On this day, 28 October 1967, Black Panther Huey P. Newton was stopped by policeman John Frey who, realising he had stopped a leading Panther, called for back up. After backup arrives, shots were fired leaving all three wounded, officer Frey fatally. Newton was later handcuffed to his hospital bed and beaten by police and eventually convicted of voluntary manslaughter, a charge later overturned in 1970. This is a detailed account of the war of repression fought by US security forces against the Panthers later written by Newton: https://ift.tt/2HooRIP
Pictured: one of the many protests demanding Huey be freed, which were eventually successful
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