On October 28, 1967, Oakland police officer John Frey was shot to death in an altercation with Huey P. Newton during a traffic stop. In the stop, Newton and backup officer Herbert Heanes also suffered gunshot wounds. Newton was convicted of voluntary manslaughter at trial, but the conviction was later overturned. In his book Shadow of the Panther, writer Hugh Pearson alleges that Newton, while intoxicated in the hours before he was shot and killed, claimed to have willfully killed John Frey
And then I guess Betty van Patter won't be attending:
Panther leader Elaine Brown hired Betty Van Patter in 1974 as a bookkeeper. Van Patter had previously served as a bookkeeper for Ramparts magazine, and was introduced to the Panther leadership by David Horowitz, who had been Ramparts editor and a major fundraiser and board member for the Panther school. Later that year, after a dispute with Brown over financial irregularities. Van Patter went missing on December 13, 1974. Some weeks later, her severely beaten corpse was found on a San Francisco Bay beach.
There was insufficient evidence for police to charge anyone with van Patter's murder, but the Black Panther Party leadership was "almost universally believed to be responsible".
Huey Newton later allegedly confessed to a friend that he had ordered Van Patter's murder, and that Van Patter had been tortured and raped before being killed.
Oakland. How appropriate !
Did they invite any pale faces to the festivities, even the ones who think they’re black? How about mulattoes, like the POTUS?
What have the Black Panthers done in a positive way that there should be a commemoration? What are their accomplishments that they can proudly proclaim?
violent black racists
Disgusting. They made Bezerkeley and Oakland Helll Holes in the 1960s.
The Bay Area communities that received the most blacks during WWII to work the various ship yards remain crime infested hellholes to this day.
The Black KKKers.
I do not think the family of murdered Marin County Superior Court Judge Harold Haley will be attending.
"The one-time radicals are somewhat mellower, but just as committed to social change."
CORRECTION
The one-time COP KILLERS are somewhat mellower, but just as committed to TORTURE, MURDER AND DESTROYING THE UNITED STATES.
ABC7News grovels for the murderous black panthers.
ABC has never been more repulsive:
The Black Panther Party used to serve breakfasts to kids, all part of a movement that preached love of self, history and community.
So did Bonnie and Clyde.