Vol. 2, No. 2

THE BLAGK PANTHER _ Black Community News Service Number- 2 P.O. BOX 8641 EMERYVILLE BRANCH OAKLAND CALIF,, 94608 FREE ALL BLACK POLITICAL PRISONERS PICTORIAL INSIDE PAGE 13 PiGo AMBUSH PANTHERS See Story Page 4 people become a way of life.o ne i Yours Forever, Ve y ae ho Looe PSEA HSS RIOR RRR kak kako PICTORIAL TRIBUTE INSIDE PAGE 14 PIGS USE MACE IN FALSE ARREST SEE STORY PAGE 22 TARR RRA KK REE RE KKK EK KEK ek kk * , oaamenmemenel " | ATRIBUTE TOLL BOBBY Lil Bobby was the beginning -- the very first member of the Black Panther Party, He gave not only his finances, but he gave himself. He placed himself in the service of his people and asked nothing in return, not even a neédle nor a piece of thread. He asked neither for security nor high office; but, he demanded those things that are the birth right of all men: Dignity and Freedom. He demanded this not only for himself but also for his people. Like a bright ray of light moving across the sky, Lil Bobby came into our lives and showed us the beauty of our people. He was a living example of an infinite love for his people and for freedom, Now he has moved on and his memory, the example he showed us must serve as thatspark which lights our way and leads us on in the struggle for life, dignity, and freedom. We salute Lil Bobby and his family for what they have given us. He was the beginning of the Party. Let us make his thinking, his desires for his i 4 eK Bok okEobioiek niacin ikki: * >> 0D 0-0: “ CHICAGO, ILLINOIS -- Sheriff Jo- seph I, Woods of Cook County is recruiting 1,000 civilian volun- teers for his riot-control unit, As of February 27, this year, Woods had accepted over 300 volunteers, DEARBORN, MICHIGAN -- In a suburb of Dearborn, the white citi- zens have taken the advice of their mayor and are receiving in- structions on self-protection at the city’s recreation department gun clinic, = HIGHLAND PARK, MICHIGAN — The police department is providing gun training to the white citizens, DETROIT, MICHIGAN -- Whites have formed an organization called ‘*Breakthrough,’’ This group is training under the General Doug- las MacArthur Gun Club, which is an affiliate of the National Rifle Association, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE — The following article appeared in the paper, ‘*The Davidson County grand jury recommended today (12/27/67) that citizens arm against an outbreak of crime’? that it implied the metropolitan police were unable to check, To protect themselves, the grand jury said, *tcitizens should have at least one gun in every home,’’ D-DD 0D 0D ED 0-0-0 0-0 OEE ED OD ED OE OO OS OS OOO SS 1S OO OS OS OS OS OS OE) SS ATLANTA, GEORGIA -- Gov, Lester Maddox said (1/1/68) he is <> () <> ()<D in white america WHITE CITIZENS ARE ARMING THEMSELVES all over the country and organizing their communities not for self-defense, but for the outright slaughter of innocent black citizens. ARM OURSELVES OR HARM OURSELVES volunteer organization composed of 10,000 military service veterans to assist police and national guardsmen in quelling riots, This force would consist of ‘able former veterans of military ser- vice who are not engaged in active service or the national guard,” ATLANTA, GEORGIA — Law en- forcement (federal and local) and military officials were among the persons present at Emory Uni- versity Hospital, to watch the de- monstration of a new long- barrelled tranquilizer, The pistol- shaped gun is powered by a carbon dioxide cartridge, It fires an 18 gauged needle, which is the small size used for blood tests, Its ef- fective range is 10 to 12 yards, but researchers have been able to improve the range and firing speed of the weapon, Dr, Conner, the weapon’s inventor, in April, 1967, demonstrated the gun before the house judiciary committee, CLEVELAND, OHIO — The Hough (Black ghetto} district is kept un- der constant surveillance by a low flying helicopter, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY -- is now purchasing for its police depart- ment the following items: 3 jeeps, 2 prisoner vans, 290 bullet-proof vests, 8 public address systems, 200 riot shields, 80 search lights, 300 riot sticks, 300 shotguns, 50 > (<> Oar THE BLACK PANTHER May 4, 1968 Page 2 RAP’S OUT Mexican- jAmericans rifles, 12 sniperscopes, and 8 i considering the formation of a T.V, taping recorders, gy ED) TS) << () GE (> Fight Racism STATEMENT FROM THE BROWN CAUCUS OF PEACE & FREEDOM PARTY The death of Bobby Hutton and Dr. Martin Luther King tragically reminds this country, and the world, of the dry rot of racism which is prevalent in White Ameri- ca. The incarceration of Huey P. Newton and Eldridge Cleaver, members of the Black Panther Party, given evidence to all that there does not exist room for those that oppose, and challenge, the warped and twisted minds that are guiding this country to Hell. Racism in White America lies on this country like aheavy stench, It is oppressive; it is stifling. It is this very same disease that added two more Blacks to its long death list--Bobby Hutton and Dr. King. And the name of El- dridge Cleaver is now along side of Huey P, Newton, both under the heading of Political Prisoners. This monster, this mentality, this way of life -- Racism -- is no stranger to the Mexican- American people. We have long been acquainted with it; we have seen deep in its eyes much hat- red; we have long suffered from it. Countless times death has come to the Mexican-American Com- munity by its hand, For the in- justices -- or the lack of jus- tice -- we have declared war on this monster. Because the Brown andthe Black people do have in common enemy we share in the Black Panther struggle against racism. We have long endorsed the Black Panther Program and will continue to do so. The Brown Caucus of PFP demands: 1. The immediate and uncon- ditional release of ALL poli- tical prisoners. 2. The immediate cessation of police brutality beginning with the elimination of arms carrying by police depart- ments. The Brown Caucus of PFP re- ffirms: 13 The right of self-deter- mination by any and all op- pressed people. Ze That the community has the right to govern itself by and for the members of its own community. BROWN CAUCUS (Richard Romo)O 2 (ANS) April 18, 1968 .., the state of Maryland has just this afternoon released H, Rap Brown, Chairman of the Student Non-Vio- lent Coordinating Committee on a $10,000 bond pending trial on char- ges that he instigated Cambridge, Maryland citizens to riot last July. Brother Rap was brought from Petersberg, Va. where he was being held facing extradition char- ges in an unmarked police car, accompanied by several law of- ficers., He was taken immediately to the Court in Cambridge where within 5 minutes his arraignment was held and bail posted. His trial date for inciting to riot is two to three months away. Meanwhile Brother Rap’s strength is gaining and he is now 10 pounds heavier than last week when he officially ended his hun- ger strike, Soon after the arraignment, Bro- ther Rap was whisked away in another police car (unmarked) to the airport in a nearby city where he flew to New York, On hand to greet him at the airport were hundreds of brothers and sisters from New York and the surround- ing area, Cheers of Black Power and Let Rap Rap were heard from among the joyous crowd as Bro- ther Rap emerged from the plane, It is expected that Brother Rap will remain in New York until he fully regains his health, Bail re- strictions included those imposed upon Rap by the federal court along with the stipulation that Rap must appear before the Maryland Judge at any time the Judgedeems necessary. IT’S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, BROTHER! oO HUEY’S STATEMENT Statement of Huey Newton from the Alameda County jail, for the April 23, stop the draft week demonstrations in Oakland. It appears that the efforts to suppress the will of the black community is intensifying. Every black man who attempts to en- lighten the black masses ts Sub= versively"Silénced by the Estab- lishment. This subversion=does not occur in the classical sha=- dows of secrecy, but instead it appears openly, wearing the dis- guise of law and order. It now becomes incumbent upon those of us who are aware of this covert conspiracy to bring it to the attention of those who are being deceived. We must make the masses of the people aware that the order that is being main- tained is that political economic social order of the status quo that allows the present power elite to continue to control the des- tiny of black people. The laws that are presently in existence were established with that type of order in mind. The laws that deal with human equality and soc- ial justice have been subordin- ated, and that order that refers to the condition of domestic and public tranquility have become secondary.O ‘ADOPT-A-PIG’ is suicidal Donald McCullum of Oakland Core has come up with a new variation of the “lick the hand that beats you” theme, His Adopt- a-cop program sells out the dig- nity of ghetto residents by saying that they, the victims of police cruelty; should find a cop, get to know him, and make him become their friend. It should be clear by now that cops have no interest in being our friends and that they don’t care for the people whose community they occupy. Their job is to main- tain law and order, protect white property, and keep us from caus- ing any trouble. They are out- siders, sent into our community by a hostile and frightened soc- iety; heavily armed and given a free hand to terrorize; supported in all their acts of viciousness by superiors, who condone their most outrageous abuses includ- ing murder; and further encour- aged by an elaborate and prejud- iced legal system. They are com- posed of violent, bigoted, fana- tical, insensitive right wingers - partly because of the way they are selected and partly because of the kind of.person who would wantsuch a, job, They represent the most odious example of in- stitutionalized racism in this soc- iety. The Panthers .make no agree- ments with bankrupt institutions or with degenerate and inherently unjust systems. We say that the way to get rid of hostile, armed outsiders is to replace them with trained men from the ghetto who care about the community, who will protect members of the commun- ity and who are more interested in justice than in Jaw and order. We, like any free people, want no one to police us but ourselves, We demand self-determination in all matters! Power to the people& THE BLACK PANTHER May 4, 1968 Page 3 Eyes Of The Third World On U.S. Racism ting To: Ramsay Clarke U.S, Attorney-General, Washington, D.C, THE EYES OF THE WORLD ARE ON YOU STOP CONFIDENCE IN AMERICAN JUSTICE SEVERELY SHAKEN STOP SHOCKED AND DISMAYED AT CONTINUED PER- SECUTION OF OUR BLACK BRO- THERS IN AMERICA STOP WE DEMAND IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF H, RAP BROWN, AND JUS- TICE FOR LEROI JONES HUEY NEWTON AND ALL THE BLACK POLITICAL PRISONERS WHO ARE PRESENTLY SUFFERING AT HANDS OF WHITE RACIST POL- ICE IN YOUR CITIES STOP CABLE SENT BY CONCERNED BLACK PEOPLE IN CANADA, ON THE DEATH OF DR, MARTIN LUTHERKING We learn with indignation the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King. Please convey to Dr. King's family the Vietnamese Youth's hearty condolences. The racists backed by the U.S, Authorities murdered Dr. King to threaten the Afro-Americans’ struggle for civil rights against the U.S. ag- gressive war in Vietnam. But, their. .new) crimes will increase Afro-Americans hatred and deter- mination to fight against racial discrimination and U.S. aggres- sive war. The Vietnamese Youth fully sup- port the Afro-American’s legiti- mate struggle and strongly con- demn the U, S, ruling circles deceitful splitting manoeuvres brutal repression against your powerful struggle now spreading over America. We wish your fight many suc- cesses. , VIETNAM YOUTH FEDERA- TION CENTRAL COMMITTEE Martin Luther King gave himself in life and death to the heroic struggle of oppressed peoples. He joins the other martyrs of the Third World, Malcolm X, Patrice Lu- mumba, and Che Guevara, all ex- ecuted in the battle for freedom, and against imperialism, racism and human exploitation. His heroic example shall remain an inspira- ion to our brethren, the Black mericans, to us Arabs, and to the Damned of the Earth” every- where. In the words of Che: “Wherever iéath may surprise us, let it be Yelcome if our battle cry has eached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.” ZIYAD HUSAMI, PRESIDENT ORGANIZATION OF ARAB STUDENTS IN THE US, AND CANADA Murder of King by monkeys confirm correctness of policy of armed self defense by black people everywhere. ZANU fully supports armed black power. ZIMBABWE AFRICAN NA- TIONAL UNION A Assassination of Martin Luther ‘sing has outraged world public epinion laying bare once more he racist genocide suffered by Afro-Northamerican people and the criminal nature of imperial- ism. Just as it does in Africa, Asia or Latin America, the U.S, resorts to crime in its won terri- tory in order to maintain negro population under ~ oppression, The true assassin is not the erson who shot the bullet, but he-one who created the circum- stances that made the crime in- evitable. Against them is where the jus- tice and anger of the black com- munity ought to be directed, and racists that have the power. And not’simply just to avenge inorder to destroy the causes of the death and the oppression that motivated it. The black North Americancom- munity has demonstrated that it understands this and its struggle will be nearer now that a bullet destroyed the last that remained of the illusion and has left a naked reality. Reality in the United States is violence, the violence against the oppressed, And nobody knows it better than the black community, that it has been suffering its vio- lence since they brought them from Africa imported like mer- chandise. ° Please express to the family of Martin Luther King and to Afro- North American people our heart felt condolences, our support of your struggle and deep conviction that this dreadful crime which demonstrates that armed revolu- tionary violence is the only way to attain genuine liberation. This will contribute to strengthen and deepen the struggle of Afro-Northameri- can people already reaching di- mensions of total confrontation, ORGANIZATION OF SOLI- DARITY OF THE PEOPLES OF AFRICA, ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA The assassination of Dr. King arousing deep sorrow indignation at American imperialism among Japanese people who love peace, democracy and independence. We express heartfelt condolence to Mrs. King and all fraternal people. Perpetrating massacre in Viet- nam Johnson administration has imprisoned Rap Brown and caused bloodshed at Orangeburg and now allowed Dr. King, Jr. to be as- sassinated. American imperialism which has perpetrated aggression in Vietnam claiming to give Vietnam so-called freedom that does not exist at home has once again ex- posed its own true nature before world peoples. Fostering a policy of racism, economic exploitation, oppression against black people at home, American imperialism has carried on aggression in Vietnam, at- tempted military provocation and nuclear blackmail against Korean people, continued military occupa- tion of Japan's Okinawa and is using whole Japanese territory as bases for aggression in collusion with Japan’s Sato government. The struggle opposing American imperialisms war aggression in Vietnam nuclear blackmail policy and racism. We extend you soli- darity support to your black lib- eration struggle. THE JAPAN COUNCIL AGAINST ATOMIC HYDROGEN BOMBS Last week an assassin bullet ended the life of the black North American leader Martin Luther King. It also ended an illusion that it was enough that a few could practice good so evil might vanish beneath the weight of its own con- science; the illusion that by re- sisting aggression the intent of the stynied. It was a noble illu- sion and produced many numerous and admirable acts of heroism. But a bullet in Memphis made reality spring forth immediately; the aggressor has no conscience, but he has power. And he attacks because he has the power to at~- tack impunitively. It's not then his conscience that has to be attacked but his power. It_is not important that John- son mourns the death of Luther King. His tears are as credible as his statement about Vietnam, Johnson is the representative of the rich and racist exploiters that contro] the life and death of North Americans black and white the same rich and racist exploiters that have filled their purses with money and their hands with power from the blood and sweatof Martin Luther King’s brothers, They (the exploiters) are the ones who have accommodated the circumstances for this assassination, It does not matter that the assassin may be a poor devil that could gain no- thing by his crime. Johnson and his kind are responsible for the state of mind of the assassin. If Johnson and his men have become afraid because black peo- ple have become tired of being oppressed and decided to come down upon their oppression, it is because now it is their turn to receive a part of the violence that they began. For this reason Johnson speaks of nonviolence and epitome of hypo- crisy, poses as adisciple of Martin Luther King. With what force can the one who represents those that institute vio- lence in the United States talk about non-violence? With What: force can the one who has sent young men thousands of miles away to kill and die in Vietnam talk about non-violence? If it were only possible to des- troy oppression positively. But those who usurp power are not going to relinquish it so. It will have to be taken, The black North American community already know this. Today we unite in battle with our black brothers inNorth Ameri- ca and we reaffirm more fer- vently our union in the struggle. Your enemy is ours. The victory will belong to both of us. FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS FOR. INDEPEN- DENCE Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico The white racists of America have stolen the life of a tire- less fighter for human brother- hood - Dr. Martin Luther King. A dastardly bullet claimed his valiant life. Africa is shocked and angry