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25THE BLACK PANTHER Black oy News Service > VOLUME II, NO. 5 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1968 Huey Must Be Set Free unease THE BLACK F PANTHER nd Eee WORLD AWAITS VERDICT COUNTY ‘COU RT “HOUSE FREE HUEY... OR THE SKY'S THE LIMIT THE BLACK PANTHER HISTORY 4 BY Frank B, Jones Although white supremist his- torians have attempted to establish that black people in the South were happy and contented slaves, we have historical evidence that such was not the case, As a matter of fact, there were more than 200 Slave rebellions and conspiracies in the United States prior to the Civil War. The first revolt re- sulted in black men becoming the first permanent settlers - other than the Indians - in the United States. This slave revolt occurred in a Spanish colony in 1526. The Spaniards left the rebellious colony, returned to Haiti, and left the black men who had revolted in the United States. Even today these revisionist his- torians are attempting to malign the intentions and motivations of the leaders of the black revolts. These historians and writers of historical novels are stating or implying that black men revolted because they were mentally de- ranged, religious fanatics, revolu- tionary opportunists, etc. These historians refuse to admit that many black mena fought in opposi- tion to slavery in face of almost insurmountable odds because they loved their people and sought justice and equality. Black men possess a quality that is evidently alien to the white su- premist historians, A quality that is rare in establishment oriented SEPTEMBER /, 1968 HUEY AND PAGE 2 societies - an untiring tenacity to resist injustices. Black men cannot resolve themselves to'an inferior Status. True black men will fight injustice as long as it exists and will employ and and all means necessary.to destroy it. It wasthis characteristic that prompted many black men to fight the injustices of slavery, Gabriel Prosser, Denmark Vesey, Nat Turner, and company all fought to end the monstrous system of de jure slavery that existed in the United States. After slavery was declared illegal, black men continued to resist the in- justices of de facto Slavery. Men like Marcus Garvey, Malcolm xX, and Martin Luther King opposed the degrading system of de facto They realized that there are two Americas - one of principle and one of practice. They were also aware that the America of principle is only a facade for the America of practice, In practice America is a materially oriented, class con- scious, racist, hypocritical coun- try; but these qualities are hidden behind the written and Spoken principles of the Declaration of Independence, the Pledge of Al- legiance, the Constitution, and the Lord’s Prayer. America does not practice what it preaches, Today we have another black man who has dedicated himself to the fight against injustice. A man who wants to apply the principles of America and not just preachthem, A man waats the principles of America applied to all people in- stead of just a select few. A man who has chosen a section of the Declaration of Independence as the philosophical basis for his ac- tivities, A man who wants to make the gun subject to the people in- stead of making the people subject to the gun. A man who practices what he preaches, Today we have Huey P. Newton, Huey P. Newton has chosen to join the ranks of the black free- dom fighters and to continue their pressed black masses. Huey pos- sesses characteristics that are similar to both de jure and de facto slavery freedom fighters. Of the de facto slavery freedom fighters he is more nearly aligned to Malcolm X - both decided that force is an effective means of resisting violent people and/or policemen, Huey resembles Den- mark Vesey of the de jure slavery era because like Denmark, Huey realized the need for organization, Most of us are aware of the biographical facts concerning Mal- colm X, so now let us review the parallels that exist between Den- mark Vesey and Huey P. Newton. Huey attended Merritt College and completed one year of law school. He could have remained in law school and upon graduation entered the world of self-deception of the black bourgeoisie. Huey could not accept that role. He could not seek personal gain while his black brothers remained op- pressed. He valued freedom for his people more than he valued any personal aggrandizement. Huey realized that the laws he was study- ing were notapplied to black people with the same equality that they are applied to whites. The laws are used to regulate white people and to restrict black people. There is no equality under the law in America. Huey organized the Black Panther Party. Denmark Vesey purchased his freedom after winning a lottery. He accumulated money and proper- ty and gained the respect of both blacks and whites. He personally stated that he was willing to risk his personal comfort in an effort to free his black brothers. When an opportunity arose for Denmark to go to Africa, he refused it say- ing he wanted to stay in America and see what he could do for his fellow creatures. Denmark Vesey started an organization whose pur- pose was to liberate the slaves of Charleston, S.C, Huey Newton realized that an organization can be no stronger than its members, so he shose men who were dedicated to the black liberation movement. The chairman of the Black Panther Party, Bobby Seale, exemplifies the type of men that Huey wants for the Black Panther Party. Bobby has held many decent paying jobs, but he could not be bought off in his attempt to help his black brothers. Bobby joined with Huey and has remained faithful to the cause in spite of Huey’s imprison- ment and constant threats against Bobby’s life. The threats of death have only served to strengthen Bobby’s resolve. Denmark Vesey chose Peter Poyas as his chiefassistant. Peter Poyas has been descri0edasa man with ice water in his veins - one of the coolest operators ever. When a weakling Uncle Tom exposed Vesey’s plot to capture Charleston, Peter was picked up and ques- tioned, but remained so cool that he was released, Later when more weaklings implicated him, Peter who was condemned to death tolda companion who had startedto yield to pain to ‘Die like a manl’’ A word from Peter was enough; his companion ceased to complain. At his execution Peter told his fellow revolutionists when they were asked for additional information, “Do not open your lips. Die silent "as you shall see me do.” A cool operator indeed. Huey realized that only activity can revolutionize a system. Talk is not enough. Huey, Bobby, and Lil’ Bobby Hutton started their shotgun patrols to discourage police bru- tality in the ghetto. This effort was very successful! in accom- plishing its goal, but it turned the pent up sadism of the ‘police de- partment onto the Panthers. The police continued to harass Huey and the Panthers until the shooting incident that resulted in Huey’s being imprisoned. Evemthe incar- ceration of Huey did not satisfy the police as is witnessed by the continued harassment of the Pan- thers, Denmark Vesey organized his black brothers in and around»the city of Charleston and was pre- paring to take control of the city, but an Uncle Tom house servant heard about Denmark’s plan and sprad the word to the white slave- owners. Even with the knowledge of Denmark’s organization, the slaveowners had a difticult time trying to determine who the leaders were, Denmark’s associates were so strong that/mostof the informa- tion upon capture. A few who were too weak to endure the intensive interrogation finally implicated (Cont’d on Pg. 5, Col. 4) PRISONERS FAST TO FREE HUEY On Monday, August 26, when Huey Newton took the stand for the second day in his trial for the accused murder of an Oakland police- man, he was greeted with demonstrations of support inside and out- side the courthouse, While a thousand demonstrations chanted and picketed outside, Huey’s fellow inmates at the Alameda County jail got together to carry out their own action. The following note was passed among the inmates: “WE WILL FREE HUEY DAY” MONDAY, AUGUST 26 ALAMEDA COUNTY JAIL ALL BROTHERS: In view of the political circumstances in relation to our brother, “‘The Honorable Huey P, Newton’’, Minister of Defense of the Black Panther Paety, we are appealing to all inmates for your complete co-operation and observance of a restricted discipline and orderly demonstration.’’ The note then went on to outline the plans for the day, which in- cluded refusing to eat all day, observing only “official business” such as court dates, not making any unnecessary noises, no game playing, and no jeering at the guards. The message emphasized that this was ‘‘not a prelude to a ‘riot’ or. any other disturbance”, and termed it instead ‘‘a day of fasting and meditation.’’ Inmates were encouraged to behave responsibly and follow all rules, The message concluded: “In observing this proposal, we are contributing to the instant liberation of the oppressed Black People in the American society. Power to the People BLACK POWER TO ALL BLACK PEOPLE, Sheriff Madigan confirmed that the prisoners did in fact go ona hunger strike, but would not elaborate. Inmates reported that what began with a small number of Black prisoners at breakfast spread to all of the inmates, Black and White, by the noontime meal, which is the main meal of the day, Prisoners lined up for the mals in an orderly fashion, but re- fused to take any food. Worried prison guards hastily changed the menu, adding the special treat of fruit cocktail, Still no one would eat. When police finallu learned later in the day the purpose of the demonstration, they appeared relieved. Since the demonstration was orderly and included all prisoners, no penalty action was taken. And Huey Newton sat on the stand with the knowledge that he had the complete support of all his fellow inmates. MESSAGE TO THE BLACK BROTHERS OF HUNTERS POINT AND POTRERO HILL (San Francisco) - Let’s get it together! For the past two weeks we have received reports of your moving against the pig in a revolutionary fashion, Youhave placed the fear of the gun in them, If this was your primary objective, then you have been more than successful! If, however, you alsobecome armed with the correct political ideology and move to determine your own destiny in your own black community, here are some things that must be corrected: One - Target practice is essential so that you can hit what you are shooting at, You must (repeat, YOU MUST!) know the effective range of your weapons and Three- You must organize your black communities! In these three areas, the BLACK PANTHER PARTY. stands ready to lend any assistance you may require, Two - THE BLACK PANTHER CHAIRMAN BOBBY SEALE AND CHIEF OF STAFF DAVID HILLIARD IN CHICAGO The police