Fred Hampton Violent

Fredrick allen hampton august 30 1948 december 4 1969 was an american black panther party activist and revolutionary socialist.
Fred hampton violent. The headstone of slain black panther leader fred hampton in haynesville louisiana has been riddled by a barrage of bullets from unidentified night riders. That case was thrown out but a new case took place in 1979 after officials concluded that the law enforcement agencies involved had obstructed justice and refused to hand over relevant paperwork related to the killings. At a news conference after hampton s death state s attorney edward v. When he was in high school hampton was incredibly gifted both academically and athletically.
At around 5 a m. Fred hampton did a lot in a single year. Most of all fred hampton brokered a truce among chicago s major street gangs. 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.
As well as violent protests by young activists in the. When the illinois chapter of the black panther party was established on the west side of chicago in 1968 he became its chairman. In this capacity he founded the rainbow coalition a prominent multicultural political organization that initially. The black panthers and hampton caught the attention of j.
The family members of fred hampton and mark clark sued the chicago police cook county and the fbi for 47 7 million in 1970 for wrongfully killing the men. In that capacity he established a non aggression pact between chicago s most significant and violent black gangs and puerto rican street gangs. He came to prominence in chicago as chairman of the illinois chapter of the black panther party bpp and deputy chairman of the national bpp. Alk and gray s 1971 film the murder of fred hampton changed that.
Exactly 48 years ago black panthers fred hampton 21 and mark clark 22 were shot to death by chicago police. He had hopes to one day play center field for the new york yankees fred 2017. Fred hampton was born fredrick allen hampton on august 30 1948 in present day summit illinois u s. Flint taylor one of the lawyers for hampton s family recently journeyed to haynesville to eulogize fred hampton s mother iberia a devoted mother and courageous activist who passed away in october 2016.
On december 4 1969 14 police officers raided hampton s apartment. Under his leadership the militant.