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A Northern California jury awarded more than $4 million in punitive damages to a former leader of the Black Panthers who was injured after an Oakland councilwoman punched and pushed her during an argument over housing. The jury found Oakland councilwoman Desley Brooks should pay $550,000 to Elaine Brown, who was injured after Brooks pushed her during a 2015 confrontation at a restaurant. The same jury last month found that Brooks was acting as a city employee and decided Oakland should pay Brown $3.8 million in damages, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday. […] The jury said the former Black...

We have a former Black Panther member coming to campus. Anyone have good questions or points that should be raised by conservatives, who will be there? Thanks. The following is the event description: Elaine Brown, the first woman leader of the Black Panthers will speak on her experiences and the legacy of the Black Panthers. Today, as an activist, writer and popular lecturer, Brown upholds the original vision of the Panthers and the survival programs they developed like the Free Breakfast Program for Children, Sickle Cell Anemia Testing, free health clinics, Senior Services, among others. She lectures on the vision...

A handful of the remaining members from the original Black Panther Party—in an effort to preserve their legacy—have retained a trademark lawyer to stop the use of their name by the New Black Panther Party. Bobby Seale, David Hilliard, Elaine Brown and Huey P. Newton’s widow, Fredrika, claim that the New Black Panther Party tarnishes their controversial legacy. They condemn the new group as a racist and anti-semetic nuisance. “They have hijacked our name and are hijacking our history,'' Seale told reporters. “We have to claim it back.” The Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights organization, includes the New...