state enforced at the 1968 Democratic Convention was a display of naked force rallied by Vice-President Humphrey a so-called ‘outspoken’? liberal and a candidate with a solid ‘civil rights record’’, as well as Mayor Daley of Chicago, a ‘big boss’? in the Democratic party machinery. Chairman Bobby Seale and Captain David Hilliard of the Black Panther Party were in Chicago speaking to crowds of 5,000 across the street from the convention amphitheatre, Chairman Seale noted that while he spoke during the day on two different occasions, the pigs were to whip heads and crack skulls at night. During the convention Humphrey was careful not to mention the nightly brutality. Two days after the convention Humphrey made a statement about the necessity of the police in masse because of two threats on his life and the yippies threats prior to the convention to disrupt it. Chairman B, Seale observed that: ‘if no pigs were there those disenters would have swung the convention away from the administration forces,’’ Chairman Seale said Humphrey, Daley, and the Democratic bosses brought in 20,000 National Guard and used the regular city pigs to intimadate the people from disent, In essence: With this brutal force, if you dissent, your heads will be whipped and your skulls will be cracked. The corruptness of the government shows itself when- ever guns and force have to be used to quell dissent,’’ Chairman Seale noting that ‘everytime the people disagree with the basic decisions of the power structure it sends in it’s arms, guns, and force to make them agree,’’ Chairman Seale and Captain David Hilliard went further to predict that ‘*the Democratic Party is a dead party ... and we assess that this country might not last 5 more years,’’ Inside the convention, the Democratics tried hard to retain a calm and sane atmosphere, with a token recognition of the ‘minority vote,’’? Aretha Franklin sang the National Anthem (Digit), a Hawaiian Tom presided over the convention, they allowed a Negro to a tribute to Martin Luther King -- which was rudely interrupted, Black dele- gates tried in vain to nominate a Black man, Rev. Channing Phillips of D,C,, all the while frustrated racist delegates continually dis- rupted the convention, The brutal spectacle of the Gestapo Pro Administration forces was broadcast over 3 major television stations, along with the ab- surd lie of the convention itself, giving the Black people a sneak preOiew of policies of the next President. Kathleen to Japan KNOCK ON WooD By Knox Woods Chairman Mao calls them ‘‘run- ning dogs.’’ Prime Minister Car- michael calls them ‘“‘puppets.’’ Minister of defense Huey P. New- ton calls them ‘‘bootlickers.”’ Whatever the term they are all describing the same creatures, The lowest form of life on this planet, the bastard offspring of the Black people have been sup- jected to the hands of THIS racist SEPTEMBER 7, 1968 PAGE 3 GOVERNMENT GRANTS 8,750,000 TO KILL BLACKS The Justice Department has sent telegrams to the Governors of every state, inviting them to apply for grants from an eight andthree- quarter million dollars Federal Fund to help in the control of urban riots. This fund is to be spent for training, planning, and acquiring more pig equipment for use against black people. The government is willing to give up millions of dollars to other white racist power struc- tures and for the murder of black people, but not one cent is spent to repay blacks across the nation for 400 years of slavery. As long as the government per- sists with such a white racist so- lution to ‘their’ problem, the black revolution will move. PIG PEN UNDER FIRE ... PIG CHIEF DEFENDS (SAN FRANCISCO) - One hundred and fifty reactionaries held a demonstration for abdonement of the S,F, tactical squad, following recent’ incidents involving seven brothers in the Mission District. Statements by Pig Alioto, con- sisted of his want for a thorough investigation of charges brought against the tactical pig squad, and no matter what the outcome, to have Pig Chief Cahitl, and the Police Commissioner make apub- lic statement concerning their con- clusion. I ask you, how can a pig fairly investigate -charges brought against his fellow pigs. We know how the outcome will be, so we must keep this in mind, THEREFORE... FREE HUEY.. OR THE SKY’S THE LIMIT! BLACK PANTHER You are welcome to stop by and visit any BLACK PANTHER PARTY office. Sandra Dilworth Relates We, the BLACK PEOPLE of tis Afro-American set, in order to form a more perfect union among us, WILL get rid of all things keeping us. from our righteous freedom; that is, pickup the GUN and OFF all those in our way! That, baby, means “‘the pigs, the honkies, the white racist power structure and/or any other thing keeping us (the BLACK PEOPLE of this Afro-American set!) from living and enjoying our true rights as FREE BLACK PEOPLE, PIGS REFUSE TO ACCEPT HEAD OF THEIR OWN (London) - The American Em- bassy in London (England) refused to aecept the head of a pig de- livered on a tray. It was presented by a group of radicals who were protesting po- lice violence in the United States. The racist pigs said they would accept a statement of protest by the radicals but not the pig’s head. Perhaps they didnot recognize him without his nightstick and gun. union of racism and imperialism, raised on blood drained from the tortured bodies of the disposed and existing at maturity only to do the will of their masters in Washing- ton, D.C, These swine are to be found throughout the so-called ‘‘ Western World.”” Always ready to do the bidding of the racists political power structure, Their latest exercise in evil was the deliberate delaying of the Communications Secretary of the Black Panther Party. They refused to grant Kathleen Cleaver a visa to enter Japan in time to attend an international anti-Viet- The pig said that the office was closed on Friday! This statement from the Japanese, who are known the world over for working 16 hours a day. These people sup- posedly took a long weekend. The dogs granted the visa only after the conference was over. white America for too, too long (400 years, those pigs been acting funky!) Our BLACK BROTHERS AND SISTERS gave the cry that we had all been awaiting -- “THE WATTS REVOLT!” “BLACK POWER” isthe NAME, the slogan is ‘BURN, BA)Y, BURN!’ cried out across the nation, across the world -- De- troit, Newark, Hunters Point, Washington, Atlanta, Fillmore, and proud African Blacks in OUR HOMELAND, But RIOTERS? And LOOTERS? Are we even thinking like these new ‘labels’ that those red-necked honkies are socking to us (like, dig, the old ones were nigger, boy, and more foul words)? NO, BABY! NO! THOSE racist white Americans are the looters, Dig it? Rioters? No. Hell, no! Only hope-to-die political revolu- tionaries. BLACK REVOLUTION- ARIES! “THE ENEMY ROTS WITH EVERY PASSING DAY, WHILE FOR US THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER DAILY ...’’ (as quoted by the Honorable Chairman CCP, MAO TSE TUNG) EDITORIAL STAFF POLITICAL PRISONERS Minister of Defense Huey P. Newton (Oakland County Jail) CHAIRMAN Bobby Seale EDITOR Minister of Information, Eldridge Cleaver MANAGING EDITOR Deputy Minister of Information Raymond Lewis REVOLUTIONARY ARTIST AND LAY-OuT Minister of Culture Emory Douglas CONTRIBUTORS Many dedicated Black Revolution- aries from across the nation, THE BLACK PANTHER SEPTEMBER 7, 1968 PAGE 4 Poney—- dem pigs Chasin you ?? Come on in here boy, F won't ley dem find you IMPERIALISTS POSE INTERNATIONAL THREAT TO PEOPLE OF COLOR By VIC HEADY ; -° The ' sun’ has ‘left the’ sky of western. Europe and neo-colonial sAimériea dnd the tofie of color inthe dawning sky indicates that to- morrow is°going’ to:-be Black’ and Beautiful. Therefor with slightly mofe than 200 million black Africans stretched across the horizon, the interests of the white world would best be served by allowing BIAFRANS in the amount of 3000 per day - to starve to death, AND THEY DID IT. The treasure of the most powerful American oil company in the International oil combines made the following statement: ‘Our foreign policy will be more concerned with the safety and stability of our foreign investments in the future than ever before. The proper respect for capital abroad is just as important as respect for OUR political principles,’ This same person went on to refer to United States as ‘‘The greatest contributor to the global mechanism’’ and ‘‘the majority stockholder in this corporation know as the world, This person thinks in terms of investments and property rights having precedent over human rights. ALL HUMAN RIGHTS, ALL OVER THE WORLD. This person’s salary is paid by Standard Oil of New Jersey. This person does not think like a human being - this person thinks like a machine with the mentality of a swine. Therefore this person is notaman,..THIS IS A PIG! “The major stockholder in this corporation known as the world’”’ , . . That state- ment takes audacity that statement takes insanity. For that state- ment... precisely defines Imperialism, A The Imperialistic monster devours all under developed nations, and their entire population, save a few bootlicking lackeys who sell their people down stream, Therefore the obvious enemy of the people is anyone who furthers the aims of this monster, Imperialism; on any of its numerous tennacies, Its enforcement arm is the Military... The U.S, arines stole Panama from Columbia and then forced the granting of a 100 year lease on the Panama Canal Property. When the lease expired, they slapped the Panamanian people in the face ... AND THEY KEPT IT. In 1090 the U.S. Marines Corps, forced a politicaldynasty of corrupt, pigs onthe people of Nicaragura, which still keeps in power, In 1914 the U.S, Marine Corps, killed Mexicans in Tampico and stood guard while U.S, oil companies stole every drop of oil from the country. In 1916 the U.S. Marines invaded the Dominican Republic to pro- tect the thieving pigs of the American sugar companies, In 1921 the U.S. Marines helped Shell Oil burglarize Rumania, In 1922 the U.S, Marines crushed all opposition by the people of Guatamala to the United Fruit Co, who was raping their country AND THEY FIRE STILL DOING IT, In 1927 it was China ... for Rockefeller and his Standard Oil. American Imperialism is a threat and a menace to the peace and progress of humanity, Therefore an America which continues such a policy is an enemy of mankind ingeneral. . . and it must be stopped, before this blind technological monster consumes and destroys this planet, 1 Come ‘on_in_ chile | cil RRR SE RK EO AFRICAN, ASIAN AND LATIN-AMERICAN SOLIDARITY GROUP APPEALS TO OSPAAAL ON BLACK AMERICAN REVOLUTION Three years ago, on August 18, 1965, the Afro-American population of the Watts ghetto (California) staged a popular rebellion of extra-ordinary proportions, un- Precedented in political