at this new crime against our people. Our indignation will rise to avenge the countless deaths that African people suffer under white racist rule. We mourn the passing of this noble son of our_people and assure our brothers in the USA that we are with them in their struggle. AFRICAN NATIONAL CON- GRESS @ The Minister ot imrormauun, Eldridge Cleaver, is behind bars for life as a result of an attempted assassination on his life by the Oakland Police Department, the Gestapo strongarm of the racist power structure, ‘ Eldridge Cleaver, Bobby Hutton, and eight other brothers were am- bushed by the Oakland pigs on April 6, 1968... a set-up to put Eldridge Cleaver in prison for life and to wipe out the leader- ship of the Black Panther Party. As a result, Bobby Hutton is dead, brutally murdered by a vol- ley of pig bullets as he surrendered « with his arms above his head, The Minister of Information’s parole was immediately revoked, and he is now imprisoned for three years, and faces life imprison- ment on the charges stemming from the k Cleaver was shot, has nu 2us buckshot wounds in hi was severely t on his chest e transported Cleaver from Oakland to Vaca- ville State Medical Facility ‘*for security reasons” under machine gun guard, chained to a wheel- chair, and heavily drugged, Bail for Eldridge Cleaver was set at $63,000 even though it is strictly nonfunctional bail since his parole was immediately re- voked, without trial, indictment, hearing, conviction, investigation, or any type of due process of law. Cleaver and Hutton were forced to take refuge in a house located at 1218 28th Street, when police opened fire on them, at about 9:05 p.m,, on the night of April 6, 1968, Over four dozen pigs armed with OVERKILL weapons such as 351 magnums, 12 gauge shotguns, machine guns, stoner guns, and varied hand pistols carried on a 90 minute shootout with the victims who used a total of FIVE weapons, only two of which were rifles, Although the pigs and the racist press repeatedly try to call the police ambush a Panther set-up, within two minutes after the po- lice had stopped and pulled their weapons at 2906 Union Street, an entire two-block area was blocked off around Union, Magnolia, 28th and 30th Streets, and dozens of Emeryville and Oakland police of- ficers had (supposedly answering a call for reinforcements) ap- peared on we scene thoroughly equipped with riot helmets, OVER- KILL weapons, tear gas bombs,.. AND had notified the local racist press, who were on the spot as evidenced by their pictures and falsified radio reports from 10pm throughout the night, The pigs fired off at least 1500 rounds of ammunition and shot numerous tear gas bombs into the residence to force Cleaver and Bobby Hutton out as well as ran- domly dangering the safety of other ghetto dwellers on the same block by firing aimlessly into their houses, When this tactic failed, the pigs and members of the Oak- land Fire Department set fire to the house and forced the two to surrender, Driven out by the burning flames and the stifling fumes of the tear gas, Bobby surrendered first, stag- gering out with his hands up - DEFENSELESS, UNARMED OVER- COME BY FUMES — putting him- self at the evil mercy of the pigs who waited until they recognized him and then gunned him down, killing him instantly and riddling his lifeless body with bullets, The Minister of Information, who had had Hutton take off his clothes in the basement, to determine the extent of his wounds, came out stark naked, and was kicked by police officers, before being shoved into custody, Now being held in jail on a charge of conspiracy to commit murder are six other brothers who were arrested by police the same night while in the area: David Hilliard, 25; Wendell Wade, 23; Terry Cotton, 21; Charles Bur- sey, 21, and Donnell Lankford, 18; bail is $40,000 for each of them, Warren Wells, 21, was shot in the buttocks during the action, and is also under a $40,000 bail, John L, Scott, 17, is still being detained at Juvenile Hall, under a $40,000 bail, All of the above named are Plaintiffs in a suit against the City of Oakland, and the Chief of Police of Oakland, which seeks to tem- porarily and permanently enjoin Coakley, the District Attorney, from criminal prosecutions of NEWTON, SEALE, CLEAVER, HUDSON, HILLIARD, CARTER, BURSEY, COTTON, LANKFORD, | THE BLACK PANTHER May 4, 1968 Page 4 Panthers Ambushed--OneMurdered POLICE MURDERED A MAN, JAILED SEVEN OTHERS, RUINED THIS HOUSE AT 1218 - 28th ST, OAKLAND, AND SHOWED THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD THE EXACT NA- IMPRISONED A MAN, TURE OF THE RACIST OPPRESION IN THE U.S. OTATEMENT This statement was given by ElI- dridge Cleaver to Attorney Alex Hoffman at Vacaville on April 7 where Cleaver, Minister of In- formation of the Black Panther Party, was finally imprisoned in solitary confinement following the police murder of Bobby Hutton and wounding of Cleaver in Oak- land on April 6: “It is my opinion that this is the latest in a series of attempts to liquidate the leadership of the Black Panther Party by the Oak- land Police Department. “Already they have moved against Huey P, Newton, Minister of Defense, and they are well advanced in framing Bobby Seale, our Chairman, And now, for the first time, they have moved directly against me, shooting me, and attempting to kill me. “T think that this is a calculated WAD, WELLS, AND STAFFORD, plan that is being carried out.” oo000000 0 FREE HUEY FREE ELDRIDGE FREE DEBRAY Eldridge Cleaver, the Minister of Information for the Black Panther Party, has been arrested and im- prisoned for a definite period of three years and faces life im- prisonment at the whimsy of the white power structure, What has Eldridge done to incur the wrath of our legal society? What are his crimes? To understand more fully we will mentally travel 5000 ‘miles to Bolivia and review a similar case. On April 20, 1967, Regis Debray, author of REVOLUTION IN THE REVOLUTION, was arrested and charged with assisting the revolu- tionary movement in that country. Debray has reportedly been in- cessantly interrogated and tor- tured in an effort to make him confess crimes he never com- mitted. Debray’s only crime is that he carefully investigated and analyzed the revolutionary actions that were taking place in South America, and wrote a book, that would give new direction and im- pact to the activities of the re- volutionaries in any part of the world. Debray is now being held incommunicado and threatened with death by the Bolivian govern- ment. Exit Debray. Enter Eldridge Cleaver, author of SOUL ON ICE, With his first book Eldridge so poignantly ex- posed and analyzed the evolu- tionary processes that have led our society to its present state of being that his book became an immediate best seller and has been selected by McGraw - Hill as one of the books-of-the-year. Eldridge entered the political arena as a spokesman for the col. “3 ont. page 25, DIG THIS Credo for Rioters and Looters An anonymous cop in an anonymous city shoots to death an anonymous black youth suspected of stealing a car, and riots, on the heels of the news, sweep the nation, Widespread looting is reported in a dozen cities, Roving bands of black youths set buildings on fire. Snipers, firing on policemen and firemen, are reported in several cities. In two or three places, the National Guard is called out to restore order, ‘‘Responsible Negro Leaders’’, given prime time on radio and TV, appeal for calm; ‘‘Cool it, Baby,’ enjoin, but Baby isn’t listening to them. Strangely, de- monic, maniacal black demagogues raise their voices above the crescendo of chaos and mad- ness, urging the marauders to burn America to the ground, Before the last flames die down, a Blue Ribbon Commission, established by Presidential Decree, is instructed to investigate the cause of the dis- orders. Distinguished Congressmen, with the in- sight of their racism, already know the cause of the disorders and waste no time announcing it to an uneasy nation: Stokely Carmichael! Rap Brown! SNCC! LeRoi Jones! The Black Panthers! -- these apostles of violence are to blame! Upwards of 20,000,000 black people, knowing you for the rotten, racist, murdering nation of white thievish hypocrites that you are, are no longer interested in explaining anything to you, America. Indeed, we understand that you already know all about it. We know that your investi- gations into the disorders are just a bunch of bullshit maneuvers designed to buy you time while you multiply and perfect your machinery of repression which you have already unleashed cont. page 24, col. 4 EDITORIAL: BOBBY/ GARRY This is the second pig set-up to waste the leadership of the Black Panther Party. Six months ago, the Oakland Pig Department sent Officer Frank Frey and Officer Heanes to West Oakland to wipe out the Minister of Defense. In the resulting shootout, Frey lost his life, the Minister of De- fense was wounded, and later ar- raigned and indicted on a charge of murder and attempted murder. The aim of the racist power structure is to stop the growing unity and awareness of the black community to the 400 year old systematic enslavement and op- pression to which it has been sub-~ jected. By killing our leaders and usin; of the black communities from coast to coast, and harrassing black people in their homes, on their jobs, in the schools, on the streets, on the television, on the news, in books and in church, the man is trying to instill a super fear of him, his technology, and his inhumanity to paralyze and immobilize our growing struggle for our God-given rights. By attempting to murder Brother Huey, the pig sought to wipe out the Party. Instead he strengthened the Party, and the struggle throughout America, and focused the eyes of black people every- where as well as white people on the racist oppression rampant in America today. He killed Li'l Bobby and im- prisoned Eldridge Cleaver inorder to liquidate the leadership of the Party and to instill fear in the hearts of the residents of West Oakland, North Oakland, EastOak- land, Berkeley, Richmond, Fill- more and Hunter's Point andother Black communities in San Fran- cisco and throughout the Bay Area. Instead black people all over are realizing the nature and ex- tent of the racist oppression and are beginning to mobilize against it. The reports from all over the United States are increasing every day: Cop kills Negro; 3 looters shot to death; Riot toll: 36. And to this massacre black people are finally getting hip. From now on, one of two things: if No more reports of our people being massacred OR 2. More dead cops shot down by black men. A cop is nothing but a human dog, and can exit this world just as swiftly as he entered it. Or just as swiftly as Bobby Hutton left. Either EVERYONE keeps his sight and keeps pushing for a bet- ter world or it's EYE for an EYE, tooth for a tooth. Every time a black person dies at a white man’s hand, a white man must die also. 9 we hear either did not have the audacity to break Participants in the press con- ference pointed out that pictures and dossiers of Panther leaders have been distributed throughout California by the police along with description of the methods of deal- ing with them, that the entire pat- tern of the Oakland Police De- partment over a period of several months, predating October 28 when Newton was arrested on analleged charge of murder, has been acon- certed effort to harass and to kill and maim the militant leadership of the Black Panther Party. On April 3, the police broke into a church where the Panthers were holding a meeting. The pol- ice came in with arms at the ready for action, Attorney™for pointed out that even into places of worship. When the police broke into the church where the Panthers were meeting, he would not permit the sanctuary to be violated. The minister of the church stated at that time that the only time he had seen weapons around his church was when the police had them. Garry: “This is a classic example of racism on the part of the police establishment and this kind of conduct must stop.” “We intend to take action in the courts and exercise every right and to proceed immediately.” QUESTION: What do you intend to do about it? BOBBY SEALE: “We have a platform and a program - the 10 Point Panther program. We aim to determine our own destiny in the Black Community, to have our own black police forces who live in the black community, jobs, de- cent education, and an immediate end to police brutality and murder of black people. And a fair trial tried by our own citizens.” SEALE: “We want nonviolence just like Martin Luther King.” But we will not watch ourselves be slaughtered and shot. “We must defend ourselves by any means necessary. We will not attack any- one. Panthers never attack anyone but when pushed into a corner, like the brothers were last night, we must defend ourselves.” GARRY asked: “equality under law?” Eldridge Cleaver was onthe staff of “Ramparts,” he has written a best seller, but he was pushed round like,an\animal, He was fromeemergency hospital, trans- ferred without attorneys)know ing it, to San Quentin, This morning he was transferred to Vacaville. Right now he is unable to com- municate with his attorneys. The theory under which he was removed was that heneeded serious medical attention; this is specious in light of the fact that San Quentin has good.medical facilities, \ that his wound is just a shot in the leg. “All at once his wound was so serious he was taken out of San Quentin and whisked out of the Bay Area.” cont. page 25, col. 3 BRP | | | P.O, BOX 8641 1 | Emeryville Branch 1 1 Oskland, Califomia i ; Name l | address city : 1 Pledge $ } | Enclosed You Will Find $_— | ee ae oe oe os oe ee ee ras “4 Loa V4 -— <= = = Please Clip ond Mail to: ee ert | Huey P. Newton Defense Fund } eS a el Ala NiO} NY ‘4 ZIMBABWE GUERRILLA FIGHTERS GAIN FORCE (News from the Front) -- a press release featured in SPOT- LIGHT ON SOUTH AFRICA April 5, 1968 As the second week of the ZAPU- ANC offensive nears its end, the boastful tones of the Ian Smith regime have given way to total silence with the imposition of a total ban on news about the fight- ing. The vicious attacks on the HOT ZAPU-ANC alliance by the Rho- desian and South African radio services reflect their anxiety at the way things are going against them. It has now been confirmed that the helicopter previously re- ported shot by our guerrillas crashed and burnt up about 30 miles east of Karoi. The troops and crew of the helicopter were all killed. Strong concentration of enemy troops are based in the Umvukwes, Sinoia, Sipolilo and Karoi areas from which they hope to fan out over the whole of the Northern LINE... Zimbabwe region in a vain at- tempt to gain the initiative. The Rhodesian and South African army personnel are digging in for along campaign. Their aim is to try and encircle the guerrillas into an area which can then be subjected to maximum air and ground ate tacks by massive forces. Hospi- tals in Karoi and Sinoia have been taken over by the military in order to make way for the large casualties suffered by the enemy. Some medical personnel - includ- ing doctors and nurses have also been brought in from South Africa to assist, Throughout Zimbabwe the Afri- can people are giving militant support to the -freedom fighters. The white settlers who oppress our people are now making absurd calls for Africans to help them against the freedom fighters. Secu- rity police are engaged in a cam- paign to deceive and confuse the people. In oraer to get informa- tion they are going around the country pretending to be sup- porters of the guerrillas, but the African people in these areas have seen through their tricks. Messages of support from all over the world are continuing to pour into the ZAPU offices con- gratulating the joint forces of the ZAPU-ANC alliance on their suc- cessful offensive against the op- pressors of Zimbabwe and South Africa. The fighting in the coming months will be tough and relent- less. The ZAPU-ANC forces are working in accordance with long range plans based on mobilization of the masses in Zimbabwe and South Africa for_a\total war of liberation against White supre- macy states in Southern Africa, GUNS BABY GUNS “The Spirit of The People is Greater Than The Man's Technology™ HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! ‘HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! | HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! F HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! In Defense Of Self Defense THE CORRECT HANDLING OF A REVOLUTION by the MINISTER OF DEFENSE HUEY P. NEWTON Most human behavior is learned behavior. Most things the human being learns are gained through an indirect relationship to the ob- ject. Human beings do not act from instinct as lower animals do. Those things learned in- directly many times stimulate very effective responses to what might be later a direct ex- perience. At this time the Black masses are handling the resistance incorrectly. The bro- thers in East Oakland learned from Watts a means of resistance fighting by amassing the people in the streets, throwing bricks and molotov cocktails to destroy property and cre- ate disruption. The brothers and sisters in the streets were herded into a small area by .. the gestapo police and immediately contained by brutal violence of the oppressor's storm troops, this manner of resistance is sporadic, short-lived, and costly in violence against the people. This method has been transmitted to all the ghettos of the Black nation across the country. The first man who threw a molo- tove cocktail is not personally known by the masses,but the action was respected and followed by the people. The Vanguard Party must provide leardership for the people. It must teach the correct stra- tegic methods of prolonged resistance through literature and activities. If the activities of the party are respected -by the people, the people will follow the example. This is the primary job of the party. This know- ledge will probably by gained second-hand by the masses just as the above mentioned was gained indirectly. When the people learn “MINIGTER “OF DEFENCE _ lution in racist America. THE BLACK PANTHER May 4, 1968 Page 6 HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! | HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! | HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! “HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! that it is no longer advantagious for them to resist by going to the streets in large numbers and when they see the advantage in the activi- ties of the guerilla warfare method, they will quickly follow this example. But first they must respect the party which is transmitting this message. When the Vanguard group des- troys the machinery of the oppressor by deal- ing with him in small groups of three and four, and then escapes the might of the oppressor, the masses will be overjoyed and will adhere to this correct strategy. When the masses hear that a gestapo policeman has been exe- cuted while sipping coffee at a counter, and the revolutionary executioners fled without being traced, the masses will see the validity of this type of approach to resistance. It is not necessary to organize thirty million Black prople in primary groups of two's and three's, but it is important for the party to show the people how to go about revolution. During slavery, in which no vanguard party ex- isted and forms of communication were severe- ly restricted and insufficent, many slave revolts occured. There are basically three ways one can learn: through study, through observation and through actual experience. .The, Black community is basically composed of activists. The community learns through activity, either through observation of or participation in the activity. To study and learn is good, but the actual experience is the best means of learning. The party must engage in activities that will teach the people. The Black commun- ity is basically not a reading community. Therefore, it is very significant that the \van- guard group first be activists. Without this knowledge of the Black community, one could not gain the fundamental knowledge of the Black revo- HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! cont. on page 26, col <3 wr OCTOBER 1966 BLACK PANTHER PARTY PLATFORM AND PROGRAM WE WANT FREEDOM. WE WANT POWER TO DETERMINE THE DESTINY OF OUR BLACK COMMUNITY. b. WE WANT FULL EMPLOYMENT FOR OUR PEOPLE. WE WANT AN END TO THE ROBBERY BY THE WHITE MAN OF OUR BLACK COMMUNITY. WE WANT DECENT HOUSING, FIT FOR SHELTER OF HUMAN BEINGS. WE WANT EDUCATION FOR OUR PEOPLE THAT EX- POSES THE TRUE NATURE OF THIS DECADENT AMER- ICAN SOCIETY. WE WANT EDUCATION THAT TEACH+ ES US OUR TRUE HISTORY AND OUR ROLE IN THE PRESENT DAY SOCIETY. WE WANT ALL BLACK MENTTO BE EXEMPT FROM MILITARY SERVICE. WE WANT AN IMMEDIATE END TO POLICE BRUTAL- ITY AND MURDER OF BLACK PEOPLE. 