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Arrests made in 1971 cop-killing tied to Black Panthers

MARCUS WOHLSEN

Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO - At least two people with ties to the Black Panthers were arrested Tuesday in the 1971 killing of a San Francisco police officer, authorities said.

Sgt. John V. Young, 51, was killed in the attack, which also injured a civilian clerk at a city police station.

The suspects were members of the Black Liberation Army, a violent offshoot of the Black Panther Party, authorities said.

The names of the suspects weren't immediately released, but San Francisco police planned a news conference later in the day, Sgt. Neville Gittens said.

Three men were charged in the attack in early 1975. However, those charges were dismissed by a San Francisco judge because of an earlier ruling that evidence was obtained by torture after the suspects were arrested in New Orleans.

http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/breaking_news/16526363.htm

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What is different with the case after all these years? Did Monk find something?