Black Panther Party of Northern California - Freedom Archives
Black Panther Party of Northern California - Freedom Archives
Black Panther Party of Northern California - Freedom Archives
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N~3~F`tS SEA-UP~ FOR KILL<br />
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For a long : ,tame now,, the ant,~~,<br />
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<strong>Black</strong> Oakland :`.-; ..cops , . ~~. : :~~zavo ~ ..: ac<br />
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seaxchYng for a means to destroy<br />
the <strong>Black</strong> <strong>Panther</strong> F,~~t~r:~,.~F~P~~-ilWhich.:.. ._ ~ , ~,<br />
it con~~dex's~ ..a. . threw . . ... ._,to white su-<br />
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prema~y and xace oppression in the<br />
Bay Area ., .,,,Sat~;u~Cd~y :night, Apxil ~i ,a ; .t',~ :<br />
they got' what.;, ey hoped was their<br />
chance.<br />
The set-up ,,r,'~.as,~: ;,~the nation-wide<br />
strife bubbling in the wake <strong>of</strong><br />
Dr, t~aYtin Luther ;;King's assassination<br />
. With <strong>Black</strong> ~tebellions level<br />
ing white Amerio'a!-~si' cities bath<br />
North and South, the Oakland cops_<br />
intend~ad to use ".rthe super-charged ;<br />
atmo~rphex'e in the Bay Area as a<br />
stage for,rt'~he~ assassination <strong>of</strong> Panthex<br />
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Ss,tuxday~ :,, ni .~ht~~ ;~ ::~members <strong>of</strong> the<br />
BPP ~h~,d cangxegated in West Oakland<br />
ground 28th and~>Uri3on, reportedly<br />
near the home <strong>of</strong> a <strong>Panther</strong> member .<br />
The cops, ".~~whac had neither followed<br />
them<br />
f Y'st<br />
ox had stumbled upon them,<br />
surrounded ~th8' , area, and then<br />
sent in a squad car with two honkey<br />
i~easts in ort~er~~ta-provoke an incident<br />
. It appears"that -the two cops<br />
3'ired fixst on a group <strong>of</strong> t3rothexs<br />
who were in the street, who then<br />
fire d back on trie cops in return,<br />
wounding both . Some <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Panther</strong> s<br />
axe said to have been around the<br />
corner to find refuge in homes along<br />
28th street, while others made<br />
it up the street . At any rate, the<br />
cops, who already had the neighborhood<br />
entirely surrounded sealed <strong>of</strong>f<br />
a two block area and closed in fox<br />
what they hoped would be a bloody<br />
massacre <strong>of</strong> <strong>Black</strong> People .<br />
Cops searched <strong>Black</strong> homes at gunpoint,<br />
forcing occupants to lie on<br />
the flloz w~aile they ransacked ~e<br />
rooms . W~,thaut botheza.ncf to ah~GlC,<br />
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they fix~d;~ ;3,`nt`o;~,.a . hs~me, ~at~~,1208 28th<br />
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street nar~Owh~r;,,m~,~ .~ ~g and frighten<br />
ng to c~~;~x~;.,.xhree elderly <strong>Black</strong><br />
"` ~~atex s<br />
combing<br />
who .' s7.3ved they e. After<br />
t~ough;. ;.,. the entire neiyh-<br />
` :boyhood and ~erroxizing <strong>Black</strong> xesidents<br />
there, !be oop's stumbled upon<br />
3 panthers who had taken xefuge inside<br />
a house .<br />
A gun battle b®twet~n Panthezs and<br />
cops then raged td~r over an hour<br />
and a half, with members or" the $~''<br />
holding up inside the basement <strong>of</strong> a.<br />
house at 1218 28th street : But the<br />
<strong>Panther</strong>s stayed on in spite <strong>of</strong> machine"gun<br />
fire, tear gas barrages,