8. WE WANT FREEDOM FOR ALL BLACK MEN HELD IN FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY AND CITY PRISONS AND JAILS. 9. WE WANT ALL BLACK. PEOPLE WHEN BROUGHT TO TRIAL TO BE TRIED IN COURT BY A JURY OF THEIR PEER GROUP OR PEOPLE FROM THEIR BLACK COMMUNITIES, AS DEFINED BY THE CONSTITU- TION OF THE UNITED STATES. 10. WE WANT LAND, BREAD, HOUSING, EDUCATION, CLOTHING, JUSTICE AND PEACE, AND AS .OUR MAJOR POLITICAL OBJECTIVE, A UNITED NATIONS- SUPERVISED PLEBISCITE TO BE HELD THROUGHOUT THE BLACK COLONY IN WHICH ONLY BLACK COLO- NIAL SUBJECTS WILL BE ALLOWED TO PARTICI- PATE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINEING.:THE WILL OF BLACK PEOPLE AS TO THEIR NATIONAL DESTINY. WHAT WE BELIEVE WE BELIEVE THAT BLACK PEOPLE WILL NOT BE FREE UNTIL WE ARE ABLE TO DETERMINE OUR DESTINY. WE BELIEVE THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS RES- PONSIBLE AND OBLIGATED TO GIVE EVERY MAN EMPLOY MENT OR A GUARANTEED INCOME. WE BELIEVE THAT I THE WHITE AMERICAN BUSINESSMEN WILL NOT GIVE FULL EMPLOYMENT, THE THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION SHOULD BE TAKEN FROM THE BUSINESSMEN AND PLAC- ED IN THE COMMUNITY SO THAT THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY CAN ORGANIZE AND EMPLOY ALL OF ITS PEOPLE AND GIVE A HIGH STANDARD OF LIVING. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS RACIST GOVERNMENT HAS ROB- BED US AND NOW WE ARE DEMANDING THE OVERDUE DEBT OF FORTY ACRES AND TWO MULES. FORTY ACRES AND TWO MULES WAS PROMISED 100 YEARS AGO AS RESTI- TUTION FOR SLAVE LABOR AND MASS MURDER OF BLACK PEOPLE. WE WILL ACCEPT THE PAYMENT IN CURRENCY WHICH WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO OUR MANY COMMUNI- TIES. THE GERMANS ARE NOW AIDING THE JEWS IN ISRAEL FOR THE GENOCIDE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. THE GERMANS MURDERED 6,000,000 JEWS. THE AMER- ICAN RACIST HAS TAKEN PART IN THE SLAUGHTER OF OVER 50,000,000 BLACK PEOPLE; THEREFORE, WE FEEL THAT THIS IS A MODEST DEMAND THAT WE MAKE. WE BELIEVE THAT IF THE WHITE LANDLORDS WILL NOT GIVE DECENT HOUSING TO OUR BLACK COMMUNITY, THE THE HOUSING AND THE LAND SHOULD BE MADE IN- TO COOPERATIVES SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY, WITH GOVERNMENT AID, CAN. BUILD AND MAKE DECENT HOUS- ING FOR ITS PEOPLE. THE BLACK PANTHER May 4, 1968 Page 7 BR — BELIEVE IN AN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM THAT WILL IVE TO OUR PEOPLE A KNOWLEDGE OF SELF. IF A AN DOES NOT HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF HIMSELF AND HIS POSITION IN SOCIETY AND THE WORLD, THEN HE HAS LITTLE CHANCE TO RELATE TO ANYTHING ELSE. WE BELIEVE THAT BLACK PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE FORC ED TO FIGHT IN THE MILITARY SERVICE TO DEFEND ‘A RACIST GOVERNMENT THAT DOES NOT PROTECT US. WE WILL NOT FIGHT AND KILL OTHER PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE WORLD WHO, LIKE BLACK PEOPLE, ARE BEING VICTIMIZED BY THE WHITE RACIST GOVERNMENT OF AMERICA. WE WILL PROTECT OURSELVES FROM THE FORCE AND VIOLENCE OF THE RACIST POLICE AND THE RACIST MILITARY, BY WHATEVER MEANS NECESSARY. WE BELIEVE WE CAN END POLICE BRUTALITY IN OUR BLACK COMMUNITY BY ORGANIZING BLACK SELF-DEFENSE GROUPS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO DEFENDING OUR BLACK COMMUNITY FROM RACIST POLICE OPPRESSION AND BRUTALITY. THE SECOND AMENDMENT OF THE CON~ STITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES GIVES US A RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS. WE THEREFORE BELIEVE THAT ALL BLACK PEOPLE SHOULD ARM THEMSELVES FOR SELF DE- FENSE. WE BELIEVE THAT ALL BLACK PEOPLE SHOULD BE RELEA- SED FROM THE MANY JAILS AND PRISONS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL TRIAL. " WE BELIEVE THAT THE COURTS SHOULD FOLLOW THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION SO THAT BLACK PEOPLE WILL RECEIVE FAIR TRIALS. THE 14TH AMENDMENT OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION GIVES A MAN A RIGHT TO BE TRIED BY HIS PEER GROUP. A PEER IS A PERSON FROM A SIMILAR ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, RELIGIOUS, GEO- GRAPHICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, HISTORICAL AND RACIAL BACKGROUND. TO DO THIS THE COURT WILL BE FORCED TO SELECT A JURY FROM THE BLACK COMMUNITY FROM WHICH THE BLACK DEFENDANT CAME. WE HAVE BEEN, AND ARE BEING TRIED BY ALL-WHITE JURIES THAT HAVE NO UNDERSTANDING OF THE "AVERAGE REASONING MAN" OF THE BLACK. COMMUNITY. WHEN. IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN EVENTS, IT BECOMES NECESSARY FOR ONE PEOPLE TO DISSOLVE THE POLITI- CAL BONDS WHICH HAVE CONNECTED THEM WITH ANOTHFR, AND TO ASSUME AMONG THE POWERS OF THE EARTH, THE SEPARATE AND EQUAL STATION TO WHICH THE LAWS OF NATURE AND NATURE'S GOD ENTITLETHEM, A DECENT RESPECT TO THE OPINIONS OF MANKIND REQUIRES THAT THEY SHOULD DECLARE THE CAUSES WHICH IMPEL THEM TO SEPARATION. WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH CER- TAIN INALIENABLE RIGHTS, THAT AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, THAT TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS, GOVERNMENTS ARE IN STITUTED AMONG MEN, DERIVING THEIR JUST POWERS ‘FROM THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED, THAT WHENEVER ‘ANY FORM OF GOVERNMENT BECOMES DESTRUCTIVE OF THESE ENDS, IT IS THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE TO ALTER OR TO ABOLISH IT, AND TO INSTITUTE NEW GOVERN- MENT, LAYING ITS FOUNDATION ON SUCH PRINCIPLES AND ORGANIZING ITS POWERS IN SUCH FORM AS TO THEM SHALL SEEM MOST LIKELY TO EFFECT THEIR SAFETY AND HAPPINESS. PRUDENCE, INDEED, WILL DICTATE THAT GOVERNMENTS LONG ESTABLISHED SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED FOR LIGHT AND TRANSIENT CAUSES; AND -ACCORDINGLY ALL EXPER- IENCE HATH SHEWN, THAT MANKIND ARE MORE DISPOSED TO SUFFER, WHILE EVILS ARE SUFFERABLE, THAN TO RIGHT THEMSELVES BY ABOLISHING THE FORMS: TO WHICH THEY ARE ACCUSTOMED. BUT WHEN A LONG TRAIN OF ABUSES AND USURPATION, PURSUING “INVARIABLY THE SAME OBJECT, EVINCES A DESIGN TO REDUCE THEM UNDER ABSOLUTE DESPOTISM, IT IS THEIR RIGHT, IT IS THEIR DUTY, TO THROW OFF SUCH A GOVERNMENT AND TO PROVIDE NEW GUARDS FOR THEIR FUTURE .SECUR- EEXs THE BLACK PANTHER A federal civil suit has been filed by the attorneys of HUEY P, NEWTON, BOBBY SEALE ELDRIDGE CLEAVER, and 14 other members of the BLACK PANTHER PARTY to stop, the systematic discrimination, cruel- tyyand abuse, harrassment and intimidation, jailing and killing imposed and inflicted upon them by the Oakland pigs and the white power structure of the City of Oakland and the County of Ala- meda, The plaintiffs are HUEY P, NEW- TON, REV, EARL A, NEIL, BOB- BY SEALE, ELDRIDGE CLEA- VER, KATHLEEN CLEAVER, AUDRY HUDSON, DAVID HILLI- ARD ALPRENTICE CARTER, CHARLES E, BUSSEY, TERRY MACY COTTON, DONNELL JO- SEPH LANKFORD, WENDELL WADE, WARREN WILLIAM WELLS, ROBERT BAY, GLEN STAFFORD, TERRY CLARIDY, AND RICHARD LINYARD, The defendants are CITY OF OAK-~ LAND, a Municipal Corporation, JOHN READING, Mayor of Oak- land, CHARLES GAIN, Chief of Police of Oakland, HERBERT HEANES, J. FRANK COAKLEY, District Attorney of Alameda Coun- ty, SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, In the suit, the attorneys, GAR~ RY, DREYFUS, McTERNAN & BROTSKY, listed those activities of the defendants which have been undertaken to destroy the Black Panthers, to frustrate and to pre- vent the program of the Black Panthers ,.. and the full equality of black citizens of California and residents of the Northern District of California, FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION 1) The consistent and systema- tic actions of the Oakland Police Department to deprive plaintiffs of constitutional rights, to harass, crush, and intimidate; to kill, maim and wound; to arrest, de- tain and jail without reasonable, probable, or any cause, plaintiffs and Black Panthers causing de- fendant COAKLEY to prosecute same under unconstitutional Cali- fornia statutes: 2) the undue harrassment of Huey P, Newton for one year pri- or to Oct, 28, 1967, and the events of that night resulting in indict- ment and scheduled illegal and unlawful trial by defendants COAKLEY and the SUPERIOR COURT on May 6, 1968, 3) the unlawful entry and search into the home of Bobby Seale on February 25, 1968, and the crimi- nal charges resulting entirely from the fruits of the illegal search and seizure forbidden by the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments. 4) the illegal search and re- sulting charges of the plaintiffs HUDSON, HILLIARD, and CAR- TER, the same night of February 25, 1968, upon leaving Seale’s home, 5) the illegal and unlawful shoot- ing to death of Bobby Hutton and the simultaneous arrests of EL- DRIDGE CLEAVER, BURSEY, COTTON, HILLIARD, LANK- FORD, WADE and WELLS by nu- merous members of the Oakland Police Department, 6) the illegal arrest and con~- viction of SEALE on May 22, 1967, 2) the illegal entry and search on January 15, 1968 into the on January 15, 1968 into the home of ELDRIDGE and KATHLEEN CLEAVER, with guns drawn, and the ransacking of the plaintiff’s home and disturbance and har- rassment by the San Francisco Police Department with ugly and vulgar language and conduct, 8) the illegal jailing of BAY, STAFFORD, CLARIDY, and LIN- YARD on April 13, 1968, and the physical abuse of STAFFORD with chemical Mace, and their illegal and unlawful detainment until April 15, 9) the cruel and abusive treat- ment accorded Huey P, Newton while at Kaiser and Highland hos- pitals by members of the Oakland Police Department, including threats to kill or cause him to be killed, and the kicking and disarranging of NEWTON’s hos- pital bed in an attempt to cause the failure of his wounds to heal, May 4, 1968 Page 8 10) the illegal entry into St, cee Church on April 3, , With guns drawn while plain- tiffs and Bus Pantene were holding a peace: eeting, SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION: 1) the prevention of a fair trial for Huey P, Newton on May 6, 1968 because of the arrests and institution of criminal charges against the Black Panthers have been so widely and extensively publicized by the mass media; TV, radio, and the press; and because of the conduct of the Oakland Police Department and defendants, and because of the background of whité racism, de- scribed in the report of the Pre- sident’s National Advisory Com- mission of Civil Disorders, THIRD CAUSE OF ACTION: 1) Newton cannot get a fair trial because of the unconstitu- tional selection of Grand Juries set down in the California Penal Code which prevents a fair and representative cross-section of the community of Alameda Coun- ty and systematically excludes wage earners and the poor, thus excluding black people, FOURTH CAUSE OF ACTION 1) the criminal prosecutions against NEWTON were begun at the unfettered and unbridled dis- cretion of COAKLEY by indict- ment rather than by information, after examination and com- mittment by a magistrate, The following excerpts are from the notarized statements made by Black Panthers WELLS, WADE, LANKFORD, HILLIARD, and BUR- SEY after the night of April 6, 1968 during which Bobby Hutton, Black Panther subcaptain and treasurer, was murdered by of- ficers of the Oakland Police De- partment, The complete statements which are part of the federal suit by the Panthers against the City of Oakland, clearly show the system- atic harrassment, threats, and in- timidation by the Oakland Police Department to 1) confuse and de- ceive each of the brothers and turn them against each other and on Eldridge Cleaver by blatant- ly lying to each of them; 2) to get statements from them which would build up as much evidence against Eldridge Cleaver as pos- sible so as to ensure his life imprisonment; 3) to intimidate them to the extent that they would agree to sign statements which would incriminate themselves and each other, and to make them do such without having their law- yer after repeated requests, WELLS: *,,, They told me that if I did not cooperate with them and give them the statement that they wanted, they had the power to see that Eldridge Cleaver and I would be convicted of the murder of Bobby Hutton and that we would both be sent to the gas chamber... The officers took the statement, wrote it themselves, and then asked me to sign it, without letting me read it and without, reading it back to me. MINE SHOOTS TOO WADE; “,,, He then asked me what kind of a gun I had, and then he pulled out a snub-nosed pistol and asked if the gun I had was loaded, and would shoot and said ‘my gun can shoot, too,’ During all this, he was pointing the gun right into my face.” LANKFORD: *,,, He then told me that Eldridge Cleaver had said that everybody had made state- ments against him, and so he was going to make statements against the rest of us, He also said that v — Panthers Sue City of Oakland he already knew everybody who was involved and that he really didn’t need my answers because he already knew everything anyway. But he said things would go very hard for me if I didn’t give him the answers he wanted, He then asked me whether I was getting paid by the Black Panthers and said that nobody in the Black Panthers was getting any money except Eldridge Cleaver, Bobby Seale and Huey Newton, He said the lawyers were only going to do work for those three who had the money and wouldn’t do any- thing for the rest mee He told me also that if I told any of the things he said to me to my law- yer, he would deny them all.?” TOO MUCH TELEVISION HILLIARD: ‘*The officer told me I was a fool because it would only be bad for me to take the Fifth Amendment when I could answer Yes or No, Then I re- quested a phone call to my at- torney. He said I couldn’t call an attorney until he gets ready for me to call an attorney, Then he said I had been looking at television too much if I thought I had a right to call an attorney.” BURSEY: *,,, Sergeant Steven- son said, ‘Eldridge Cleaver, that son-of-a-bitch, is no damn good and is just trying to bring every- body down with him because he knows he has no hope,’ ... They also told me that If I wouldn’t make a written statement I could just make an oral statement as long as I said that Eldridge Clea- ver started everything and was to blame for everything... ‘*Wwhen I was first arrested in a house in Oakland .,, the police- men who arrested me kicked me and told me that they should make me run out into the back yard and he said, ‘Yes, I should shoot you down with your own gun.’1.was. frightened and_didn’t..know what he meant because I did not have a gun, They took off my shoes there and kicked me so hard on my left foot that I still have a large bruise .., (later) in the room they had taken me two plain- clothesmen were there and one told me if I didn’t make a state- ment they would beat me to an inch of my life. He wrote out a thing similar to what I had told him previously at the house where I was arrested, but he told me that I had to add that I lost’ my shoes because they were two sizes too ‘big for me while I was run- ning... ” The affadavits of WELLS, STAF- FORD, BAY, LANKFORD, HILLI- ARD, BURSEY, COTTON, WADE, AND TERRY CLARIDY are at- tached to the suit and show very plainly the direct manner in which harrassment, brutality, intimi- dation and cruelty by the Oak- land Police Department have ta- ken place. O00 ———— EEE HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! | HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! THE BLACK PANTHER May 4, Insurrection of the black residents of El Pueblo, a Pittsburg, Calif., housing project, took piace April 16, 17, and 18, 1968, Snipers wounded six police officers during the rioting whcih took place after six racist deputies ar- rested two black men who were rolling dice on a public sidewalk. As they took the men into custody, the deputies were showered with rocks and bottles. When they returned an hour later, with rein- forcements, the Sheriff's Dept. dismounted from their cars to patrol the area on foot - and were caught in sniper fire from five direc- tions. It took all of the Concord, Pittsburg, An- tioch, and Martinez suburban police depts. 