part of the COINTELPRO pla
by rescripting 6y ago
The most notable one that comes to mind is Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panthers [1].
It was a common part of the COINTELPRO playbook [2].
> The FBI also conspired with the police departments of many U.S. cities (San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, Philadelphia, Chicago) to encourage repeated raids on Black Panther homes—often with little or no evidence of violations of federal, state, or local laws—which resulted directly in the police killing many members of the Black Panther Party, most notably Chicago Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton on December 4, 1969.[15][69][73] Before the death of Hampton, long-term infiltrator, William O'Neal, shared floor plans of his apartment with the COINTELPRO team. He then gave Hampton a dose of secobarbital that rendered Hampton unconscious during the raid on his home.[46]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hampton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hampton
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO
- AndrewBissell 6y agoThis is a good article on some recent new revelations about the involvement in Hampton's assassination: https://truthout.org/articles/new-documents-suggest-j-edgar-hoover-was-involved-in-fred-hamptons-murder/ https://truthout.org/articles/new-documents-suggest-j-edgar-...
- devindotcom 6y agoThere's also a very well reviewed film about Hampton out just recently called Judas and the Black Messiah.
- user982 6y agoHey now, the FBI/police drugging Hampton and twice shooting his unconscious body point blank in the head was ruled a justifiable homicide.