Fred Hampton Police

Alk and gray s 1971 film the murder of fred hampton changed that the 90 minute.
Fred hampton police. Police indicated holes on the inside front door frame in an attempt to cover up what really happened by claiming gunfire came from the inside. Ramshackle glory refers to fred hampton in first song part 2 followed by an explanation that justice doesn t flow from police guns i m reminded of that all the time. Today marks the 40th anniversary of the death of black panther leader fred hampton. Fred hampton head of the chicago black panther party and mark clark of the peoria chapter were shot to death in a december 1969 bloody pre dawn police raid on hampton s apartment.
83 jay z who was born december 4 1969 mentions fred hampton on murder to excellence on watch the throne in the lyric i arrived on the day fred hampton died real niggas just multiply. 50 years ago fred hampton was murdered by police. But as it turned out these were actually just holes from nail heads. Each year his loved ones tell his story.
Chicago police remove the body of fred hampton leader of the illinois black panther party who was slain in a gun battle with police on chicago s west side on dec. Fred hampton was a very. Hunted by police in the deadly raid hampton remains a target for those opposed to his black panther advocacy. Hampton s tombstone is bullet riddled.
Obviously there were no smart phones in 1969 and police brutality went unchecked virtually without exception. Indeed it became clear that a massive cover up and conspiracy was afoot. In essence the plaintiffs and their lawyers are out to prove that the fbi police conspired to execute fred hampton. This legacy is under attack fifty years after police killed the chairman of the illinois black panther party his fiancee and friends gathered at the site to remember the revolutionary.
On december 4 1969 14 police officers raided hampton s apartment. At 17 hampton was a black youth on the road to making it in white america. At around 5 a m. On december 4 1969 chicago police raided fred hampton s apartment and shot and killed him in his bed.