life of the U.S. impe Watts shook the structure of U.S. im- perialist power, its policy of secular racism and racial oppression, thus marking the beginning of the battle for the social and political redemption of the Afro-Americans. And in spite of the abuses of enemy, of his increased repression and the appeals to reason by informists and pacifists financed by the Ford, Rockefeller and other founda- tions, the example of Watts spread and multiplied in extension, magnitude and depth. Thus, almost all the cities of the North American empire have recorded demonstra- tions and rebellions of increasing intensity, sometimes reaching the level of veritable insurrections, In 1966, the process that began at Watts adopted the watchword **Black Power’? as a catalyzing element of outstanding importance and significance, which in time be- came the enlightened conception of the struggle of the Afro-Americans. Malcolm X was the precursor of these ideas, which were developed and upheld by outstanding leaders such as Stokely Carmichael, H. Rap Brown, Huey Newton, Eldridge Cleavers and others, The number of black militants andsectors of the population which resort to revolutionary armed violence as legitimate recokse and as the most efficacious means of struggling for their genuine liberation is increasing every day. Yesterday, in Detroit, the imperialists were forced to call in their tanks; today the Cleveland rebellion has for the first time left behind a high number of police and guardmen casualities. In tis way the black Revolutionary movement grows, becomes better organized and advances; its actions neutralizes and historically annuls all the reformist and pacificist trend which predominated for many years, turning the preachings of Malcolm X into reality. in this struggle the organizations and leaders that form the vanguard of the Afro-Americans are being forged, linking their emancipation with that of their brothers who, in Africa, Asiaand Latin America, are striving against the same enemy. The destruction of the imperialist system thus becomes a common and de- Se PAP FAD, maetecas Ws tte Fo) ie Pw cisive battle wherein the U.S, white leftist sectors which join and commit themselves at to the struggle will also particiapte. ate At present the battle of the Afro-Americans gathers new dimensions, facing with an renewed vigor the repressive machinery of U.S. imperialism and racism, which has ae unleased an ‘urban counterinsurgency’? against black ghettos and communities, in- ig cluding the police, the National Gurd and even federal troops, armoured cars and tanks, along with ‘‘civic action’’ consisting of crumbs and some dollars for the ‘¢wel- fare” of black communities, and the bribing of so-called Negro leaders who, like Stokes, the Negro Mayor of Cleveland, are as pro-imperialist and as oppressive as Johnson. Part of this “counter-insurgency’”? is the physical elimination of the black leaders -- a recourse now frequently used by U.S, imperialism -- which has become so brutal that it has gone so faras to assassinate a man like Rev, Martin Luther King, the preacher of nonviolence, At present the U.S. imperialist schemes for physical elimination center around Huey Newton, an outstanding Afro-American young leader, founder of the BLACK PANTHER PARTY for Self-Defense and one of the foremost defenders of revolutionary violence as a means for the liberation of his people. Shot by the California Police, imprisoned for over nine months without evidence and without being brought to trial, he is now in serious danger of being killed by his captors ‘legally’? or by means of a ‘‘suicide.’? The case of Huey Newton clearly confirms the nature of U.S, imperialism and shows what the Afro-Americans and even the whites who consider themselves progressives and revolutionaries might expect from the system of domination now prevailing in the U.S,; it confirms that for Afro-Americans and for true tevolutionaries there is no other alternative for there liberation. Huey (Cont'd on Pg. 10, Col. 1) A ozo ebzazet TS = PO OOO TAD OAT AP TAP ARO AD OADO ea or ns The Role of the Arab Student In the U.S. | As Arab student, many of whom great lessons were taught to by the BLACK LIBERATION MOVEMENT, we can do avariety of things which can be helpful in the HUEY case in particular but also with regard to the MOVEMENT as a whole in general. First, we can at- tempt to bring to the consciousness of all ARAB students in the U.S, and Canada the far reaching implications of the HUEY P, NEWTON trial and of the BLACK REVOLUTION and its relevance to our existence urging the ARAB students as individuals and groups to get involved in THIS struggle while they are in THIS country, and maintain this in volume after they leave for home. We can, further, contribute time, money, and ener9y andallocate themas OUR BLACK BROTHERS see fit. We must escalate our propaganda efforts in getting the BLACK Struggle publicized among the ARAB people through news media, labor and students unions, etc. But we must immediately and IN ‘‘MASSES’’ apply pressure on our respective representatives in the United Nations on behalf of OUR SUFFERING BROTHERS, Our representatives in the U.N. should band together with sympathetic representative and demand immediate U.N, sanc- tions and condemnation of U.S, racism and imperialism and ‘‘DE- MAND THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF HUEY P, NEWTON and his compensation and the cessation of the persecution of BLACK revolu- tionary LEADERS, We must, finally, make thisa permanent campaign for giving all needed aid to the BLACK LIBERATION Struggle until the revolutionary goals of the BLACK people are achieved; i.e., until victory. We must never forget that this struggle is part and parcel of the LIBERATION STRUGGLES of the peoples of AFRICA, ASIA, and LATIN AMERICA. STATEMENT FROM THE ORGANIZATION OF ARAB STUDENTS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA THE BLACK POPULATION OF THE U.S, More than a hundred years after the alleged emancipation of the black people in the United States the Afro-Americans still live under conditions of semi-slavery in a truly colonialist situation. They are denied their freedom, and excluded form economic and political power. The greatest majority cannot obtain but the most menial and lowest paying jobs and live in abject poverty, destitution, and degradation. The racist power structure uses the most devious methods to deny them even the right to vote and few, if any, other than those willing to do the bidding of the white man are able to hold political office. Furthermore, Black Americans cannot hope to find redress in the courts of this country either because of explicit laws designed for their persecution or because of the racist attitudes of the peoples white judges. Most are kept almost illiterate and denied the right to adequate education. Those who are able to go to school cannot hope to learn but ill about their cultural heritage, about their people, and their own heroes are ignored and never mentioned (Note that many Afro-Americans rose in revolt to lead their people to freedom). In short, all the institutions of the United States are some- how patterned in such a way so as to make the liberation of the Afro-Americans within this structure s from high-school without being able to read and write “Yet”, that did not prevent his political and social consciousness from develop- ing. He decided to teach himself to read and write, attended Merritt College, and then joined the San Francisco Law School. But it did not take Huey long to realize that in order to mobilize his people for the coming struggle for liberation he had to devote all his time and energy for the task, He made his choice; he left the School of Law and went down to the streets of his community and, along with Bobby Seale, founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense which was to be the nucleus around which the political organization of his people was to take vlace. The Black Panthers, like other Black Power movements in this country, defined the conditions of existence of their people as truly colonialist situation. The police’ force around the country being the colonial occupying troops who go into the black community to harass, persecute, and brutalize the colonized. This being clear one e of the objective of the Panthers became a quest for a solution that will deal effectively with the tyranny of the police. They, therefore, or- ganized small groups of youth to patrol their own streets and give advice and legal education to black individuals who get stopped and harassed by police patrols. These actions inflamed the repressive THE BLACK PANTHER sadistic powers who multiplied their acts of aggression on the black people in general and launched a campaign of terror to get rid of the Black Panther Party in particular. The liquidation of the Panthers became the primary and obsessive objective of the repressive racist police. But most of all they were out to get the heroic leaders and organizers of the Party. This fact should surprise no one who has experienced colonialist rule. For whenever a leader among the colonized emerges and begins mobilizing his people and demanding freedom he presents an immediate threat to the rule and interests of the imperialists and he is, therefore, summarily executed. Let us note, then, how the racist U.S, elite eliminated Malcolm X, and then how they got rid of Martin Luther King, and, now they are trying to crucify HUEY P, NEWTON It finally became a habit of the Oakland police to go after known Panthers and stop them, search them, break into their houses illegally, harass them, beat them up, haul them to jail for no legal reason what-so-ever. So, on the 28th of October 1967 a policeman named Frey spotted a Panther car and, for no reason other than racist brutality, radiod for reinforcements. Another police are showed up on the scene driven by another policeman named Heynes. The result of the confrontation was that Frey waskilled, Heynes wounded, and HUEY receiving a bad wound in the stomach. The agonies which HUEY experienced are undescribable. He was taken to the hospital, suspended between LIFE and DEATH, layed on an operating table while still in hand-cuffs, where further attempt, even in that con- dition, were made at his life. He is now standing trial, after spending months in a hospital and in jail, for ALLEGEDLY Killing officer Frey. It is ironic that HUEY has to stand trial for such an accusa- tion when even the officer who survived, Heynes, admitted in court that at no time during the shooting has he seen HUEY with a gun in his hand; and that no gun was found at the scene of the shoot-out. Furthermore, both police officers shot in the direction of each other and the facts seem to point out to evidence indicating that the two policemen actually shot each other. All this and the racists are trying to victimize HUEY and convict him, as is obvious, not be- cause he actually killed a policeman but for his political views and activities; the “crime’’ of every warrior trying to organize his people and liberate them from the yoke of the oppressor. As Arab students who know what colonialist repression is and what is the meaning of colonialist state machineries we do not have to go into great pains to arrive at the conclusion that HUEY isa _political prisoner of the imperialists and that they do not give fair trials in their kangaroo courts to freedom-fighters. We do not need to refer to sociologists to tell us that under the racist conditions which exist in this country HUEY CANNOT receive a fair trial. “We know that he CANNOT.’’ We know this through familiar ex- ampls. No Arab can claim that a PALESTINIAN GUERRILLA, or ONE simply ACCUSED of BEING ONE, who is caught by the RACIST ISRAELIS can get a fair trial in THEIR COURTS. And let us keep in mind the GREAT SIMILARITY between the conditions under which the BLACK PEOPLE live in the U.S,and those under which the PALESTINIAN ARABS live in Israel. HUEY AND HISTORY (Cont'd from Pg. 2, Col. 1) Denmark Vesey. Denmark along with 31 of his associates were tried and executed, but his organ- ization was so strongand secretive that the slaveoWners admitted that they were not sure that all mem- bers had been captured. The slaye- owners also admitted that Den- mark would have succeeded in taking the city if the Uncle Tom servant had not informed on him. Gabriel Prosser fought slavery and was executed. Denmark Vesey fought slavery and was executed. Nat Turner fought slavery and was executed. In each case black people did nothing to aid the men who had fought for freedom, Marcus Garvey fought oppression and was jailed. Malcolm X fought op- pression and was assassinated, evidence to that nothing about it, serve no more. Martin Luther King fought oppres- sion and was assassinated. Black people did nothing, Huey P. New- ton fought oppression and hasbeen jailed. But Huey P. Newton can still succeed in his efforts to lib- erate black people if black people will give support to his efforts. He is not being tried forany crime that he has committed (there is no effect). He is being tried for attempting to stop the criminal acts of the white racist power structure, He is being tried for seeking justice for all black people. If we allow Huey’s trial to end in a conviction and then do we should no longer complain about our treat- ment in America because we de- SEPTEMBER 7, 1968 PAGE 5 SOUL DEFINED By JAY WHITE SOUL: Something in man which is be- lieved to be the source of and determining factor of his spiritual being. The essential part of any- thing. (WEBSTER’S) For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and lose his own soul (Bible) this is a question that’ must be addressed to my brothers and sisters today 2001 years after the birth of Christ and 34 days since the last cruci- fixtion. We find that even now the minds and» hearts of my people are still turned outward and searching to gain the material advantages offered by the ‘Off- trend Society’? giving no thought origins of the things they comet. They refuse to acknowledge that their diamond engagement rings are twice paid for, once by the money earned by the labor oftheir loved ones but first by the blood of our African Brohers who worked as slaves in the mines of South Africa, The beautiful homes they built, the mortgage payments helping the B.O,A. support the racist regime of Rhodesia. The beautiful cars enabling Gen- eral Motors to continue making war machines to destroy our brothers in Vietnam and Korea, Surely, we are in danger of losing our souls. The beautiful souls of Black Folks. Pageans of Praise have been sung to them by artists ranging from W.E,.B, Du- bois to James Brown. The one gift that has sustained us from the beginning of time to the present day. Soul that estab- lished the empire of the Shanglai before there was such a thing as European Civilization. Soul that established a pyramid at the exact center of the earth when honkies still thought the earth was flat. Soul that sent Black men over the Alps on elephants when Caesar’s celebrated legions couldn’t cross on foot. Soul established a work- able numbers system that is still in use to the present day. The same soul that established the only authentic culture on the North American Continent, This is the precious commodity. that Black folks are blindly squandering in a mad rush for DOLLARS, Dollars that have nothing to back them but the words of the biggest, vilest, mask nicians liars in the history of the workd, Be not deceived my brothers and sisters this is an amazing thing we have; it supports us in the best of times, it sus- tains us in the worst of times. Only soul. allowed us to with stand the merciless onslaught of slavery and emerge stronger than ever, Soul carried us through re- construction, Soul helps us to sur- (Cont'd on Pg. 10, Col. 4) THE BLACK PANTHER SEPTEMBER 7, 1968 PAGE 6 THREE L.A.. PANTHERS MURDERED BY PIGS (DETAILED STORY NEXT ISSUE) IN MEMORY OF BROTHER TOMMY LEWIS IN MEMORY OF BROTHER ROBERT LAWRENCE IN MEMORY OF BROTHER STEVE BARTHOLOMEW PIGS PLOTTED MURDERS OF L.A. PANTHERS Why was there a planned attack waged against the Black residents of Watts by the pig police depart- ment? Our brothers were mur- dered, our women and children were viciously, shamelessly, and unmercifully assaulted and beaten by this army of pigs. Those of us who are residents of Watts or for that matter residents of any Black community know that harassment and brutality by the pig is a daily routine. So it is only reasonable logic to conclude that the bosses of the pigs had a definate signifi- cant motive for waging this attack, It was not just to satisfy the cow- ardly pig’s lust and desire_to spill the Blackman's blood; this he does daily at his own will and without the necessity for direct orders. Although provoked many times by the pigs the Black residents of Watts have refused to have a repetition of the 1965 resistance. It was known that this method of resistance had served its pur- pose and that it is now outdated, New methods of resistance had to be adapted and applied. The pigs waged this attack and claimed to have won a victory in battle that never was a battle, When the white policy makers of this government put Black people in chains and treated them like animals, they found it was neces- sary, in order to stop opposition from non-slayeholders in Ameri- ca and throughout the world, to justify slavery by claiming that the life these Africans were living Was a fate worse than death and that they were far better off as slaves where the yood white mas- ters would feed them while they in return would give their labor, This lie was told so convincingly that even the Pope in Rome gave all of God's blessing. The policy makers found the false propaganda to be a most effective method of keeping opposition to a minimum. Ever since the so-called emanci- pation of policy makers continued to use this brainwashing methodto justify their treatment of black people. This was done through an educational system that subtly taught white supremacy and by al- ways portraying Black people as inferior. This brings us back to the reason why these trend of attacks are taking place throughout the entire country. It is the in- tention of the policy makers to commit mass murder of Black people. This must be done without the opposition or protest of white citizens. So through their medium of communications, radio, news- papers, magazines, and televis- ions, they portray images of us, instead of being the victim as we really are, they make it appear to the mass of white people that we want to destroy the property of others, that we have no re- gards for the rights of others and that we are lawless criminals who daily destroy law and order. By the pigs making attacks on us and claiming that we attacked them; (1) Its led white people to believe that they are in some Sort of danger from Black people and that the pigs are protecting them from us, Which is completely un- true, (2) They distract the atten- tion of the people away from gen- uine issues such as freedym and justice for Black and Brown peo- ple and the unjust war against the Vietnamese people. (3) They cre- ate a political appetite in the minds of white people that fash- ions their thinking to be more conducive for a false campaign of repression of Black and Brown people. So now we hear campaign slogans of ‘‘Law and Order’’ and “Support your local pigs.'’ Let me warn you that Hitler had sim- ilar slogans when he intended to exterminate the Jews, Today we are not merely resisting racism and exploitation. We are not mere- ly resisting brutality and murder, but we are resisting genocide, A systematic killing of our people. It is genocide when pig police go unpunished when they murder Black people in the streets. It is genocide when Black youth are sys- tematically sent off to Vietnam and are dying in such an inordinate proportion, It is genocide when Congress appropriates birth con- trol legislation aimed at elimina- ting Black mothers from giving birth to’ children. It is genocide when a Black child’s body is wreck- ed with the pain of hunger and starvation, Amongst us we 120,000 Black guerilla warfare fighters (veterans of Vietnam), They have great interest inthe survival] of our people, We must not sit back and allow the best of our people to be murdered or to wait until a mem- ber of our -own family is the vic- tim. We must waste no time: unite and resist, -- Bro. Rodney Barnette have standing by. WATTS FESTIVAL REVOLT The pig department of Los An- geles is still continuing its geno- cidal attempt in the Black com- munity of Watts. With no provocation the pigs in- vaded the Watts Summer Festival and killed three Black people who were trying to make their environ- ment more tolerable. The pigs un- doubtably would have killed a lar- ger number of Black people if. Black freedom fighters had not arrived to stop the ravaging pigs. AS soon as the pigs saw the freedom fighters they retreated to the sanctuary of Central Pig Pen (headquarters) in hopes of escap- ing the retribution duethem. Their efforts to escape were futile. The freedom fighters surrounded the pig pen and issued a warning, “LL, A, PIGS - STOP KILLING BLACKS," As in all cases in the past, the power structure triedto whitewash the filthy actions of its pig army. The pigs claimed that they were provoked by the Black people who were attending the Watts Festival. What were the pigs doing there in the first place? Chief pig Reddin claimed that only one person was killed by police and that the other two were killed by snipers. Black people do not shoot at other Black people during revolts or revolu- tions. The pigs are obviously lving. The pigs solution to the prob- lem was to aggravate the situation by sending in more pigs to satu- J rate the area. This was unneces- sary. The solution is to get the pigs out of the Black community and give control of the Black commun- ities to the Black people. IF THEY § DON'T GIVE US CONTROL, WE WILL TAKE IT, Top Photo: Chairman Bobby Seale shaking hands with brown beret and Bunchy, Deputy Minister of Defense of Southern California Bottom Photos, Left and Right: Panther and brown beret pall bearers carrying casket of little Tommy. Capt. Banks of L.A, in right, front. L.A. PIG CONSPIRACY Close to 4UU members of minor- ity groups showed up at a meeting of the Los Angeles City Council and accused L.A, pigs of a crim- inal conspiracy to disrupt and destroy the Black and Brown com- munity. This hearing was called after over-night disturbances in the Black community of Watts left three men dead and more than 40 others injured, Some of their demands included an immediate withdrawal of police from Black and Brown communi- ties and an end to the legal killing and arrests of minority citizens. The chief of the Los Angeles pig department, Tom Reddin, de- nied charges his officers commit- ted murder in moving into 20 Black areas during the Watts Summer Festival. Reddin saidthereSEEM- ED to be a plan in the oitfreak but there was no evidence of a conspiracy. 