7%; hours to clear the streets. One brother was injured during the night. Earlier in the month rioting had occurred at Pittsburg High School and Central Jun- ior High School. Four students were kicked out of school as a result, all of them black. The residents of this ghetto housing project clearly show us that guerilla warfare is the key: Their uprising put six honkies out of commission, only one 1968 Page 9 brother was injured, Ws WAAT ALL BLACE NEM TO BE and no black people were killed. Sxempr fvonm military service From now on, plan- ned organized rebellion is the only way we car- ry on our revolution: pIcek GOWE 88 black CLEVE RAILROADED INTO PRISON people.o ATLANTA, GA. . . Cleveland Sellers, SNCC Field Secretary, was sentenced to 5 years in pri- son 4/26/68 for ~efusal to serve in the the U.S. Armed Forces. Judge Newell Edenfield of the U.S. District Court in Atlanta gave Sellers the maximum sentence of 5 years---and refused to set an appeal bond. He also refused to tell De- fense Atty. Howard Moore Jr. when he would set a date for a Hearing to Set Bond, which was re- quested by Sellers and Atty. Moore. Judge Eden- field even stated that "he did not think Sellers deserved bond." He made it clear that he was in no hurry to set a bond hearing and would take his time. After hearing his sentence, Cleve Sellers made this statement to the court: "This court cannot sentence me. I am a Black man and this court is racist and it's for white folks. I believe, as every institution in this country is racist, this court falls into that same categorv. The only people who can sentence me are Black people, and I see none; therefore the only thing I can say is that you be prepared to carry out whatever you will and I will fight--as the rest of my Blacl brothers are fighting for the liberation of lack people. Until my death, I will fight for that. Whatever you do, whatever your determination, it has nothing to do with how I move and how I have acted heretofore and how I will act from now on; because I have recog- nized that there's a conscious attempt on the part of the courts in this country, fe- deralgovernment and every other agency to destroy Black people inside this country. It is implicit in my case and JT recognized that with the murder of Martin Luther King. The only solution to my problem is a fight to my death . .. or to fight until i am liberated." An appeal will be filed within 10 days by Defense Atty. Howard Moore J. Cleve is being held in Fulton County Jail, 1135 Jefferson St.N.W., Atlanta, Georgia., Phone, 876-8262. Brothers and sisters are urged to call the jail collect for Cleve Sellers to Let the "hunky court" know that we stand with him.m pe a aS Ee ee eS Ee ee ne eae =) ha DONATIONS OF TYPEWRITERS, DESKS, FILE CABINETS, OFFICE SUPPLIES, MONEY, CARS, ALL TOOLS OF NEWSPAPER PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION, ALL SIZES, SHAPES, COLORS, WELCOME AND DESPERATELY NEEDED BY THE BLACK PANTHER. THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY needs REPORTERS, EDITORS, WRITERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, ARTISTS, AND PEOPLE TO WORK WITH LAYOUT. Call 654- 2003 in OAKLAND, or come to BLACK PANTHER PARTY CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS, 4421 Grove Street, in OAKLAND. THE BLACK PANTHER May 4, 1968 Page 10 EYES OF THE WORLD ON U.S. RACISM STOK ELY ON KING (ANS) Washington, D,C,, April 15: This is the text of Prime Minis- ter Carmichael’s first and only open press conference since his return to the U.S. BRO, MCKINNIE: This press conference will be for only five minutes and as soon as the press conference is over you gentlemen will not leave anything here... Your films, your cigarette butts, you take them with you, You waste any water, you will Have to clean it up. We will have a few ques- tions...To my right, Cleveland Sel- lers, Director of the Orangeburg, S.C. project for SNCC...Righthere, immediately right, is Stokely Car- michael, who will start here in Washington, D.C., and to my left, Winkie Hall, who is also amember of the staff of Washington. Car- michael will speak to you five minutes. > BRO, CARMICHAEL: Yousmay or may not know that this press conference was called before Dr. King’s murder. We called it then to deal with Brother Rap Brown because we were very upset. Bro- ther Rap Brown had been in jail for 41 days and Gov. Agnew of Maryland still seems to persist with his nonsensical charges so the Brother can’t get out of jail and we want the Brother out of jail next week when he comes to trial.* As for Dr. King’s murder, I think white America made its big- gest mistake when she killed Dr. King last night because when she killed Dr. King last night, she killed all reasonable hope. When she killed Dr. King last night she killed the one man of our race that this country’s older genera- tions, the militants and the re- volutionaries and the masses of black people would still listen to. Even though sometimes he did not agree with them, they would still listen to him. When white America killed Dr. King she opened the eyes of every black man in this country. When white America got rid of Marcus Garvey, she did. it and said he was an extremist, that he was crazy. When they got rid of Bro- ther Malcolm X, they said he was preaching hate, that he deserved what he got. When they got rid of Brother Martin Luther King, they had ab- solutely no reason to do so. He was the one man in our race who was trying to teach our people to have love, compassion and mercy for what white people had done. When white Americans killed Dr. King last night, she declared war on us. There will be no crying and there will be no funeral. The rebellions that have been occurring around these cities and this country is just light stuff to what is about to happen. We have to retaliate for the deaths of our leaders. The ex- ecution for those deaths will not be in the court rooms. They're going to be in the streets of the United States of America. The kind of man that killed Dr. King last night made it a whole lot easier for a whole lot of black people today. There no longer needs to be intellectual discus- sion. Black people know that they have to get guns. White America will live to cry since she killed Dr. King last night. It would have been better if she killed Rap Brown and/or Stokely Carmichael. But when she killed Dr. King, she lost it. QUESTION: We wanta statement from the organization. MCKINNIE: We, the Student Non- violent Coordinating Committee wish to extend our condolences to the family of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who was brutally murdered in Memphis, Tenn. This is a lesson which white America has taught us many times before. This lesson was clear in the murder of our four brothers in Orangeburg. This lesson was clear in the murder of the 16 year old Larry Payne in Memphis. This lesson was clear in the day- to-day torture of black people by white people in America and throughout the world. It was to-end this torture that Dr. King bravely faced death many times -- nonviolently. Dr. King was a brother who dedicated his life to liberating his people through nonviolence. Dr. King was a symbol of nonviolence and white America shot him down. Q: Mr. Carmichael, don’t you believe that the vast majority of Americans feel just as badly as you do about what happened to Dr. King? CARMICHAEL: The honky from honky Lyndon Johnson to honky Bobby Kennedy will not co-opt Dr, Martin Luther King -- Dr. Martin Luther King or black people. It was not but four weeks ago when Johnson told King that if he came marching into the District he’d need a yoice because he should bring his troubles to him and now tonight he’s trying to make as if Dr. King was his hero. He fooled no one. Bobby Kennedy pulled that trigger just as well as anybody, else, because when Dr. King was down south, Bobby Ken- nedy was attorney general. Every time a black person got killed Kennedy wouldn't move be- cause he wanted votes, so he is just as guilty as all of white America who killed Dr. King. And those who feel sorry ought to fee) sorry. Q: Mr. Carmichael, what do you intend to do? What action do you intend to take relative to. Rap Brown? CARMICHAEL: We decided at our central committee meeting that if Maryland persists with this nonsensical charge, even though the reports said Rap did not in- cite any riot in Cambridge -- well, then, Gov. Agnew - he ain’t seen nothing if he thinks he's done something on that Bowie State thing. We will take our troops back into Maryland and all of us vet- erans from Cambridge, Md., and from Baltimore, Md., and we will turn that State inside out and up- side down, and we've got Louis~ jana to get. We've got some brothers work~- ing in Florida. We've got some brothers working_inOhio and we're going to get Richmond, Va. Q: Mr. Carmichael, what do you think will happen to the Poor Peoples Campaign? CARMICHAEL: [understand that the Southern Christian Leadership Conference will carry it on, and as we said before, we will be glad to give them any support, What- ever the Southern Christian Lead- ership Conference asks for today we will give to them, except our tears. We will not give any more tears for any black man killed. Q: Mr. Carmichael, do you see anybody replacing Dr. King as a nonviolent leader, CARMICHAEL: NO! That's why America lost when she shot him down last night. Q: What do you say to black people who have to die to do what you say. CARMICHAEL: That they take as many white people with them as they can. We die every day. We die in Vietnam for the honkies.~ Why don’t we come home and die in the streets for our people? We die every day. We die cutting and fighting each other inside our own communities. We cut and fight and kill each other off. Let's kill off the real enemies! Black people are not afraid to die. We die all the time. We die in your jails, We die in your ghettos. Wediein your rat-infested homes. We die a thousand deaths every day. We're not afraid todie, because now we're gonna die for our people. MCKINNIE: On Monday our chairman, Rap Brown, will be in Richmond, Va., according to the honky Federal Government. And there will be a car caravan to Richmond, Va., on Monday morn- ing. We're urging all our black brothers and sisters to come to Richmond. Q: Mr. Carmichael, what's the alternative to this kind of retri-+ bution in the streets that you are talking about? Is there any way to stop it? CARMICHAEL; I don’t think so I do not think so. I think white cont. page 25, col. 1 DETERMINE. Fics THe Destiny o¢ SEALE ON STATEMENT BY BOBBY SEALE UPON HIS RETURN FROM DR, MARTIN LUTHER KING'S FUN- ERAL IN ATLANTA, GA, APRIL 11, 1968.--Oakland, California Black people must retaliate against the brutal actions of the racist pig cops in Oakland and in all other cities around the country. From all analyses that black militants have, the racist power structure from Lyndon Baines Johnson on down in fact murdered Dr, Martin Luther King. With the direct assistance of the Memphis Police Department, the power structure had Dr. Martin Luther King assassinated as @ means of baiting black people into accepting the idea that one who lives by the sword dies by the sword, when in fact we know, we black people of America, that Brother Martin Luther King did not live by the sword. Real racism -- the oppressive conditions we are subjected to: gross unemployment, indecent housing, bad education, draft of black men into military service, the robbery by the white racist businessman of our black com- munities, the railroading through the courts, concentration camp techniques of the prison system, and the atrocious actions of murder and brutality on the part of the racist police department through- out the fascist United States =~ is what Brother King was opposed to and what our murdered Brother Bobby Hutton was opposed to also. It is what our Minister of In- formation, Eldridge Cleaver, who was Viciously attacked, brutalized, shot, teargassed, bruised, andim- prisoned by the Oakland pig cops, was opposed to. The B.P.P. demands that the black community have its own police force, that the men who police our community must live in our community. Black police- men must be chosen and controlled by the people of the black com- munity. Therefore, as Minister of Defense, Huey P, Newton, states: “The racist dog police must with- draw immediately from our com- munities, cease their wanton mur- der, brutalization and torture of the black people, or face the wrath of the armed people.” The black community faces a grave situation, which is mani- fested in this people’s rebellion against the racist, decadent system of mad dog America. Of the over 105 rebellions since Harlem in July, 1964 plus the over 100 re- bellions since the assassination by the racist power structure of Dr. Martin Luther King, it is crystal clear, as Brother Stokely Carmichael says, that maximum retaliation on the part of the black community as a whole is in fact the order of the day whether H, Rap Brown is in prison or-not. When we defend oursélves by any means necessary, we see that in fact Brother Robert Williams, Minister of Defense Huey P, New- ton, and Brother Malcolm X who cont. page 25, col. 2 TOM. We wAWT Power To OU"Ur 1968 Page 11 PAY HOMAGE TO BROTHER MALCOLM ON MAY 19 /7#22u#ck ravmen wey 4, May 19th is a na- DO NOTGOTO SCHOOL DO NOT GO TO WORK tional holiday for all black colonialized people across the REME MEER ; MILLIONS OF BLACK PEOPLE ARE parton whe dey THE wor DS OF MAKING YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE B08 ome a es eee X who was assassi- nated Feb. 21, 1965, for speaking the BROTHER MALCOLM 2:)2i82h consciousness of black people. B M. . i Malcolm's philo- orm ay 19, 1925 sophy was black hationalism by any means necessary; that black people hav» social, economic, and political con- trol of their com- flunity and total control of their destiny. Malcolm Baid: "You get free- dom by letting your enemy know that you'll do anything to get your freedom; then you'll, getit. It's the only way you'll get it. "Whenever you're going after something that belongs to you anyone who's depriving you of that right to have it is a criminal. Understand that. When- éver you are going after something that is yours, you are with- in your legal rights to lay claim to it, and anyone who puts forth any effort to deprive you of that which is yours, is breaking the law, is @ criminal... "Now, who is it that opposes you in ¢errying out the law? THE POLICE DEPARTMENT itself. With police dogs and clubs. When- ever you demonstrate against segregation, whether it is segrega- ted education, segrega- ted housing, or any- thing else, the law is on our side, and anyone who stands in the way is not the law any lon- ger. They are breaking the law, they are not representatives of the law. Any time you demon- strate against segrega- tion and a man has the audacity to put a po- lice dog on you, kill th dog. Kill him, I'm telling you, kill that dog. I say it, if they put me in jail tomorrow, kill that dog. Then you'll put.avstop to it. Now if these white people in here don't want to see that kind of action, get down and tell the may or to tell the police department to pull the dogs in. That'sall ee > you have to do. If Assasinated Feb 21, 1965 you don't do i¢, someone else will. @®eeeeeonede eee ®@ Doaoagdonoooooado THE BLACK PANTHER May 4, 1968 Page 12 BLACK PAPER BY THE MINISTER OF INFORMATION Introductory Statement on Position Paper: The following Black Paper by Eldridge Cleaver, Minister of In- formation, was presented to the Peace & Freedom Party Founding Convention in Richmond on March 16, 1968. It contains the nucleus of a political analysis that he was in the process of elaborating, re- fining, and putting into practice. The most explosive thrust of the paper is in its presentation of the Black Plebiscite. The Black Plebiscite, a UN supervised plebiscite to be held throughout the US to allow black people to vote on the question of whether they want to be citizens of America or have a sovereign nation of their own, is an idea Eldridge Cleaver has been work- ing ‘on for several years. How- ever, it was in this position paper that it was first presented publi- cally to a large audience. The fact that he has now been effectively silenced and immobi- lized by the white power struc- ture so soon after announcing the plebiscite is no accident. It was also shortly after Brother Mal- colm called for Afro-Americans to take our problems to the UN that he was assassinated, +* eee REVOLUTION IN THE WHITE MOTHER COUNTRY AND NATIONAL LIBERATION IN THE BLACK COLONY The Black Panther Party be- lieves that the era in which we now struggle can be characterized as the Age of the Showdown -- between Oppressed People Every- where and the Racist Imperialist Power Structure. This era can be further defined as that in which significant sectors of the exploit- ing population have turned away from the system, have declared war upon the system that has warped their lives and tainted their existence at the same time that it was doing the same thing and worse to those whom it oppres- ses, We recognize these alien- ated people as allies or poten- tial allies in a struggle against a common enemy. We start withthe basic defi- nition: that black people in Ameri- ca are a colonized people in every sense of the term and that white America is an organized Imperia- list force holding black people in colonial bondage. From this defi- nition our task becomes clearer: what we need is a revolution in the white mother country and na- tional liberation for the black colony. To achieve these ends we believe that political and mili- tary machinery that does not exist now and has never existed must be created. We need functional machinery that is able to deal with these two inter-related sets of political