Black Panther Party of Northern California - Freedom Archives

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It is ndt,, ~°~~~ b~.g secret `t2 at ,7 m~Qrow . ~~,.; i
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the rf~J.xas~~
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also wears'~,f~bn ~orm . espec a.Ik ~ is 'the' gyp, L~.ecaus~e h~ . was t21Z ng ~it~ ]. kE ~it
U, S . Navy:: . . This . time,' thou~ejh,~~ aF,'b,~C~i-'~ ~ ~`, in his~~s;~atement : they chlfged him,
then put tike finger ow h, ~? and; the t~ni~er ~~ military. la'W ' with bei~n~ disreguilty
beast ,is str. ,king back, But bxo-"' spectful o th~~^~c+~~lmand :'ng bf~ic~r a~~~ ,
thers and s stexs .~r.~ helping . win his to the F~esidet~t . '-',Then,' w~eri Lynn
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fighr, ~ r,pass~~.'' 'out '~- c:~pies of a xiewspapex
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He is ~.~dward ~ Lynn, a corpsman ~at the, ~ article describing " his case t~egr
Naval Hospital in San Dieso, Califgx~nia . charged him furthe~x wi h spreading- c'.zs-
Brother Lynn had theguts to pxotes~ lo~alty'among the troops .
discrimination against Afro .:AmQricans, These are the cha~ges,Brother Lynn
and Mexican-Americans worki~r~g ; . ~t : . :~ . .:the : . nqw ~~aces . ',:~furthQrtn~a~;e,-he has rec~~~?
hospital . "~5~ders fb ~ +go ' to Vietnam . Tt's ~~.'~a~r
On August 7, 167, Lynn, and thirty-.six :, the Nauy wares to destroy Brother Lynn .
other brothers P lEd an offic a.~ . ~exotest,, ~~ut. the btoahe,~s , and . axsters~ in San D~iw
8ach of these brothers had.suffexed i,n-
j ust ices--they wexe, . ;. dena,ed . : promotion
assigned infexrior . ..-hQU~ing,, i~ad.:theix
leaves cancelled, . etc etc .
tdow, what did'the Navy, brass dq .about . ;
this official p~atest'? Did they i'rivestigate
the charges .~:ike xeasopable men
and try to remedy t~xe : , . saaua~Cion? ~ No .
Instead, they ,, thre~~r~ned : some ,off they San Diego
brothers . They' said if.ak~ese ;bzothexs ;~
did not take the~~x names ofi~ tl~e : cam- . - , .. ..,
plaint they would either, coui"~,-martial . ~~.MBRRIT f~iST J ~, TO OFFL~I~ Ai~~.~"}-them
or send them to Vietxaam- " 22~ of . ~ : ,AMER ICAN .AA DEGRSE
the dead and wGunded on~r.the . : .u .~ :, . :5ide . ; ; .,
are black . The '~!bxass" .~~askea~; Lynn .to ~