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. THE BLACK PANTHER SEPTEMBER 7, 1968 PAGE 7 BLACK PEOPLE: KEEP YOUR GUNS CALIFORNIA AND FEDERAL GUN LAWS This article is to serve as a guide for the members of the BLACK PANTHER PARTY and is not to be construed as a substitute for competent legal counsel, 12001 -- A concealable firearm is any firearm having a barrel less than 12 inches in length. 12025 -- Any person caught with a concealable firearm CONCEALED on their person or within any vehicle is guilty of a misdemeanor, 12026 -- No license is required for any citizen 18 years or over to keep a legal weapon in their home or place of business, (Some weapons require federal registqtion.) 12027 -- Persons exempt from Section 12025 includes members of any club or organization or- ganized for the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon established target ranges, whether pub- lic or private, while such members are using firearms upon such target ranges, or while going to and from such ranges, 12031 -- Except as provided in subdivision (b), every person who carries a loaded firearm on his person or in a vehicle while in any public place or on any public street in any incorporated city or in any public place or on any public street in a prohibited area of unincorporated territory is guilty of a misdemeanor. (®) Persons who are using target ranges for the purpose of practice shooting with a firearm, or who are members of shooting clubs while hunting on the premises for such clubs. (c) In order to determine whether or not a firearm is loaded, pigs are authorized to examine any firearm carried by anyone on his person or in a vehicle while in any public place. Refusal to allow a pig to inspect a firearm constitutes probable cause for arrest. (2) Nothing in this section is intended to preclude the carrying of any loaded firearm, under circumstances where it would be otherwise be lawful, by a person who reasonably believes that the person or property of himself of another is in immediate danger and that the carrying of such a weapon is necessary for the preservation of such person or property. (j) Nothing in this section shall prevent any person from having a loaded weapon, if it is other- wise lawful, at his place of residence, including any temporary residence or campsite. 12552 -- Every person who furnishes any firearm, air gun, or gas-operated gun, designed to fire a bullet, pellet or metal projectile, to any minor under the age of 18 years, without the expressed or im- plied permission of the parent or legal guardian of the manor, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 12560 -- Any felon who owns, has in his possession or under his custode or control any firearm is punishable by imprisonment in the State Prison not exceeding 15 years, or in a county jail not ex- ceeding one year and/or by a fine not exceeding $500. FEDERAL LAWS (1) Title X of the Civil Rights Act provides that anyone who demonstrates, manufacturers, trans- ports, or teaches the use of firearms, explosives, or incendiary devices for use in riots or civil disorders may be imprisoned for up to 5 years and fined $10,000, (2) Title VII of the Crime Control Act states that felons, veterans discharged other than honorably, mental incompetent, aliens illegally in the United States, or former U,S, citizens who have renounced their citizenship, who possess, receive, or transport interstate any firearm may be punished by a fine of $10,000, (3) The National Firearm Act requires that a $200tax be paid on each transfer of any fully automatic firearm, rifles with barrels under 16 inches, shotguns with barrels under 18 inches, any rifle or shot- gun under 26 inches overall, or silencers, The Act also requires that the $200 tax be paid on the mak- ing of any firearm that meets the specifications listed above, THE FOLLOWING LAWS ARE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE ON DECEMBER 16, 1968 (1) Only a licensed manufacturer or dealer may ship or transport interstate any firearm (other than a rifle or a shotgun) or any ammunition to anyone but a licensed dealer or manufacturer, (Lic- ensed importers may also ship and receive all firearms and ammunition interstate.) (2) No one but a licensed dealer, manufacturer, or importer may receive in his state of residence any firearm (other than a rifle or shotgun) that has been obtained by him outside his state of resi- dence, (8) Only a licensed dealer, manufacturer, or importer may give, trade, transfer, transport, or deliver any firearm (other than a rifle or shotgun to anyone living in another state.) (4) To receive or transport into any state a firearm that cannot be legally purchased in that state is a federal offense, (©) Only a licensed dealer, importer, or manufacturer may ship or transport in interstate commerce any fully automatic weapon or any sawed-off shotgun or rifle. This article is not intended as a substitute for competent legal counsel. NEW EDITOR SAN FRANCISCO -- At a re- cently held BLACK PANTHER Newspaper meeting attended by Chairman Bobby Seale, Eldridge Cleaver, Minister of Information, National Captain David Hilliard, and a number of dedicated BLACK PANTHER Brothers and Sisters, PANTHER Brother Raymond Lew- is was delegated to function as the new Managing Editor of the BLACK PANTHER Newspaper and appoint- ed San Francisco Deputy Minister of Information. Eldridge Cleaver, Minister of Information and Editor of the BLACK PANTHER Newspaper, sanctioned PANTHER Brother Raymond Lewis as Managing Edi- tor and stated that the BLACK PANTHER Newspaper now has the revolutionary driving force to en- sure publication every two weeks, All BLACK PANTHER Brothers and Sisters, all Black Revolution- aries, all Black Freedom Fighters, and all BLACK men and women are invited to submit revolution- .ary news items, photographs, poems, essays, art work, com- mentaries, and other material for publication in the BLACK PAN- THER Newspaper to: RAYMOND LEWIS Managing Editor BLACK PANTHER Newspaper 1419 Fillmore Street San Francisco, California 94115 or to the CENTRAL HEAD- QUARTERS Chairman Bobby Seale held a press conference today during which he said that the atrocities committed against Panthers in New York will not be tolerated. He also discussed the political importance of Minister George Murray's trip to Cuba. Bobby Seale closed by stating that unless Huey P, Newton is set free, the sky is the limit! George Murray, Minister of Education spoke to a crowd of nearly 750 people at the Bobby Hutton Memorial Park. He stated that he and Capt. Ford of New York were well. received by the people of Cuba during their recent visit there, and that many revolu- tionary ambassadors pledged to support the Black Liberation struggle in America. Minister Murray also stated that the B.P,P. is recognized as the vanguard unit of the revolutionary movement in America and he was pleasedto see that the Cubans share our convic- tion that the sky is the limit if our leader, Huey P, Newton is not set free, BREAKFAST FOR BLACK CHILDREN RULES OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY CENTRAL HEADQUARTERS - OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA Every member of the BLACK PANTHER PARTY throughout this country of racist America must abide by these rules as functional members of this party. CENTRAL COMMITTEE members, CENTRAL STAFFS, and LOCAL STAFFS, including all captains subordinate to either national, state and local leadership of the BLACK PANTHER PARTY will enforce these rules, Length of suspension or other disciplinary action ncessary for violation of these rules will depend upon decisions by national, state or state area, and local committees and staffs where said rules or rules of the BLACK PANTHER PARTY were violated. Every member of the party must know these verbatum by heart. And apply them daily. Each member must report any violation of these rules to their leadership or they are counter-revolutionary and are also subjected to suspension by the BLACK PANTHER PARTY, THE FOLLOWING RULES ARE: 1, No party member can have narcotics or weed in his possession while doing party work, 2. Any party member found shooting narcotics will be expelled from this party. 3. No party member can be drunk while doing daily party work. 4. No party member will violate rules relating to office work, and general meetings of the BLACK PANTHER PARTY, and meetings of the BLACK PANTHER PARTY, ANYWHERE, 5. No party member will point or fire a weapon unnecessarily or accidentally at anyone other than the enemy. 6. No party member can join any other army or force other than the BLACK LIBER- ATION ARMY. ‘7. No party member can have a weapon in his possession while drunk or loaded off narcotics or weed, 8. No party member will commit any crimes against other members of BLACK people at all, and cannot steal or take from the people; not even a needle and a piece of thread, 9. When arrested BLACK PANTHER PARTY members will give only name and address and will sign nothing, Legal first aid must be understood by all Party members. 