dynamics which, strict- ly speaking, make up the total political situation on the North American continent. Ideally, we need a revolutionary organization that is able, guided by a revolu- tionary ideology and compre- hending the necessity involved, to move in two directions at the same time, We are here tonight because we believe that the Peace and Freedom Party is the begin- ning of the answer to one half of this equation and that the Black Panther Party is the beginning of the answer to the other half. We do not delude ourselves with the notion that we have found or that we represent or that any- body else has found or represents any final solutions to age-old pro- blems, but we do feel that the Peace and Freedom Party and the Black Panther Party have made a significant breakthrough and have indisputably upped the ante. THE COALITION The Black Panther Party and the Peace and Freedom Party in the Bay Area have been experi- menting over the past few months with a very narrow coalition around a very broad subject. The focal point of the coalition is now, and has always been, the case of Huey P, Newton, Minister of Defense, Creator, and Leader of the Black Panther Party. Although the coali- tion has been narrow and limited, tentative and viewed with mutual suspicion, it has in fact unleashed political forces with explosive lo- cal impact and national implica- tions. It is a fact that in a very short time these infant political facts have become forces with which the old, established forces must contend. We must recall that the Peace and Freedom Party has been on the ballot only a couple of months, it is less than a year old, and is still wearing thediaper of its liberal democratic parent- age, The Black Panther Party is less than two years old and the coalition of which we speak is less SASPLOSIWVES, than five months old. For new- born children, we are already doing a man-size job. This is a source of great optimism and en- thusiasm for us, because if in our infancy we are able to do a man-size job, we can dream that when we grow to maturity we can do the giant-size work that history has cut out for us. The coalition between our two fraternal parties is baséd upon Carmichael's dictum of specific coalitions for specific purposes. We think that this dictum is func- tional and proper and that it pro- vides a basis for unlimited ac- tion with no strings attached. On the basis of this dictum, we think that ultimately we can develop a specific coalition for the specific purpose of destroying capitalistic exploitation and racism. We have freedom to move as far and with such speed as our understanding and imagination and commitment will allow us. We believe that cooperation between revolutionary forces in the mother country and their counterpart in the black colony is absolutely and unequivo- cally desirable and necessary. We believe that it is suicidal and non- sensical for such potential allies to remain aloof and isolated from each other any longer. All that is needed is for those who fulfill the vanguard function to supply the form of this cooperation. We believe that henceforth the form of cooperation between revolution- ary forces in the mother country and those in the colony must be on a Coalition basis. We believe that all black colonial subjects should be members of the Black Panther Party, and that all Ameri- can citizens should be members of the Peace and Freedom Party. We invite other oppressed and colonized people in America to organize themselves and to join our coalition as equal partners. We feel that it is a political mis- take of the first order to try and develop a multi-national, all-in- clusive political party at this time; to do so would only compound eR existing confusion and erect new obstacles to the real work that can and must be done. The Black Panther Party looks upon the black members of the Peace & Free- dom Party as misguided political freaks who are trying to maintain their dual status in an incorrect manner; they have one foot in the mother country and the other foot in the colony, and their political manhood gets strangled on the borders separating the two na- tions. THE DUAL STATUS OF BLACK PEOPLE IN BABYLON Black people in North America have always been plagued by a dual status. We were both slave and Christian, we were both free and segregated, we are both in- tegrated and colonized. In the past this duality has worked to our dis- advantage. It kept us running around in circles. Today we pro- pose to turn it to our advantage, in the manner that we have turn- ed our blackness from a disad- vantage into a rallying point of advantage. Yesterday we were black and oppressed; today our blackness is a tool for our lib- eration. Our dual status gives us a mythical right of citizenship and the concrete reality of our situation has given us the nation- al consciousness of an oppressed and colonized people. We intend.to use them both wisely. The citi- zenship that we have on paper- we will use through the mechanism of our coalition with the Peace and Freedom Party. We wil] use our papier-mache right to vote to help strengthen the Peace and Freedom Party and tohelpit attain its objectives within the framework of political realities in the mother country, Our major emphasis, or direction, and our perspective, however, are inward -- into the black heart of the colony. Our goal is to organize black people for national liberation. In this, our primary task, political reality in the white mother country can only have peripheral and suppor- tive importance. The duality of our GAS MASK Status dictates the duality of our strategy. THE BLACK PLEBISCITE As our major political objec- tive, the Black Panther Party is calling for a Black Plebiscite, a United Nations-supervised plebis- cite to be held throughout the black colony, in which only black colon- ial subjects will be allowed to participate. The plebiscite is for the purpose of determining the will of black people as to their na~ tional destiny. In the past many people and organizations have stated what they believed the will of black people to be. The Black Panther Party believes that it is the right of black people to state for themselves the destiny that they desire. We feel that the burn- ing question to which only such a plebiscite can supply the answer is: Whether the black people want to be integrated into Babylon, or whether they want to be separated into a sovereign nation of their own, with full status and rights with the other nations of the world, including UN membership and dip- lomatic recognition by the other nations of the world. Through our Minister of Foreign Affairs, James Forman, we have conducted apre- liminary poll of certain key mem- bers of the UN and have learned to our utter satisfaction but not to our surprise, that they are receptive to the idea of the Black Plebiscite. In our perspective on our struggle for liberation, the Black Plebiscite would play a key function. In the colonial analogy, it would correspond to the role of the first or the key political campaign that happened in all coun- tries emerging from colonial bond- age. In Guinea the political focus was provided by the campaign against De Gaulle’s Constitution. In Ghana it was the national elec- tion that placed Kwame Nkrumah at the head of the government. The campaign leading to the Plebiscite would be the means of solidly organizing Afro-America along national lines, Committees organized by people on both sides of the national question will spring up throughout the black colony. The issue will be hotly debated, and people will be organized around the issues involved. The entire political fabric of the mother country would be thrown into a crisis. The argument of those who oppose black national inde- pendence would be that blacks do not need. it because they are citi- zens of white America. Our argu- ment would be simply to point out the facts, the reality of the black man’s status in white America. Here our coalition with the Peace and Freedom Party will become functional because the members of the Peace and Freedom Party whom we will have strategically helped to elect could argue for our position within the Senate and House of Representatives, the State Legislatures, and the city coun- cils. For those who view the land question, that is, the absence of geographical boundaries of our dispersed colony, as an insuper- able obstacle to nationhood, we say that we will hold the land question in abeyance. We follow the dictum of Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah, “Seek ye first the poli- * tical kingdom, and all other things shall bewadded: unto’ you.” What the black man in Babylon needs is organized black power, and with that political power he can carve out his place in the sun -~ and it won't be on a reservation or in the gas chambers, ascertain mad- men propose and certain other panic-stricken people fear. ELECTORAL POLITICS We have offered our leader, Minister of Defense Huey P. New- ton, as a candidate for the Seventh Congressional District of Alameda County and we have offered our Chairmsn, Bobby Seale, as a can- didate for the 17th Assembly Dis- trict. In San Francisco, we have offered our Communications Sec- retary, Kathleen Cleaver, for a candidate in the 18th Assembly District. The advantages in doing this are manifold. First and fore- most, we are interested in setting Huey P, Newton free. By running Huey P, Newton for Congress we are uniting the revolutionary poli- tical arena with the conventional political arena, and thereby ob- literating the distinction between the two. We are able to focus attention in all our campaigns on a revolutionary leader with a re- volutionary program within the conventional political context. In over-sophisticated and decadent “revolutionary” circles, this is called “heightening the conscious- ness of the masses.” In practical terms, this kind of campaign be- comes another tool for political organization for black power. Our purpose in entering the political arena is to send the jackass back to the farm and the elephant back to the zoo. We want to put the Establishment uptight. We want to put the’black lackeys and boot- lickers of the ‘Demo/Republican Party out of business; some of them will be sent back to the farm, and others can also go to the zoo with the elephants. We want to pull people out of the Democratic Party, out of the Re- publican Party, andswell the ranks of the Black Panther Party and the Peace and Freedom Party on the basis outlined above. PROGRAM OF THE PANTHERS 1. We believe that every human being on the face of the planet cont. page 25, col. 1 | THE BLACK PANTHER May 4, 1968 Page 13 Free Eldridge THE MINISTER OF INFORMATION FEATURE STORY NEXT EDITION THE BLACK PANTHER May 4, 1968 Page 14 April 21,1950 - 4pril 6, 1968 LIL BOBBY WAS THE VERY FIRST MEMBER OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY - AT 14 YEARS OF AGE. IN THE EAR- LY DAYS OF THE PARTY, LIL BOBBY, HUEY, AND BOBBY CANVASSED THE STREETS OF OAKLAND, BERKELEY, AND RICHMOND - TOGETHER. os He Was The LIL BOBBY photographed with friends and coworkers LIL BOBBY talking to Revolutionary Artist Emory: at Free Huey rallies at Alameda County Courthouse both marehedon Sacramento legislature and were during January, 1968. arrested on May 2, 1967. LIL BOBBY with right) Malik, 5 Cleaver and Dor ford(both charg attempted murde April 6, 1968), Seale and young tionary Panther ing sign: FREE BROTHER. | THE BLACK PANTHER May 4, 1968 Page 15 Ir Be innit Tithe acwrns eae Minister of Defense LIL BOBBY stands with Panthers Ramisi and Warren Tucker in front of sign: The Spirit of the People is Greater than the man's Technology. 3BY with (left to mi Malik, Eldridge > and Donnell Lank- oe th charged with - -ed murder on 9, 1968), Bobby pears ind young revolu- ond r Panther hold- sn: FREE MY BLACK e i F LIL BOBBY with Panthers Glenn Stafford, Sam Napier(back of head shown only), and Jimmie Charlie(in back of Lil Bobby's cap). OVER 2500 Attend Funeral Funeral services for Bobby Hut- ton, slain Black Panther, were held Friday, April 13, 1968, at Ephesi- ans Church of God in Christ in Berkeley, California, Historically the event of the funeral has brought black people together, their common plight and destiny realized by death, Follow- ing this tradition, over 2,000 black people — young and old, sad, angered, shocked, moved, and grieving -- gathered together to pay last respects to the seventeen year old Panther murdered in cold blood by members of the Oakland Police Department April 6, 1968, A tribute to Lil Bobby from the Minister of Defense, Huey P, New- ton, was read by the Chairman, , Bobby Seale; and five ministers including George Murray, the Minister of Education, the Rey. Earl Neil, at whose church Panther meetings have been held, and Rev, E,E, Cleveland, the pastor of Ephe- sians, rendered moving and mili- tant addresses, FIRST MILITANT PREACHERS One of the first speakers, Rev, C, Emerson, emphasized “there are only two realities for slaves, BROTHERHOOD and FREEDOM” and that Lil Bobby’s life was vali- dated and made worthwhile because he caught a vision of liberty, and knew that no one had to apologize for wanting freedom, or for defend- ing oneself. Rey, Neil opened his militant sermon: ‘*You meant it for good, but God meant it for good,” He said the man wants us to believe that if Bobby were not a Panther, he would not have been killed, then noted that Emmett Till, Charles Parker, Medgar Evers, Malcom X and Martin Lu. ther King were brutally murdered, though none of them were mem- bers of the Black Panther Party, RACISM REAL KILLER **Membership in the Black Pan- ther Party,’”? he stated, ‘did not murder anyone, nor did it kill Bobby Hutton, “White racism killed allofthem in reality.’? He noted that five white people had been killed in the civil rights movement who were not members of the Black Panther Party; yet, they too were murdered by racism, “*Bobby sold hunger for libera- tion, and the racist system fed nim oppression... Bobby’s eulogy is that God took Bob’s life and Straightened out what the system tried to do, “Today we are here for Bobby Hutton, Tomorrow, it could be any one of us.”” Elder Cleveland spoke at length of the hog in the stream, saying the water had been pure and clean, but had become tainted and muddy, He asserted the stream needed to be cleaned of the pigs so that everyone could get a fresh drink of water, He pointed to the news photog- raphers and reporters gathered on the balcony of the church, telling them they would never be able to snap the hearts of black folk, FREE AT LAST, FREE ATLAST., The Minister of Education, George Murray, who was one of eight Black Panther pallbearers at the funeral quoted first the scripture verse, ‘*Greater love hath no man than he who lays down his life for his friend,”’ then the inscription from the grave of Martin Luther King: Free at last, Free at last, Thank God Almighty, I’m free at last, He said, ‘*He gave his life for us, his life continues because we’re alive, thus he’s living because we’re living,’” He paid direct tribute to the parents of Bobby Hutton: **You gave black people a warrior... your up- bringing and the environment you provided him led him to be one,’” Then he turned to those gathered and asked, ‘*How many people are willing to follow his example? If we truly love and respect him and his courage, we would do the same thing. **The legacy he leaves is the memory we all inherit, It is man- datory for those of us in this audi- ence to be together with an undying love for one another and all of our people, and struggle to make sure no other 17 or 18 year old brothers die in the same brutal manner,” A uniformed Black Panther honor guard solemnly lined the walls of the church, and filed out of the church past the open casket, leading the recessional, in paying the last respects to Bobby Hutton, Over three hundred people pro- ceeded to Mountain View Ceme- tery in Oakland, California, where interment took place. @ @ @ Black Panther Pallbearers George Murray, Steve Adams, and Emory carry the casket of slain freedom \fight= er; A tearful Mrs. Dollie Hutton, moth- er of Bobby Hutton, is accompanied by | relatives out of Ephesians Church after funeral. Top to bottom: Pan- ther Honor guard waits solemnly to pay last respects to slain brother Bobby Hutton; THE BLACK PANTHER May 4 FRR RRA EEE * ¥% House of Umoja (Unity) expresses ¥ % its condolences to the family and % friends of Brother Bobby James %& Hutton and to the members of the %& Black Panther Party who were % wounded in battle %& oppressors. Hee KKK EERE sok ok hak ok kak RR KE EK: ico: SAAR AEE EERE KEE ERE EKER AEE BERBER ODE TO BOBBY HUTTON Bobby Hutton was aman, Freedom was his desire, His love for his people, Burned like a raging fire. His desire was for freedom, In this the promised land, But in the wind of racism, His dreams scattered like sand. He could not secure those, Liberties he felt he was due, But he would not accept defeat, And his dream glowed anew. He looked for leaders who, Could help him with his yearn, He chose Huey, Bobby, Eldridge, men, From whom he could learn. They taught him of his, Ancestors from a land afar, Men whose love of freedom, Burned brighter than a star. Men who were proud and, Knew not of human fear, Men who faced lions with, Courage, strength, and a spear. Men of great dignity with, Muscles as hard as stone, Men who loved their people, Beautiful, and black to the bone, Bobby Hutton followed his leaders, Men whom he could trust, He wanted to free his people, With force if he must. Bobby relit his fire and, His desire to be free, He became a Panther for, All the world to see. He saw a new destiny, Now he was not alone, He would like his ancestors be, Beautiful, and black to the bone. One fateful eve’ little men, Who were filled with fright, Extinguished the fire of this man, Who was not afraid to fight. Though many may think, Bobby Hutton has passed on, Panthers still feel his presence, Beautiful, and black to the bone. Frank Jones RRR ARR RA with our > 1968 Page 17 om G ii as ri & Jpeboenosbeeiaebebioieisiiotntinoe coerce bbere iinet WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM NL =Night Leteer ‘The filing time shown in the date line on domestic telegrams is LOCAL TIME at point of