10. The Ten Point Program and platform of the BLACK PANTHER PARTY must be known and understood by each Party member, including all other material of the BLACK PANTHER PARTY, BLACK PANTHER PARTY FOR NORTH & WEST OAKLAND NOW, ONLY BREAK- FAST IN THE MORNING FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY All children in grammar schools and growing young adults in Jr. High Schools can receive free but FULL BREAKFASTS in the morning before they go to school, this semester. The first of these free breakfasts will exist at Downs Memorial church at 61st and Idaho, 1 hour before school hours; St. Augustine’s church 27th and West and the Black Community Center at 42nd and Grove Street, EVERY MORNING, The Black Panther Party is calling on all mothers, and others who want to work with this revolutionary program of making sure that our young, going to school, have full stomach before going to school in the morning, The schools and the Board of Education should have had this program going ona long time ago. How can our children learn anything when most of their stomachs are empty? Black People in the Black Community and mothers, Welfare recipients, grandmothers, guardians, and others who are trying to raise children in the Black Community where racist who oppress us won’t come forth to support this needed program to feed our children before they go to school. Soul food: Grits, eggs, bread, and meat for the stomach of our children is where it’s at, when it comes to proper Education of our children, LET’S DO IT NOW, Support this part of the Black Panther Party Program. Those who want to volunteer their work every morning, or every other morning can come to the BLACK PANTHER PARTY HEADQUARTERS and sign up with the Black Panther Mothers and Citizens for full stomachs and Better kducation of Black children, The address again, 4421 Grove Street, Oakland, ‘“NOW’’. We have paid taxes and many of the mothers and Black Citizens must unite with this BLACK PANTHER PROGRAM for BETTER EDUCATION of our children. We are asking all businesses throughout the Black Community to donate ‘all neces- sary food and utensils to prepare the foods, for school children, Call the BLACK PANTHER PARTY at Let us know what you can donate both Black and White Communities and citizens, now. Money and energy. WE CITIZENS WILL FEED THE BLACK UNDERPRIVILEDGED MOVING EVERY DAY OF SCHOOL, THE GOVERNMENT AND THE BOARDOF EDUCATION WON’T DO IT, WE PEOPLE WILL DO THIS REVOLUTIONARY PROGRAM BECAUSE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY NECESSITY, Minister of Defense HUEY P, NEWTON: Minister of Information: ELDRIDGE CLEAVER: Chairman: Chief of Staff: BOBBY SEALE: DAVID HILLARD: THE BLACK PANTHER SEPTEMBER 7, 1968 ce < mu Te = vw a pe fe THE BLACK PANTHER SEPTEMBER 7, 1968 PAGE 9 SITS VERDICT PANTHER & PANTPHARP* DAN CHER | PANTHER P< MET AY THE BLACK PANTHER SOLON ORL OR ORL rae" SRO TozenTerenTecencen SRR SEPTEMBER 7, 1968 PAGE 10 Seen anes arenes eS NEWS FLASH.... NEW YORK PIGS USE NEW TACTIC TO VAMP ON 12 PANTHERS (Brooklyn, New York--Sept 4 68) Twelve members of the New York BLACK PANTHER PARTY along with Chairman Brothers (12th Congressional District Candidate of the Peace and Freedom Party, Brooklyn, New York) were lured into a set-up of the pigs new tactics and vamped on today. Between 200 and 300 off-duty pigs, in plainclothes but wearing ‘‘Wallace for Presi- dent’’ racist buttons and a pig-supporting organization named LEG (Law Enforcement Group) joined together and brutalized 12 members of the BLACK PANTHERS and Chairman Brothers. The PANTHER brothers had innocently entered Part 3 in the Criminal Court Building to attend the Bail Hearing of 3 other PANTHER brothers (PANTHER brothers George Correa, Juan ‘‘John’’ Martinez and Darryl Baines who are being illegally held by the racist power structure), The pig force kept the 12 PANTHER brothers from the court room for the bail hearing, but made no effort to interfere with the radical white racists who were demonstrating outside the courthouse, When the 12 PANTHER brothers who were visiting the court got off the elevator on the sixth floor, the fat, racist dog, LEG pigs attacked them, calling them ‘‘niggers’’ and ‘‘motherfuckers’’ while beating, kicking, and stomping them, The pigs who were in uniform pretended to be stopping the off-duty pigs, but what they actually did was drop their billy clubs so the off-duty pigs could use them to beat the PANTHERS, PANTHER section leader Tom McCreary suffered a fractured skull and Chairman Brothers who is running for Congress suffered lacerations and bruises over his body as a result of the beating. The pigs beat the brothers and threw them into an elevator while continuing to beat them, The racist dogs showed their true nature; they must travel in packs of 200 = 300 to vamp on 12 PANTHERS, Many of the LEG pigs were wearing ‘‘George Wallace for President’? buttons. The Mayor of New York has called for an investigation of the incident, but this is just a pacifying move, No investigation is necessary, Black people have been beaten and assaulted, and no move has been made to apprehend and convict the guilty parties, canrerebcasenzasdserererscers tzes4s ZenebredOzes0re56ro54 Nes 4054540 a5 N54 Ozasee ese zeretzaratrerezereoceren i RRO RRR RRA ROR RRR KM Me AFRICAN, ASIAN & LATIN-AMERICAN APPEAL Cont'd from Pg. 4. Col. 3 has fully taken all risks and his endeavers in the struggle have now turned into a powerful war cry of the Afro-Americans. The slogan, ‘*Free Huey” is neither an appeal for mercy nor a legal recourse, it is a challenge to the death U.S, imperialism in its very entrails. The genuine freedom of Huey Newton will be brought about as the result of the revolutionary action of the Afro-Americans and of the white people who are willing to run the same risks; as the result of new Watts, Newarks, Detroits and Clevelands., In this endeavors they will have the backing and the solidarity of the peoples and the revolutionary combatants of Africa, Asia and Latin America. The Executive Secretariat of the OSPAAAL, on the occasion of the third anniversary of the Watts rebellion, calls upon all its members organizations, all revolutionary and progressive forces of the world and the North American people to celebrated this day in a combative way, by denouncing the plots for the physical elimination of Huey Newton, encouraging his in his struggle and in his example and by exressing with concrete actions and solidarity messages their acknowledgment and support of the revolutionary struggle of the Afro-Americans. (EDITOR’S NOTE: From the EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT OF THE OSPAAAL Havana, August 1, 1968) SOUL DEFINED BS SS ane is (Cont'd from Pg. 5 Col. 5) i ‘4 vive the infamous Black codes, soul saw us through the numerous wars fought by this man with Blacks used as common powder, * and soul today allows us to with- stand the outrageous repression practiced by all segments of government, But we are in grave danger be- use today more than at anytime in our history, the man is apply- ing the carrot and stick technique to Black People. He tricks us into believing that we too can share in the fruits of America. He does not tell us that the fruit is poisoned with the blood of our brothers and sisters from his colonies around the world, he teaches us the doc- trine of individualism. Never bothering to explain that he has murdered us collectively for four hundred years. He warns of agitators hoping that we are still too stupid to realize that if there were no evils, there would be no agitation. And yet some of us still accept his goals as our goals, his values as our values, and his death as our death. Truly we have lost our souls, we have sold out for color T.V. sets, that give off deadly radiation, birth control pills that cause uncontrollable hemorrhag- ing, convenience foods filled with strontium 90 and token jobs for Uncle Toms. We have gained a world, unfit for human occupation, This devil has killed the birds of the air, the beasts of the field, and the fishes of the sea, Not con- tent with that, he killed the air, the fields with insecticides andthe water with pollution. The only thing left that he has not totally destroyed is the soul of the Black Folk. We are next, unless we realize this fact and organize ourselves, we too will be destroyed. We must follow the example of the brothers A.A, LA- We must resist with might and main when one bright and glorious day we will truly have gained a whole world. A world made habitable through soul. HOR OK se ncececasenzezenesenzece SaareraaerenrerUe ale THREE PANTHERS KIDNAPPED By Capt. Crutch Another attack was made August 12, 1968 against dedicated mem- bers of the Black Panther Party. The racist pigs of the C,LA, and the F.B.I. conspired along with some lackeys of the power struc- ture, Tom Mexican pigs, to bust the brothrs and disappear with them to some unknown destination. Captured were the National Head- quarters Captain David Hilliard, Minister of Education; George Murray; and Captain Landon. The pigs in Mexico were so uptight that they were running around asking every brother they saw, ‘Where's the Black Panthers? Where’s the Panthers?’’ From the word we got, the coward dogs were really in a state of fear. Scared to death of three Panthers. This undoubtedly was another in- cident of harrassment and intimi- dation. The imperialistic, racist power, structure of the decadent nation continus in its ploy to destroy the leadership of the Pan- ther Party. Their. systematic scheme to commit genocide, to contain, to silence, militant Black Panthers and other Black Free- dom Fighters is obvious daily. Panthers have been subject of at- tack most recently in New York; Los Angeles, Seattle. anf now Mexico. The oppressed Black people and nations of the world can not pin their hopes for lib- eration on the graciousness or sensibility of the honkey and his lackeys. The only course for Black people is to go on fighting until we destroy this system. Panther Power! THE BLACK PANTHER SEPTEMBER 7, 1968 PAGE IL EDITORIAL... y HUEY’S JURY REACHES ITS FINAL = © 6©6—DECISION AND IS DISMISSED, THEN THE VERDICT OF HUEY’S MANY BROTHERS AND SISTERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY THE & COLOR OF THE NIGHTIME SKIES... -MATILABA WORLD AWAITS VERDICT THE BLACK PANTHER SEPTEMBER 7, 1968 PAGE 12 FOR A REVOLUTIONARY CULTURE “Ae, the only culture worth keeping is the revolutionary culture... Our culture must not be some- thing that the enemy enjoys, ap- preciates, or says is attractive, it must be repelling to the slave master. It must smash, shatter and crack his skull, crack his eyeballs, open and make water and gold dust run out. Because the only culture worth keeping or that will be kept by black people is arevolutionary culture. Culture may be defined as the total creation of a people. Every- thing black people, do, our food, songs, dances, music, art, litera- ture, stories, poems, paintings, plays, speech, talk, kisses, em- braces, squeezes, and clothes. Our black faces must be used in our revolutionary culture. All our energies, our dreams, our will, our total ways must be used