origin. Time of receipt is LOCAL TIME at point of destination C.ass oF SERVICE RRL This is a fast message unless its deferred char- acter is indicated by the “ proper symbol. LT =International Letter Telegram 748A PST APR 12 68 L0081 L-OLB088 DL PDB TOOL MTVERNON NY 12 749A PST. BOBBY JAMES HUTTON FAMILY, CARE KATHLEEN CLEAVERS 8&0 OAK ST OAKLAND CALIF THE QUESTION 1S NOT WILL IT BE NON-VIOLENCE VERSUS VIOLENCE BUT WHETHER A HUMAN BEING CAN PRACTICE HIS GOD GIVEN RIGHT OF SELF-DEFENSE. SHOT DOWN LIKE A COMMON ANIMAL HE DIED A WARRIOR FOR BLACK LIBERATION.IF THE GENERATION BEFORE HIM HAD NOT BEEN AFRAID HE PERHAPS WOULD BE ALIVE TODAY. REMEMBER LIKE SOLOMON THERE IS A TIME FOR EVERYTHINGe A TTIME TO BE BORN, A TIME TO DIEy A TIME TO LOVE, A'TIME TO HATE, A TIME TO FIGHT AND A TIME TO RETREAT. IN THE NAME OF BROTHERHOOD AND SURVIVAL REMEMBER BOBBY. IT COULD BE YOU YOUR SON YOUR HUSBAND OR YOUR BROTHER TOMORROWse CRIMES AGAINST AN INDIVIDUAL ARE OFTEN CRIMES AGAINST AN ENTIRE NATION. TO HIS FAMILY ONLY TIME CAN ELIMINATE THE PAIN OF LOSING HIM BUT MAY HE BE REMEMBERED IN THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF ALL US BETTY SHABAZZ SASSI RRR ARK AAA TREE AA ABS ye KEK RKEREE KR EEEEREK EERE EBA RK BER HK RE KRRKKKKAK AKA KEKE ERE % & Clockwise around telegram from Mrs. iBetty Shabazz: The black communi- ty joins the Black Panther Party to mourn Bobby Hutton; Panther Sam Napier talks to (m)sister of Min. of Information Eldridge Cleaver; The father of Bobby Hutton is ac- companied by relatives after service. MEKKEKEKEKERERKKARKEKKKRKAKAKKAKEKAKAKKAEKAKKAKKEREKAAKAKKKKAKKAKAKKKE: ” . x yy vx ¥ e ae om janeln Inv THE BLACK PANTHER May 4, 1968 Page 18 | Brothers Chico, Don, Chuck, and Crook standing in front of Ephesians Church of God in Christ, where funeral of Bobby Hutton was held. LELELALEEELLALELLALELEALELLELEE ERED E SEALE ELE ES EELS EERE SG FEE EEE BE EE EBB A A ACE AE Te BR oe ee Ie Fo IE EE I I AE Se Tp EP By ELLLLDLLLLELELERLARERE ELLE BE ‘fp —= =" = ml] A GEORGIA NEW YORK I ode He po I oe fe pode. dap oho dp oR ee et oe de fe oo os ee pop oe eee ee A epee 8 Fe Fe ee oe IB I oe oe Fe Seo ep i.e ep eee fe ee eee fe ee ee deco decode ede be a ce ea oa oe. ee oe 3 eo oe ce oe oa of. ao ob exe WESTERN UNION unless its deferred char- | acter is indicated by the TE LE GR M NL =Nighe Letter bol. A =Hosernarignal ae 2 ‘The filing time shown in the date line on domestic telegrams is LOCAL TIME at point of origin. Time of receipt is LOCAL TIME at point of destination 4134P PST APR 11 68 LD363 AA014 -A LLF3% PD ATLANTA GA 12 3218P EST THE HUTTON FAMILY 898 56 ST OAKLAND CALIF WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS THE LOSS AND ANGER | FEEL OVER THE MURDER OF LITTLE BOBBY. HE WAS A BROTHER WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR USe ALTHOUGH | KNEW HIM A VERY SHORT TIME | LOVED AND RESPECTED HIM AS A REAL WARRIOR IN THE STRUGGLE. ONE OF THE FIRST WHO PICKED UP THE GUN FOR OUR PEOPLE WE WILL REMEMBER HIM ALWAYS AND WE WILL AVENGE HIS DEATH SISTER ETHEL MINOR COMWNICATIONS SNCC DIRECTORe sessssennegenbeberteenenertessosersnsesssonteresesseesese = Lencer Lr =foternarignal c= WESTERN UNION gz=— unless its deferred char- a TELEGRAM proper ‘The filing time shown in the date line on domestic skenath js LOCAL TIME at point of origin. Time of receipt is LOCAL TIME at point of destination SFB215 635P EST APR 14 68 68 SYA136 SF SY JAB102 NL PD JAMAICA NY 14 ca Pg PS 45 KATHLEEN CLEAVER APT 11 850 OAK ST SFRAN Vid OUR SYMPATHY AND SUPPORT TO FREEDOM LOVING BLACK PANTHER BROTHERS AND SISTERS WE PAY SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO BOBBY HUTTON ELORIDGE CLEAVERY HUEY NEWTON BOBBY SEALE YOUR HEROIC STRUGGLE AGAINST THE FORCES OF OPPRESSION AND INSPIRING TO WE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE BLACK MANS FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL HERE IN AMERICA ® HERMAN FERGUSON PRESIDENT JAMAICA RIFLE AND PISTOL CLUB INC [ROCHDALE VILLAGE STATION BOX 452 JAMAICA 11434 Je... dee dbp de de de de doo oo oo oo os de de de ee Fe Fe Fe ep eo Oe Fe Ie C1ass oF SERVICE This is a fast message unless its deferred char- acter is indicated by the proper symbol. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM ‘The filing time shown in the date line on domestic telegrams is LOCAL TIME at point of origin. Time of receipt is LOCAL TIME at point of destination 4035P PST APR 11 68 LO344 AA012 -A LLF35 PD ATLANTA GA 12 V245A EST THE HUTTON FAMILY 898 56 ST OAKLAND CALIF STUDENT NON VIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE! ANGRY AND SAD OVER BRUTAL MURDER OF BROTHER BOBBY HUTTON. THOSE OF OUR STAFF WHO KNEW HIM HAD ONLY LOVE AND PRAISE FOR LITTLE BOBBY. WE FEEL THAT WE ALL KNEW HIM EACH OF US SHARED THE PAIN OF LOSING HLMe THE HORRIBLE MANNER IN WHICH BOBBY WAS TAKEN FROM US BEARS WITNESS TO WHAT WE MUST OO IF WE ARE TO SURVIVE AMERICA. OUR STRUGGLE 1S MORE CLEARLY DEFINED THAN EVERe AS LITTLE BOBBY LIVES WITHIN US, WE SHARE AVENGE, AND WE WILL WIN BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN SNCC. is RIGHT: Ruth Hagwood, James Forman and Faye Bellamy of SNCC listening to memorial service tribute to Bobby Hutton at Lake Merritt Park. = = = = y = = = = ay = * * = = sy = = = = = + = = s = = = = * = = * = = = = = * ay * * = = Ee = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = by = = = = = $ ea THE BLACK PANTHER May 4, 1968 Page 19 pe BER peter et ee Sire ee "PANTHERS NEVER ATTACK ANYONE, BUT WHEN PUSHED INTO A CORER, LIKE THE BROTHERS WERE LAST NIGHT, WE MUST DE- FEND OURSELVES." - Chairman Seale, April 7, 1968. TOP: Chairman Seale speaks at Memorial Rally, held April 13, after funeral. Standing next to \him,is Melvin Newton, brother of Min. of Defense Huey Newton. Chairman Seale, speaks at press conference the day af the ambush; standing with h are Minister of Education, George Murray, Revolutionary Axctist Emory, and Panther steve Adams; Residents cn pullet-ridden house, most eame out misty-eyed du¢ excess tear gas fumes i house for a week afterwards. RIGHT, TOP TO BOTTOM: Pan- ther Bill Brent speaks at wake Merritt Memorial Rally for Bobby Hutton; Black moth- fer and child stand amidst ruined furniture from house at. 1218 = 28th. St..,..after police ambush of April 6; young black residents sit beside bullet-ridéen car next to scene of crime. t i THE BLACK PANTHER May 4, 1968 Page 20 1218: 28H oTReel TOP TO BOTTOM: Black people view destruction wrought by Oakland pigs in heart of West Oakland com- munity; swarm outside house where police e So4 ; ivi : TOP TO BOTTOM: Television set/in living \room had Oakland =rixe Department hose away the of ruined house is surroundered by littered blood immediately following the murder of ronainsoLenouse Bobby Hutton, thus attempting unsuccessful- - 4 ey Be the black community ‘unaware of Another room completely totalled out by the their brutal deed. destructiveness of the Oakland Police and : . : Fire Departments. Bullet-ridden mirror reflects community P residents. checking out sizes of bulletholes. Black resident holds .45 cartridges and oe a tear gas grenade, which was used to force Bedroom seen is in complete shambles after Eldridge Cleaver and Bobby Hutton out after pigs set fire to house to force brothers out. fire and OVERKILL. weapons failed. THE BLACK PANTHET. May 4, 1968 Page 21 DARLAND, CALIFORNIA ‘ Sow tc Ne een ia » %,. x .%, . oe P a STERN UNION G2 M unless its deferred char- «xis indicated by the ~ ® The filing time shown in the date line on domestic telegrams is LOCAL TIME at point of origin. Time of receipt is LOCAL TIME at point of destiaation 9038 PST APR 11 68 LO545 AAN1S -A LLF37 PD ATLANTA GA 12 1246A EST THE HUTTON FAMILY 898 56 ST OAKLAND CALIF TERRIBLY SORRY AND SADDENED THAT WE CANNOT COME TO OAKLAND FOR FUNERAL OF OUR BROTHER LITTLE BOBBY JAMES HUTTON HE WAS A BEAUTIFUL BRAVE COURAGEOUS WARRIOR WHO LIVED THIS LIFE AND FINALLY GAVE HIS LIFE FOR OUR PEOPLE.» LITTLE BOBBY WAS IN THE VANGUARO OF REVOLUTIONARY BROTHERS WHO CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD THAT POWER COMES FROM A GUN. HIS DEATH PROVES THAT IF WE ARE TO SURVIVE AMERICA WE MUST FOLLOW BY THESE EXAMPLES AND PICK UP THE GUNS. THERE IS NO TIME FOR TEARS AND MOURNING THAT WE ALL FEEL WITHIN OUR HEARTS. HE DIED FOR US LET US NOW MOVE ON AND CARRY ON HIS STRUGGLE. OUR ONLY MEMORIAL FOR HIM WILL COME ON THAT GLORIOUS DAY WHEN WE DEFEAT THE ENEMY UNTEL THEN THE LOVE THAT HE HAD FOR OUR PEOPLE AND HIS SPIRIT WILL REMAIN WITH US AND GIVE US STRENGTH TO PUSH AHEAD. IN HIS DEATH THOUSANDS OF OTHERS BOBBY HUTTONS“WILL RISE FROM OUR COMMUNITIES TO CARRY ON WHERE HE LEFT OFF. WHEN THEN WE SHALL CONQUOR WITHOUT A DOUBT STOKELY CARMICHAEL PRIME MINISTER BPPSD SNCC RAP BROWN JUSTICE . te. ste, ate, aie, aie, ie, oie, O&cMINISTER OF APP. W056 oh ASM ole 6 ole oho ole die oho oie ote, Leche cee ck chk ech Ahk ESE AE AER AEE A ch ch x Sfp 0.6 dp dopo oe de pop oe dp pop poe po oe po oe poop oe pce aioe de pope eo pos de op po oe dp pp de dp po oe dp oe Roce ce pos os de... pop op oe ep pe ds pe ps de dpe dp dp po op THE BLACK PANTHER May 4, 1968 Page 22 | Late Friday afternoon, April 12, 1968, Panthers Glenn Stafford, Robert Bay, Terry Claridy, and Richard Linyard were stopped and harrassed by the Oakland Police Department, They were returning from the funeral and memorial services for Bobby Hutton, who was slain by the Oakland Police Department on April 6, 1968, The four. were approaching Grove and 2lst Streets when a policeman held a shotgun direct- ly to the head of the driver and owner of the car, Robert Bay, and ordered him out of the car, An estimate of 20 policemen ar- rived at the car and the four were all told to get out of the car, The police held shotguns at the heads of all four victims and told them not to move or their brains would be blown out, As the po- licemen were harrassing the vic- tims, Glenn Stafford began shout- ing to attract the attention of passersby, “If you’re going to kill me like you did BOBBY HUT- TON you can kill me right out here in public,’? A policeman then proceeded to place a can of Mace directly behind Stafford’s left ear and squirted it on him, During all this turmoil, the men were not told by the police why they were stopped, They were hand- cuffed, put into police cars, and driven around the corner where they were placed in a paddy wa- gon, They were then driven to the Oakland city jail. After being booked at the jail, they were told that they were robbery suspects and that they had violated Cali- fornia Penal Code Section 211, On Saturday, April 13, they were told that on Monday, April 8, 1968, a woman was robbed of a money bag by two men who were driving a car matching the description of eee owned and driven by Robert aye Sunday night, April 14, 1948, the victims were taken before a line-up at which no identification could be made, and shortly after- wards were told that the charges of robbery would be dropped on Monday morning, April 15, 1968, Terry Claridy, Richard Linyard, and Robert Bay were released, and Glenn Stafford was rebooked on other charges, including resist- ing arrest, and released on bail on Tuesday, April 16, Following are excerpts from no- tarized statements, which are part of the federal suit by the Panthers against the City of Oakland, made by STAFFORD, BAY, and CLARI- DY, all plaintifts in the suit which alleges harrassment, and systema- tic intimidation by the Oakland Po- lice Department: STAFFORD: “,,, I started shout- ing to attract the attention of Passers-by so that people would see what was happening and so that we wouldn’t be shot, because I was very much afraid "that they would try to kill us all, Because I was upset and frightened and trying to attract the attentions of passers-by to what was going on I shouted, ‘If you’re going to kill me like you did Bobby Hutton, you can kill me right out here in Public.”’ All this time I was al- ready handcuffed with my hands behind my back and throughout this time a shotgun with both bar- rels cocked was pointed straight in my face, When I shouted one of the policemen put a can of Mace, placed the nozzle of it directly on my head behind my left ear and shot the Mace at me, This caused very severe burning pain and made me feel very dizzy and confused, ... (on) Monday, April PANTHERS 15, 1968, I was, in fact, re-booked on a charge of violating Califor- nia Penal Section 148 and told that I had been charged with re- sisting arrest, Of course, with a cop’s shotgun pointed straight at my face, my hands handcuffed be- hind my back, and Mace being squirted at me, T could not have resisted even if’ T had wanted to,..’? BAY: “,., Sgt, Boyd... asked me what the Black Panthers had against the police (on April 13, 1968). I told him that what I had against the police were things like that they had shot and killed an unarmed seventeen year old friend of mine, Bobby Hutton, and that the four of us had been "held up with shotguns and Mace and were sitting in jail for a crime that we did not commit, “I said that I wanted to call my lawyer and ask him to be pre- sent at this lineup, but the officer told me that I couldn’t call my lawyer because he wouldn’t be in his office on Sunday anyway.” CLARIDY; ‘At the jail, because I was still very upset by the fune. ral of my friend Bobby Hutton, and by the treatment that we had just received I said to one of the officers, ‘Why don’t you shoot me just like you did Bobby Hutton,’ The officer replied ‘Someday I will, I really wish I could.’ ” WHAT IS A PIG? A low natured beast that has no regard for law, justice, or the rights of the people; a creature that bites the hand that feeds it; a foul depraved traducer, usually found masquerading as the victim of an unprovoked at- tack. We four, Shirley Neely, Brenda Curry, John Higgins and Melvin Newton, went to view the ruins of the house on 28th and Union Streets where Saturday, April 6, 1968, members of the Black Pan- ther Party were shot by officers of the Oakland Police Department. We arrived, around 5:00 p.m. There was a large group of people congregated around the house also looking at the remains. After ap- proximately fifteen minutes, we left en route to the Black Pan- ther Party’s Headquarters on 45th and Grove Streets. I noticed, after turning the corner on 28th Street, that the police were following us. At 32nd and Chestnut Streets, we were stopped by the “flashing red lights.” I pulled over to the side of the road and turned off my motor. The police officer BADGE NO, # didn’t come to my side, and I was the driver, but instead asked from the other side of the window for my driver's license. I asked him, in turn, why I was being stopped, to which he re- plied, “you didn’t give a signal when you turnedon 28th and Union.” The officer took my driver's lic- ense and went back to his car which was parked behind mine. After a great deal of writing and calling, after we were surrounded by five to six police cars, after A policemen were standing around us with “carbines” and “automa- tic shotguns,” a policeman ab- ruptly told us to get out of the car. We did. They immediately proceeded to search my car thor- oughly which took approximately ten minutes. After searching my car WITHOUT A WARRANT, they returned my license only after I asked for it THREE TIMES, Then the mighty police force left with the “ screeching of tires. Throughout this entire ordeal, the manners, which displayed “arro- gance and intimidation,” the ac- tions, which were very “abrupt and rude” was reminiscent of Hitler's Strongmen during his reign of terror. They showed us no respect as HUMAN BEINGS to say the least as CITIZENS, While this display of “American Democracy” took place, the streets were lined with the black people who lived in the West Oakland neighborhood. They stood appalled and shocked at the entire show ofa “police state” in action. This to- day, was our experience of this SICK, RACIST society in which we live. The police left without issu- ing a warning or citation, which, I felt, only proved the entire or- deal was to intimidate black people and something more foreboding and ominous to incite us to riot or show aggression towards them in order to give them anexcuse to kill us in the streets like dogs.O Shirley Neeley Brenda. J, Curry John Higgins Melvin Newton (©) (9) foe! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! HE BLACK PANTHER May 4, 1968 Page 23 GESTAPO TACTICS = "DON'T MOVE OR I'LL BLOW YOUR BRAINS OUT" commanded the pig to Panther Terry Stafford while being arrested for phony robbery charges later dropped. SNCC SNCC FIELD SECRETARIES ARRESTED IN TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA, CAMPUS UNDER ARMED GUARD! TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA, April 24, 1968 . . . Ernest "Trap" Stephens, SNCC Campus Program Field Sec- retary, reported the following information to SNCC National Headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia: 1. April 24, 1968, George Ware, SNCC Campus Program Director, and Simuel Schutz of the SNCC Campus Program were both arrested in Tuskegee for "Trespassing" on Tuskegee campus. In fact, they were not on campus, but a few blocks away. Bonds were set at $300 each. Latest informatio is that they are still in jail. George Ware re ceived his undergraduate degree from Tuskegee; Simuel Schutz was born and raised in Tuskegee, also attended Tuskegee Institute. The school administration claims they ordered Ware and oth- er SNCC workers 6 months ago not to set. foot on that campus; however, Ware and his co-workers were nowhere near Tuskegee 6 months ago. 2. Leon Kennedy, student at Tuskegee Institute., is being held illegally in jail, arrested with- out a warrant--for "trespassing." Sheriff Lu- cius Amerson refused to set bond. 3. Ernest "Trap" Stephens reports that Sheriff Amerson hit him in the back with a shotgun. Trap was also born and raised in Tuskegee and attend- ed Tuskegee Institute. 4. On April 24, 1968, Judge Johnson of the U.S. Federal Court in Montgomery, Alabana ordered President Foster of Tuskegee Institute to read- mit all of the students his administration ar- bitrarily kicked out of school on April 6, 1°68 --because they had participated in student pro- tests. (Foster ordered the school closed befpre spring vacation, then forced all students to re- apply for admission after the vacation. All those students active in the protests were not re-admitted.) 5. President Foster was refusing to obey the court order; instead he said he would swear out injunctions against all those students who had participated in the protests and been kicked out of school. 6. Campus is under heavy armed guard, with city, county, and sheriff deputies patrolling campus, employees of Tuskegee Institute have been armed with 30-30 shotguns. Student I.D.'s are checked for all persons entering and leaving campus. A for all persons entering and leaving campus. All cars are checked. 7. A Student Citizens Patrol, led by Tuskegee student Eugene Adams Jr., has been following police cars to insure that cops do not intimi- date, harass, and brutalize Black Students and community people. WHAT YOU CAN DO! 1. Students at Tuskegee are asking that 211 brothers, sisters, and fcllow students send telegrams of support to students to: c/o Eugene Adams Jr., P.O. Box 1063, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama... Students who ean go to Tuskegee are urged to do so, and contact either Eugene Adams Jr., or Ernest Stephens at 1009 Old Montgomery Rd., Tuskegee Institute, Tuske- gee, Alabama. 2. Money is desperately needed for bonds on Ge George Ware, Simuel Schutz, Leon Kennedy (if bond is set) and others who may be arrested at any time. Please send funds at once to: TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE DEFENSE FUND, c/o 360 Nelson St., S.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30313A A A THE BLACK PANTHER May 4, 1968 Page 24 | WHITE ‘MOTHER COUNTRY’ RADICAL SPEAKS THE BLACK PANTHER - PEACE AND FREEDOM ALLIANCE by Bruce Kaiper Bobby Hutton is dead, With his death marks the turning point of the PFM-Black Panther Party **tactical” alliance, With hisdeath marks the necessary transition from mere appeals to conscience to appeals for radical action, The question of black annihilation is no longer a possibility, but is a probability. The echoes of Nuren- berg are resounding in our com- munities more clearly, more piercingly than our maximal de- fences can bear, Perhaps the distant remem- brances of Auschwitz have final- ly emerged in our consciousness, Maybe the exploitation’ theory of race has finally seceded to the **genocidal’’ theory. For the PFM has declared its intentions to state the facts of genocide to the Uni- ted Nations and to the world, ‘*We will chronicle this slaughter for all the world to see, to every nation we present the ugly facts we have collected.’? Undoubtedly this is a significant step for the New Left, No longer is the ques- tion of racism to be debated and demonstrated only within national boundaries, No longer is the dis- tinction being made between a liberal segment of our nation (those who demonstrate potential or mani- fest commitment to the cause of the oppressed) and a réactionary segment (those who oppress), The declaration of genocide is, in fact, a declaration that the very roots of the American experience are racist, To ask for world censor- ship is to ask for an indictment against the total cultural fabric that produced radical and reac. tionary alike, Such an indictment is both accurate and imperative, But such a move is not a pre- cedent in this country, In 1951, the Civil Rights Congress com- piled and presented to the United Nations General Assembly data which served as the empirical Joundation for the allegation of zenocide against the United States, etl —=—==_— —_ BLACK POWER —— ee — _ —_——_ ———_ In its introductory statement it proclaimed, ‘*We maintain, there- fore, that the oppressed Negro citizens of the United States, segre- gated, discriminated against, and long the target of violence, suffer from genocide as the result of the consistent, conscious unified poli- cies of every branch of the go- vernment,”? The introduction ex- plains that such an assertion is founded upon the Geneya Geno- cide Convention’s rulings that any killing on the basis of race, any bodily or mental harm done to a racial group in whole or in part is an act of genocide, Ac- cording to Article III of the Con- vention’s statutes, the following acts which are similar to those of U.S, racists are punishable: genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, complicity in genocide, attempts to commit genocide, and direct and public incitement to commit genocide. Such acts are subject to the judgment of the United Nations General Assembly. The Civil Rights Congress also stressed the creation of social and economic conditions that ad- versely affect the lives of racial groups as genocidal acts, although such factors are only implicit in international law, (See Jean Paul Sartre’s ‘*On Genocide’), But what ever happened to this petition? What mention is made of this important attempt to bring racist America to its knees? Tra- gically, very little. The United States absorbed such an attempt as quickly as it releases white assassins for the murder ofblacks, What will occur if the cry of genocide is again heard in the United Nations? Perhaps more at- tention will be given such a pe- tition due to Vietnam and the In- ternational War Crimes Tribunal, but will immediate deliberation and censorship occur? It is not likely to happen. If such is the case, should the proclamation of genocide be post- poned? One would hope not con- ~sidering that. international debate of the issue of racism places it in its proper context, The growth of the Third World with its global ramifications necessitates pri- mary consideration of the issue of racism, Therefore, any attempt to bring racism out into the inter- national sphere is vitally needed, What remains to be seen is whether such proposals as the preparation of a genocide report are merely diversions from what is urgently needed in the black community: supplementation, pro- tection, and liberation, The pre- paration of a genocide report pa- rallels the government’s recent study of the urban racial crisis, Statistics are gathered on top of statistics. Timé is wasted and black communities are destroyed, The PFM would be more helpful if it concentrated its time on the black liberation movement, In fact, this writer designated racism as the central issue of radicalism -- not draft resistance, not third party politics, Such activities as these, although crucial, should haye secondary importance to the survival of the black community, As the PFM has finally asserted, we are witnessing within our midst genocide -- not in Vietnam, but right here in Oakland, Granted, the destruction of the Vietnamese and of the black liberation move- ment are systematically related, But white radicals cannot fight with the National Liberation Front (only indirectly), whereas they can fight with the Black Panthers, This is their radical alternative, The current alliance between PFM and the Black Panthers is problematical for various rea- sons: (1) Although the PFM campaign serves as a means through which the Panthers can introduce their 10 point program on the ballot for voter consideration, the elec- toral context minimizes the ur- gency of a program requiring im- mediate and direct action by the white community. Is the fulfill- ment of the 10 points contingent upon the electoral process? (2) The direct action potential of the 10 point program is wea- kened further by the party poli- tics approach in that its appeal cont. page 26, col. 1 cont. from page 4, col. < DIG THIS upon us. In fact, your investigators themselves are amongst your chief and shrewdest crimi- nals. Black people have already judged you, Ameri- ca, and have condemned you to death. And we also know that history has selected us, your slaves and chief victims, to be your executioner, the instrument of your destruction, What a laugh! America the beautiful. Home of the brave. Friend of the underdog. You once had a beautiful dream -- but even then, while you dreamed that dream, you were foul’and corrupt and rotten in your heart, but you were a minor league brigand then and when you compared your- self to the other tyrannies in the world, you looked innocent by contrast to their greater evil. The innocent blood they had shed was a vast and ancient ocean, and yours was a fresh new stream. But now your little stream has become vaster than the sky and your evil dwarfs every- thing that has gone before. Now you stand naked before the world, before yourself, a predatory, genocidal Dorian Grey, stripped of all egalitari- an democratic makeup. Is it any wonder that we burn you, that we loot you you who have burned and looted the world? Who are you to judge? You have no say in the matter. In the councils of the op- pressed, the oppressor has no vote, The op- pressor has no right which the oppressed are bound to respect. America, you will be cleansed by fire, by blood, by death. We who perform your ablution must step up our burning -- bigger and better fires, one flame for all America, an all-Ameri- can flame; we must step up our looting -- loot, until we storm your last hoarding place, till we trample your last stolen jewel into your ashes beneath our naked black feet; we must step up our sniping -- until the last pig is dead, shot to death with his own gun and the bullets in his guts that he had meant for the people. We are not blind fools, America, we are not petty and greedy like you. You have seen to that. You kept us from becoming like you.\, We are not even part of you. We are not of you. or in.you and you are notin us. We stand clear of you.. And we are not unjust, as you are. | We know that there are those amongst your people who are innocent, those who have had no part in your decisions, those who were brainwashed and manipulated out of their own humanity, out of their minds, out of their lives. We know who these are. These will help us burn you. These will help us loot you. These will help us kill you, so that humanity might breathe a new air and bask in sunlight that will not warm your grave. ; Establish a Blue Ribbon Commission to investi- gate that! @ cont. from page 10, CARMICHAEL ON U.S. America is incapable of dealing with the problem. Q: How will Dr. King’s death affect the.leadership? CARMICHAEL: Dr, King’s death will not affect our leadership. He will affect the black man, for he was my brother, flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood. You see, the mistake they made when they shot Dr. King was, even though Dr. King felt about non- violence, he was always in the streets ready to lead a demon- stration. All the other so-called leaders who talk about nonviolence are not on the streets with their people. Many people respected Dr. King, even though they didn’t agree with his philosophy, because at least he was in the streets. But now there’s really no one else to re- spect who talks about nonviolence. The people who talk about non- violence are not in the streets. Q: Mr. Carmichael, are you declaring war on white America? CARMICHAEL: White America has declared war on black people. She did when she stole the first black man from Africa. The black man has been patient, has been resisting -- and today the final showdown is coming. That is clear. That is crystal clear. And black people are going to have to find ways to survive. The only way to survive is to get some guns. Because that's the only way white America keeps us in check, because she’s got the guns. Q: What do you see this ulti- mately leading to? A blood bath in which nobody wins? CARMICHAEL: First, my name is Mr. Carmichael, and secondly black people will survive the blood bath, Last question. Q: What accomplishments or objectives do you visualize from the encounter? What do you think you will accomplish? CARMICHAEL: The black man can..do nothing” in’ this country. Then we're going to stand up on our feet and die like men, If that’s our only act of manhood, then Goddammit we’re going to die. We're tired of living on our stomachs, Q: One last question: Do you fear for your life? CARMICHAEL: The HELL with my life! You should fear for yours, I know I'm going to die.I know I'm leaving, (Very loud and long applause.) MCKINNIE: There will be a just fight throughout the United States, so that black brothers and sisters can take off that day as slaves working for the master and think about, realize what the honky is doing to the black people in this country and perhaps then some- thing can be done. That's the end of the press conference. O *Ed. note: Rap Brown was released April 18. @ cont. from page 12, Black Paper: Earth has a right to live. There- fore, when it is necessary to work to live, every human being has a right to work in order that he may eat and provide himself with basic necessities. If he is physi- cally incapable of work, then soc- iety has an obligation to support him for life, or for as long as his disability remains. We demand for every human being the highest standard of living that the present~ day level of technological develop- ment is capable of providing. This encompasses the traditional de- mand for decent housing, decent clothing, decent food, and decent schooling. 2. Withdraw the troops. The occupying army of the police must be replaced with a public force of black men who live in the com- munity to maintain order and har- mony. Also, UN observers should be stationed in the black colony to observe: and halt the police- gestapo actions against black peo- ple; to prevent genocide and rac- ist extermination which violates not only the UN Charter of Hu- man Rights but the lives and right to life and peace of black people. €6k. 1. cobocr THE BLACK PANTHER May 4, 1968 Page 25 cont. from page 10, BOBBY ON US. RACISM preceded Huey like John the Bap- tist preceded Jesus Christ, are correct in their analysis and actions in establishing the right of black people to defend them-~ selves against all forms of racist genocidal aggression against black people in racist America. Since the Black Panther Party has existed with our specific Ten Point Platform, the white power structure with its thug pig cops has tried its hardest to destroy the Party and its representation of the Black Community. They even wanted Luther King, Hutton, let alone Bobby But we in the Black Panther Party have a dream too -- adream of totally changing the oppressive conditions of our lives -- a dream to our related to our struggle, lives, and to our blood. @ OUR SPECIFIC PROPOSALS We propose that: The Peace and Freedom Party run our proposed candidates; 2. The Peace and Freedom Party support our call for the Black Plebiscite; 3. The Peace and Freedom Party support our call for UN ob- servers to be stationed in the major cities or in areas of concentrated black population to halt the aggression and the provocative tactics of the racist pig gestapo police who occupy our colony as foreign troops occupying conquered territory; _4. The Peace and Freedom Party join with the Black Panther Party and the Stop the Draft Week organizers and partici- pate in the Stop the Draft Week demonstrations in April to fo- cus attention and to supply pressure on the demands that the troops of the power struc~ ture be withdrawn from Viet- nam and from the black colony, and from the black colony, AND . FROM THE BLACK COLONY; 5. The Peace and Freedom Party support the Black Community's demand that those who police the black communities must live in the black communities. to destroy Martin col, 4 OF BLACK oppressed black community and again achieved great success. He has used his keen perception to criticize not only the superficial manifestations of the illness of our society, but to expose and illuminate the underlying virus that can only survive in the dark damp- ness. of the subconscious. Eldridge has been too successful with his political psychiatry - the patient has rebelled. The establishment does not want to be cured of the sickness upon which it thrives, The establishment is now trying to imprison Eldridge’s mind, not his body. This is why Eldridge is being held in Vacaville instead of in Oakland. This move was announced as a security precau=- tion, and that it was. It was to insure that Eldridge could not cont. from page 4, PEO cos __cont..from-page 4, col. FREE ELDRIDGE continue to communicate with the black community and continue to direct the efforts to free Huey P. Newton from imprisonment and the black community from oppression. We in the black community can no longer allow ourselves to be deceived by the establishment's political chicanery, We must fol- low Eldridge’s example and at- tempt to analyze and understand why certain actions are taken, and we must not rely on the estab- ishment oriented and directed medium of communication as our only sources of information. Just as Latin America has adopted the cry, “Free Debray,” we must add to our efforts to Free Huey, the additional rallying cry, “Free Eld- ridge.” @ cola 5 SEALE AND GARRY SEALE: Bobby Hutton was shot while his hands were in the air, He was the first to walk out the door. He was gunned down by the racist pig department of Oakland.” Q: Do you believe there is a plot to wipe out the leadership of the Panther Party? SEALE: Yes. GARRY: Yes. Coakley should file a murder charge against the officer who killed Bobby Hutton, The pattern has been consistent in aim and purpose of destroy- ing the militant Black Panther Party which is exercising its rights under the lst and 14th Amendments, the rights of free- dom of speech, assembly, and the right to be safe in one’s own home. The police assume any Black man is a Panther who is not docile. SEALE: “That's why there are black rebellions. Racism. When police say they. were ambushed, or when they charge burglary, or when a police officer says “there is reasonable cause to believe...” this is racist." These arguments are used “to commit murder against black people.” Q: What's going to happen in Oakland tonight? ANSWER: (SEALE) “If you stop attacking black people nothing is going to happen.” Attorney Garry mentioned the threats of violence that have been directed towards the Panthers in recent weeks. “We're going to kill you, etc.” . SEALE: “You speak of nonviol- ence. What about King’s princi- ples being accepted by racist white America?” Seale mentioned the number of lynchings in 20th cen- tury American history: “this is real racism. This is what we're defending ourselves