to further the revolution through which we will attain our freedom, justice, and the land and the bread which we so desperately need. Whenever the settler, the master, the owner, a Kennedy, Johnson, Rockefeller or Romney talks about us, black people and our ways and attempts to praise us, that is placing our black con- sciousness into the milky way of racist America their total ways, their culture is not revolu- tionary, it is stagnant — counter- revolutionary, repressive and murderous. The black men that Mayor Alioto praises are either Toms, fools, or black men who are being deceived, who do not have a revolutionary culture. A revolution involves the total people; it needs all the energies of the people, requires all of our attention if it is to successfully stand. Therefore it involves the total ways of the people, hence the culture, and therefore our culture must be revolutionary, which by definition is anti-white, anti-capitalist, against imperial- ism, against the racist dogs. Lyndon Johnson has no use for revolution, or revolutionary cul- ture, he has no use for change The Minister of Education which is freedom. The proof is the Vietnam war. Revolution is change, means freedom, and the American honkey, the American government nationally, statewide and locally, does not want change, does not want desire, and has no use for revolutionary culture, change or freedom for black people. The proof is the murder of Martin Luther King, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, Patrice Lu- mumba, Che Guevara, and Bobby Hutton. Martin Luther King stood for change. Kennedy, McCarthy, Johnson and Humphrey do not want change, they want reform. They have no desire for our free- dom, they want our votes andour courageous black youth to die in Vietnam fighting colored people, who never call us ‘‘nigger’’ or made us work in plantations as Johnson’s Lady Buzzard does. Black people want change. We want change-revolution, we want freedom, we want, and will have the right to determine our des- tiny. The Vietnamese want change, the Chinese want change, the African wants change, the In- dian wants change, the Cuban de- mands change, the Latin Ameri- can demands change, the Puerto Rican wants change, demands freedom and is picking up the gun for freedom’s sake. All peo- ple of color in the world want an end to the robbery of their coun- tries and communities by the racist, piggish, fascist dog American white man. Therefore the total Vietnamese people north and south are waging a war of liberation against racism, against corruption and exploitation. The Vietnamese have a revolutionary culture, a fighting culture, a changing culture and a cultural spirit that demands change in the form of freedom, justice and equality not between Vietnam and the U.S., but between Vietnam and the world. If we are to be free, to be ourselves, be black, decide who we will elect to an office, and how he or she will function if we want our young black men to revolve in the U.S. Because America is the black man’s bat- tleground, if we want to deter- mine who teaches our children at school and which days of the year will be sacred to us, that is the holy days which in the Honkey’s country is called holi- day. If we want this kind of free- dom, if we demand these kind of changes which are parcels in a real revolution, then we must have a revolutionary culture, our songs must be about change, when we do the razor stroke, it must be across a pig’s throat, so our dances must be about change. The Impressions say, ‘‘We’re a Winner,’’ just do what your black leaders tell you to, ’cause we’re movin’ on up. Our paintings must show piles of dead businessmen, bankers, lawyers, senators, con- gressmen, burning up inside their stores, being blown up in cafes, restaurants, night clubs. Our music, rhythm and blues, jazz, spiritual music, must -burst the eardrums of the whites who dare to listen to it. Eddie Harris plays a side called ‘‘Listen Here,’’ where you hear actual screams, coming from a Black Saxophone. Those are the battle cries of mad, crazy black men, and the screams are coming from the honkey’s throat as he and his wife are strangled to death, and robbed, looted, then set afire, for change. Because we are changing, weare deciding that freedom means change, changing from the slaves, the cowards, the boys, the toms, the clowns, Coons, spooks of the 50’s, 40’s, 30’s, into the wild, courageous, freedom fighting, revolutionary black nationalists of the 60’s and the coming 70’s are years of dynamite, black power for all of the third world, for all people of color in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the black islands of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the Middle East, we Af- ricans, Asians, Indians, and Spanish-speaking people held captive in the cities, inthe cotton field, tomato fields, grape fields, we farm workers, school drop- outs, black, brown, red, and yel- low. workers, and unemployed, we are realizing we must have change, we must be free, we must have a revolution if we are to survive. Johnson does not want us free. Kennedy does not want us free. Rockefeller does not want us free. Alioto does not want black people to be free. McCarthy does not want us free. No Ameri- can mayor, senator, police or fireman wants black people free. Rap Brown was sentenced to five years in jail and $2000 fine in racist Louisiana. Huey Newton, our Minister of Defense, is in jail for defending himself. Martin Luther King was murdered be- cause he was working to set black people free. Our great Prince Malcolm X was assas- sinated because he was working, fighting to set us free. All our black heroes — Africa’s Patrice Lumumba died to set black people free. More than one million col- ored children in Vietnam have been murdered by the bombs that American whites dropped on the Vietnamese «because the Viet- namese are fighting to be free. Our energies, and all our feel- ings must be uSed to free our- selves. The police fear brothers and sisters who wear naturals, but the natural is not a gun, it is black, beautiful, change, we need freedom, we need black power and political power comes through the barrelof guns. We change, we are changing. We are changing from slaves to men fighting to be free. We are slaves today in prison, in jail, on the streets, in our houses, huts, tents, shacks, schools, onthe few jobs available to us. We are slaves this evening. We must struggle, we must have change, or else there will bea tomorrow full of concentration camps, gas furn- aces and the screams of our mothers and little sisters. Black men, Black people, colored pris- oners of America, revolt every- where! Arm yourselves. The only culture worth keeping is a revo- lutionary culture. Change. Free- dom everywhere. Dynamite! Black Power. Use the gun. Kill the pig everywhere. Minister of Education Black Panther Party George Murray but we need No Justice For Black People No black woman in America is safe as long as the pigs are al- lowed to fun rampant through the Black Community. Our mothers, sisters and daughters must be pro- tected from the indiscriminate use of force by the pigs who infest our community. The following is a case in point, On Sunday, March10, 1968, Mrs. Cynthia Lambert called the Ber- keley Police Department to file a complaint abouta neighbor who was disturbing the peace. The pig who arrived on the scene first decided to arrest Mrs. Lambert. When Mrs. Lambert asked the pig why he was arresting her he pushed her against the side of her car with such force that her head struck the roof of the car with a resound- ing thump. Mrs. Lambert again asked the pig why he was arrest- ing her, and with that the pig cuffed her hands behind her back, pushed her against the car agan, and told her to just get in the car, Mrs. Lambert got into the car, and as she did her son told the pig not to push his mother any- more, The pig walked over and pushed Mrs. Lambert’s son who immediately pushed the pig back. After being pushed the pig drew his nightstick and raised it as if he was going to strike Mrs. Lam- bert’s son. Mrs. Lambert got out of the car and called to her son who was squared off with the pig, ‘No Gene; don’t Gene’’, A fellow who was watching grabbed Mrs. Lambert’s son and restrained him. At this time Mrs. Lambert’s daughter told the pig not to push her mother but she too was held by someone in the crowd that had gathered to watch. While Mrs. Lambert’s son and daughter were being held, the pig ran to his car and made a radio call. He then took Mrs, Lambert to the back of his car and sprayed mace in her face (her hands were still cuffed behind her back) and pushed her forcefully across the trunk of his car. Shortly there- after four more police cars ar- rived on the scene. The pig who had arrived first was braver now. He grabbed Mrs. Lambert’s daugh- ter and flung her against his car and placed her under arrest, One of the other officers put Mrs. Lam- bert’s daughter in his car, and the first pig took Mrs. Lambert. The first pig wasn’t satisfied with an arrest because he tried to spray mace on Mrs. Lambert’s daughter, but one of the other officers stopped him by saying ‘‘Not-in the car!’ All of the officers and the first pig then got into their cars and drove off with Mrs. Lambert and her daughter. At the police station Mrs. Lambert complained about . the treatment she was receiving, but was told by the pig that ar- rested her to shut up because all she could do about it was run her black mouth. Mrs. Lambert and her daughter were released on bail and Mrs, Lambert was taken to the hospital by a friend, At the hospital Mrs. Lambert had her wrist x-rayed because they had been so badly bruised that the doctor thought they were broken. The bruises were the result of having her hands cuffed behind her back and then being flung around by her arms. Mrs, Lambert also suffered from blurred vision for several days as a result of the mace, When Mrs. Lambert appeared in court she discovered that the pig who hadarrested her had requested that all charges against her and her daughter be dropped ‘‘in the interest of justice.’’ This was probably due to the fact that Mrs, Lambert had hired a lawyer and was prepared to fight in court for her rights. The pig knew that he was wrong from the beginning and did not want public exposure given to his brutal tactics. The pig*is sadly mistaken if he thinks’ all is well. now. Mrs, Lam- bert is now seeking compensation for the treatment she received plus the financial burden that was en- countered in seeking to prove her innocence. Justice has not been served when an innocent person is brutally treated, forced to pay bail, and remain off work to recover from the brutality with no compensation. Justice dictates that Mrs. Lambert be compensated and the pig who mistreated her must be punished. Something more than a mere dis- missal of charges must be done ‘tin the interest of justice.” THE BLACK PANTHER SEPTEMBER 7, 1968 PAGE 13 Black Revolutionary Poetry Panther Poem ‘Tell me about the Panthers’ The pretty sister cried. “T want so much to be Black, Tve tried and tried and tried.’ Well--The Panther are a party for people like me and you. They’re trying to get rid of the racists, Like Johnson and His Crew. They base their words on action and hope for the little man, They’re going to change this country, cause the Panthers have a plan. They organize the people around a common goal, of liberty, freedom and justice and the beauty of having soul. They stress the need for power. They demand the right to choose, When Toms say let’s not fight, Panthers ask what have we got to lose. This white man raped your mother your daughters and sisters too, and now the coldest shopt of all The man is fucking you. These devils took our manhood The Panthers want it back If we can’t get it peacefully The Panthers will attack, That’s the story of the Panthers I think it’s quite a lot When you start looking around you'll find They are the only men you've got. j. White CUBAN POETRY By the BLACK CUBAN poet, NICOLAS GUILLEN IT’S ALL RIGHT It’s all right that you sing when you cry, black brother crucified black man of the South; fine your spirituals, your banners, your. marches, and the allegations of your lawyers, It’s all very well, It’s all right that you skate in pursuit of justice --oh that innocent skater swallowing the breeze from Chicago to Washington!-- fine your protests in the newspapers, fine your clenched fists and Lincoln in his portrait, It’s all very well, Fine your sermons in the dynaited temples, fine your heroic insistence in mixing with the whites because the law -- law?--proclaims the equality of all americans. It’s 0.k, It’s fine, goddamned great, crucified black brother of the South. But remember John Brown, who was not Black and who defended you with a gun in his hands, Gun: a portable firearm (is what the dictionary says) with which soldiers shoot, It must be added: Gun was also the arm with which the slaves responded, But if it happens (if it should be the case) but if it happens, brother, that you don’t have a gun, well then, say -- I don’t know, get something --a hammer, a stick, a stone--something that hurts, something sharp that wounds, hits draws blood, something, (EDITOR’S NOTE: This Poem was written in 1959. Can you dig it?) the smell of pig what should we get rid of? when i walk down the street what do i smell -- pigs -- when i mind my own business what do i smell -- pigs -- when i breathe to live what do i smell -- pigs -- what should we get rid of -- the smell of pigs aurelia bealum What Will Become Of Him? Man, a minute creation, Imperfect and complex, Within him is a cruel heart A sadistic soul. He turns away the right for wrong, He shuns his conscience. And grasps for fame, But yet his greed charges ons He worships his coins He is a miser of fame, He wastes his life And regrets when it is gone. He shuns his eyes, ™ He closes his ears To all that he wishes to not hear And still he insists this is right. By looking around There is hatred and war, As hid cruel heart beats He cannot accept defeat. With greed, hate, and envy Still lurking about. The future is dimmed andblurred, There remains in my mind But one simple thought, What will become of him? Iris Wyse Black Faith It’s too late to go back now Keep the faith black brother keep the faith no more cotton fields for us Just keep all your faith in us Keep the faith black brother keep the faith I see no dark just light for us yes ... black brother keep the faith Some black or some white kids might say that I hat white. But no I love Black We got the faith black brother we got the faith He who don’t have faith has nothing Yes we got it black brothers got it. Tris Wyse Because Pm Black Why am I only seen when in dark- ness? Why will I never lack love and warmthness? You ask why - Well, because ’m Black. Why am [ tall, beautiful and bold? Oh yes, I must not forget I do have soul. Well you know why - Because I'm Black. Oh but why, oh why does he ana- lyze me? Why don’t he know I want best like he? Why do I want best? Because ’'m Black, And why do I have faith and pride-- Go with my head held high? Why? Well ll tell you why-- Because I'm Black. Iris Wyse AStes To ASHes TO DUST Oo ey a & a~*., THE BLACK PANTHER FX OCTOBER 1966 BLACK PANTHER PARTY PLATFORM AND PROGRAM | WHAT WE WANT SEPTEMBER 7, 1968 PAGE 14 The program is usually divided into one section of ten points entitled “‘What We Want’’ and then ten paragraphs explaining these points in a section entitled ‘‘What We Believe.’’ For the sake of clarity, we have put each one of the ten points in ‘‘What We Want’’ immediately above its corresponding paragraph in WHAT WE BELIEVE inst We Believe.” 1. We want freedom. We want power to determine the destiny of our Black Community. We believe that black people will not be free until we are able to determine our destiny. 2. We want full employment for our people. We believe that the federal government is responsible and obligated to give every man employment or a guaranteed income. We believe that if the white American businessmen will not give full employment, then the means of production should be taken from the businessmen and placed 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. 3. We want an end to the robbery by the white man of our Black Community. We believe that this racist government has robbed 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 communities. The Germans are now aiding the Jews in Israel for the genocide of the Jewish people. The Germans mur- dered six million Jews. The American racist has taken part in the slaughter of over fifty million black people; therefore, we feel that this is a modest demand that we make. 4. We want decent housing, fit for shelter of human beings. sea ed ea ate oni a i tie ie reid Nader AE BEC We believe that if the white landlords will not give decent housing to our black community, then the housing and the land should be made into cooperatives so that our community, with government aid, can build and make decent housing for its people. 5. We want education for our Leople that_exposes the true nature of this decadent American society. We want education thai teaches us our true history and our role in the present-day society. We_believe in an educational system that will give to our people a knowledge of self. If a man does not have knowledge of himself and his position in society and the world, then he has little chance to relate to anything else. 6. We want all black men to be exempt from military service. ee ______ We_believe that Black people should not be forced 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. 7. We want an immediate end to POLICE BRUTALITY and MURDER of black people. peisercenseiaanennasecacnie tid seco) 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 to the Constitution of the United States gives a right to bear arms. We therefore believe that all black people should arm themselves for self defense. 8. We want freedom for all black men held in federal, state, county and city prisons and jails. We _ believe that all black people should be released from the many jails and prisons because they have not received a fair and impartial trial. 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 Constitution of the United States. 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, geographical, environmental, his- torical 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. 10. We want land, bread, housing, education, clothi 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 colonial subjects will be allowed to participate, for the purpose of determining the will of black people as to their national destiny. When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have con- nected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That, to secure these rights governments are instituted among men, derivini eir just owers from the consent 0: e governed; that, whenever an orm of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundation on such principles, an organizing its wers_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 experience hath shown, 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 andusurpations, 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 suc government, and to provide new guards for their future, security. FREE HUEY NOW GUNS BABY GUNS POCKET LAWYER of LEGAL FIRST AID This pocket lawyer is provided as keeping black people up to date on “Ehade riglts. 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. Mealis 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 his identification. He has nc auth- ority over you he properly identifies himself. Beware persons posing as police of- ficers. Always get his badge number and his name. 3 snow unless 3. Police have no right to your home unless they have a bable cause or your consent. no of crime generally or for evidence of a crime 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 de not e-nsent, the police will have the burden in court of showing probable cause. Arrest may be corrected later. search your car or search warrant, pro- They may conduct un- 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. —— 6 If you are stopped and/or arrested, the po- LARGE 23" 35° POSTERS $1.00 SEND ONE DOLLAR NAME AND ADDRESS eS > Ee ees MINIGTER | OF ” DEFENGE exploratory search - that is, one for evidence_ THE BLACK PANTHER SEPTEMBER 7, 1968 on lice may search you by patting you on the 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. PAGE 15 7. Do not engage in "friendly" conversation with office on the way to or at the station. Once you are arres , there: vs little Tike= lihood that anything you say will get you relea- sed. &. 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. ff 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. 10. 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. Le cases bor you touy does You must but you be allowed to post bail in most must be able to pay the bail Men's fee, If you cannot pay the fee, y ask the judge to release you from without bail or to lower your bail, not have to do so, cus- but he 12, The police must bring you into court or relea 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. If you have the money to hire a private attorney, but do not know of one, call the National Lawyers’ Guild or the Alameda County Bar Association (or the Bar association of your county) and will furnish you with the name of an attorney who practices criminal law. @ @ @ @ © © -—---—-— Please Clip ond Mail to: SAFES : : Huey P. Newton Defense Fund P.O. 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