against.” “Do you know that in the last 4 weeks 6 black people have been mur- dered by the police? Did we at tack them? No, they attacked us. We want our own Black police department which lives in our own community -- because the police are the arm of the power structure.” Who do the police patrol? Not the white people in the hills. “We're talking about the same principles that murdered King. That’s what Huey Newton was talk- WE WANT FIN EIMMEDIATE END 1d Police BRUTALITY AND MURDER ing about.” “King, by an act of a racist, , exhausted his means. What's wrong with self defense? There are 100 million guns among white people.” GARRY: The irony of Easter week when the vested interests killed Christ. In this same holy week, this same kind of killing is perpetuated under the guise of law and order, Until I got into this case, I thought I understood the problems of black people. Dur- ing World War II, we talked about fascism, about man’s inhumanity to man. I have found that people in the ghetto have been faced with fascism forcenturies - right here - wherever black people are under the iron heel of the police, GARRY: The President's Com- mission Report on Civil Disorders reported that the first grievance of black people is police oppres- sion. This was a unanimous re- port in which 4 or S police chiefs participated. Other participants in the con- ference referred to discussions with Eldridge Cleaver in which he had foreseen the possibility of this happening, of Seule and himself being attacked by the policeeO OOO O00 Zoo oo dp dp dp ap apo Black Power Rallies in China TOKYO "AP) — For the Second consecutive day sup- porters of Chairman Mao Tse-tungstaged massive demonstrations yesterday in Red China for Black Power disturbances in the United States, the New China News Agency reported. In Shanghai. Conimunist China’s biggest city, a “mammoth mass rally’ of 250,000 persons was held and one million people participat- ed in a demonstration, it said. ppc dp. 9p dp dp dp dp dod cont. from page 24, col. 1 white ‘mother country’ radical speaks lies in the black-community whis its intended aim is at the white voting bloc which (to quote Reese Erlich in ‘*The Movement’) can only ‘support the black libera- tion movement on moral and al- truistic grounds’’ since ‘*most of them are not directly in contact with blacks”, Thus the 10 point program is stripped of its inten- ded political value (that to be acted upon), and serves merely as an educational tool for white sympathizers of the black cause, Appeals to conscience are worth- less unless they generate both immédiate and long range actions, (3) The **Free Huey Newton’ provision of the minimal coalition is troubling in that to the black community it is a question of protection and survival of black leadership, whereas to the white radicals it appears to be an act of defending a New Left *thero”’, It is significant to mention PFM response to Eldridge Cleaver’s imprisonment as a case in point. The PFM hopes to obtain sup- port from ‘‘dignitaties’’, ‘‘noted artists and writers of great sta- ture’? etc,, in freeing Eldridge, Is such support for Eldridge the writer, or for Eldridge the black liberation leader? Why not make appeals to dignitaries for their defense of the black community of which Eldridge and Huey are embodiments? The tendency to di- yvorce the importance of leaders from that of the overall move- ment should be discussed within PFM, (4) The question of a plebiscite within the black community to be held by the U.N, is again re- lated to PFM plans for a geno- cide proclamation, Both are im- portant maneuvers and both re- inforce one another, but both cn- tail much preparation and exten- sive amount of time, The con- tinual and escalated threats to the black liberation movement re- legate plebiscites to secondary importance at this time, The point is simply ‘this ~ the New Left has enough factual evidence proving that genocide isa reality, therefore it should act upon its evidence regardless of public skepticism or condemnation, As the Panthers realize, the justification for radical action is embedded in the Constitution and Declaration of Independence, If the government wished to contest white support of the black liberation, it is upon such legal foundations that radi- cals should defend themselves and their black allies, The right to revolt against usurping laws is a ‘natural’? form of self defense, (5) The various actions taken by PFM in aiding the black move- ment reveal both positive and nega- tive potential for further alliance, The financial drive within the white community for the Panther Defense Fund has had fairly sub- stantial results. One cannot stress enough the need of money for the black community, PFM and other white allies should conscientiously and systematically organize finan- cial drives for the Panthers, Such fund-raising should be viewed as a permanent fixture of the black- white alliance and should not gravi- tate back to sporadicism which is presently evident, Such a fi- naneial organization for black supplementation might mean a re- channeling of resources used for electorial campaigning to the Pan- ther Defense Fund, The PFM involvement in Black Panther demonstrations reveals the inherent impotency of white radicalism, ‘Demonstrations are only relevant when they signal or reinforce the need for action,” This worn out remark still lacks realization in current protests, For Bob Avakian to proclaim ‘‘sur- round the Court House whether the gigs like it or not’? is absurd when he and his fellow white radi- cals know that such a display of ‘€strength’? is only mock or the- atrical, This writer feels that the zame of ‘¢mock battle’? is over. Such action is of no value to the olack liberation movement who are the ones being killed, (6) The PFM should take ad- vantage of its community organ- ization approach for presenting to the white population alterna- tives for immediate action, It should dispell any tendencies of whites to view action only in re- lation to electoral politics, Whe- ther this has been-.done or not remains to be seen, In what form should a Panther- PFM alliance occur? Before con- sidering questions of structure, a few general remarks must be made, The PFM and other white radical organizations must orient themselves to the black liberation movement, It is this writer’s view that their very survival is con- nected to the survival of the black community, ‘Radicalism’ is a bankrupt political concept unless it concentrates upon problematical realities that are imminent and in need of immediate resolution, Radicals who focus their attention upon their gradual political ascen- dency; radicals who romanticize revolutionary heroes of past and present; radicals who confine | themselves to arm chair revo-| lution, radicals who engage in mock battles; are, in the eyes of the black liberation moyement, or no political yalue or significance, The primary determinant for the even- tual structural transformation of this society is in the liberation of the black community, Racism hangs as a heavy weight on all our shoulders, thus affecting our revolutionary vision, The develop. - ment of a revolutionary consci- ousness occurs when radicals can free themselves and white society from the overwhelming burden of racism, Such liberation is con- tingent on the survival of the Black Panthers and other black liberation groups, The question of tactical alliance and corresponding structure, therefore, is determined obviously on the nature and degree of com- mitment the PFM makes to the Blach Panthers, If the alliance to” the Panthers is viewed merely as one of many components to a PFM platform, then the structure of that alliance will continue to be ambiguous, tenuous, and (this wri- ter asserts) doomed to collapse, If, on the other hand, the alliance with the Panthers is considered of primary importance, the pro- visional structure of the alliance may grow into a permanent multi- faceted one, If the second alterna- tive is chosen, the following ideas might be of some use: This writer advocates the cre- ation of a cadre within the PFM (or outside of it if the PFM so desires) that specifically deals with the supplementation and de- fense of the Black Panther Party, Of course, such a group would be unconditionally subject to the will and directives of the Panthers, If they decide that such a cadre is of no further importance to the ~ liberation, the group should abolish its operations immediately, The functions of the group would include: (1) The systematic collection and creation of financial and other material resources for the Pan- ther Defense Fund or coinciding funds for Newton and Cleaver, The group would obtain money through PFM membership pledges; tkrough pledges obtained by desig- nating.a percentage of one’s salary for the Panthers; through money drives, rallies, benefits, etc, Clothing, food, and shelter would also be requested for black liber- ation members, (2) Direct involvement in the ob- taining of housing, employment, and better welfare facilities for the black community, This would require commitment from mem- bers of the PFM who are know- ledgable in these areas, It would also require the immediate mo- bilization of PFM members for purposes of protest of discrimina- tory practices, etc, All research studies, public statistics, and in- formation available for the basis of immediate action in these areas should be obtained, (3) The immediate involvement in issues of legal and physical defense. Cadre members should become thoroughly knowledgeable of local, state, and national statutes pertaining to self defense (specifically) and to civil liberties (in general), Attorneys who are sympathetic to the liberation should be contacted and perstiaded to defend the Panthers in court, > Legal associations and other rele- vant agencies should be ap- proached by PFM members, They should demonstrate the Constitu- tional nature of the Panthers’ ac- . tions® and prompt such organize ations into legal action, The cadre should also familiarize itself with misdemeanor and felony statutes of the state of California, The cadre should keep in close contact with Panther operations (if the Pan- thers so allow) so that they can come to their legal defense as wit- nesses in case of police intimi- dation or arrest, It might even become necessary for whites to use similar ‘‘policing’? methods effectively demonstrated by the Panthers as a means of protecting the Panthers themselves, The THE BLACK PANTHER May 4, 1968 Page 26 cadre should also become familiar with gun laws in case it might have to supply guns and ammuni- tion to the Panthers if the local gun restrictions are too tight for them, (Recent evidence indicates this point as becoming fact), Those white radicals who are cringing at the thought of such ideas must remember that the black community lives this fear every day of their lives, Others might claim that these remarks about guns are suicidal or the equivalent of ‘‘white terrorism’’, Let them not forget that suicide or terrorism is only so defined in relation to a meaningless basis for action, Terrorism is a mean- ingless act of violence with no empirical or moral justification necessitating the act to occur, Defense of black who are being annihilated is not terroristic or suicidal, It is morally, legally, and spiritually grounded, To arm oneself against the usurping powers of the state or to prevent systematic genocide of a people in this nation is a legal and revo- lutionary right, This writer is not advocating the formation of a white guerrilla movement, There has been enough romantic fantasy in the New Left to warrant this idea childish, This writer proposes something less exciting and more realistic. To repeat, what he is advocating is the commitment of white radicals to the liberation of blacks through strategic supplementation and de- fense of their immediate and long range needs, Radicals must think in terms of strategy instead of in terms of tactics, From such a commitment, the realization of revolutionary conscience, so bad- ly lacking among whites, would emerge, With such a commitment, the question of genocide is no longer one for mere debate, but one to be dealt with immediately, Let the spirit of John Brown re- instate itself in the conscience of white radicals. O cont. from page 6, col. 1 In Defense Of Self Defense HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! eo HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! The main function of the party is to awaken the people and teach them the.strategic method of resisting the power structure, which is prepared not only to combat the resistance of the people with massive brutality, but to totally annihi- late the Black community, the Black population. If it is learned by the power structure that Black people have X amount of guns in their possession, this will not stimulate the power structure to prepare itself with guns, for it is already more than prepared. In the end result, this education will be pos- itive for Black people in their resistance and negative for the power structure in its oppression, because the party al- ways exemplifies revolutionary deftance. If the party is not going to make the people aware of the tools of liberation and the strategic method that is to be used, there will be no means by which the people will be mobilized properly. The relationship between the vanguard party and the mas- ses is a secondary relationship. The relationship between the members of the vanguard party is a primary relationship. It is important that the members of the vanguard group maintain a face-to-face relationship with each other. This is impor- tant if the party machinery or programs without this direct relationship. The members of the vanguard group should be tested revolutionaries. This will minimize the danger’ of Uncle Tom informers and opportunists. The main purpose of the vanguard group should be ‘to raise the consciousness of the masses through educational programs and certain physical activities the party will participate in. The sleeping masses must be bombarded with the correct approach to struggle through the activities of the vanguard party. Therefore, the masses must know that the party exists. The party must use all means avaiiable to get this information a- cross to the masses. If the masses do not have knowledge of the party, it will be impossible for the masses to follow the program of the party. @ of LEGAL FIRST AID This pocket lawyer is provided as a means of keeping black people up to date on their rights. We are always the first to be arrested and the racist police forces are constantly trying to pretend that rights are extended equally to all people. Cut this out, brothers and sisters, and carry it with you. Until we arm ourselves to righteously take care of our own, the pocket lawyer is what's happening. 1. If you are stopped and/or arrested by the police, you may remain silent; you do not have to answer any questions about alleged crimes. You should provide your name and address only if requested (although it is not absolutely clear that you must do so). But then do so, and at all times remember the Fifth Amendment. 2.. If a police officer is not in uniform, ask him to show his identification. He has ne auth- ority over you unless he properly identifies himself. Beware of persons posing as police of- ficers. Always get his badge number and his name. 3. Police have no right to search your car or your home unless they have a search warrant, pro- bable cause or your consent. They may conduct no exploratory search - that is, one for evidence of crime generally or for evidence of a crime un- connected with the one you are being questioned about. (Thus, a stop for an auto violation does not give the right to search the auto.) You are not required to consent to a search; therefore, you should not consent and should state clearly and unequivocally that you do not consent, in front of witnesses if possible. If you do not consent, the police will have the burden in court of showing probable cause. Arrest may be corrected later. 4. You may not resist arrest forcibly or by go- ing limp, even if you are innocent. To do so is a separate crime of which you can be convicted “even if you are acquitted of the original charge. Do not resist arrest under any circumstances. 5. If you are stopped, you should try to get in- dependant witnesses to observe the proceedings, and get their names, addresses, and telephone numbers. Try to do this, if possible, before any arrest takes place. ta 6 If you are stopped ana/or arrested, the po- LARGE 23° 35° POSTERS $1.00 SEND ONE DOLLAR NAME AND ADDRESS 4 tio rap ite Cit (ee a £ Hy, 47; ee - iNees, CE Wyse > = MINISTER ———S—S OF DEFE 10. outside of your clothing. You can be stripped of your personal possessions. Do not carry anything that includes the name of your employer or friends. 7. Do not engage in "friendly" conversation with officers on the way to or at the station. Once you are arrested, there is little like- lihood that anything you say will get you relea- sed. 8. As soon as you have been booked, you have the right to complete at least two phone calls - one to a relative, friend or attorney, the other to a bail bondsman. If you can, call the Black Panther Party, 654-2003, and the Party will post bail if possible. 9. You must be allowed to hire and see an at- torney immediately. You do not have to give any statement to the police, nor do you have to sign any state- ment you might give them, and therefore you should not sign anything. Take the Fifth and the Fourteenth Amendments, because you cannot be forced to testify against yourself. 11. You must be allowed to post bail in most cases, but you must be able to pay the bail bondsmen's fee. If you cannot pay the fee, you may ask the judge to release you from cus- tody without bail or to lower your bail, but he does not have to do so. 12. The police must bring you into court or release you within 48 hours after your arrest (unless the time ends on a week-end or a holiday, and they must bring you before a judge the first day court is in session.) 13. If you do not have the money to hire an attorney, immediately ask the police to get you an attorney without charge. 14. 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