Hillary and the Black Panthers: The Real Story Richard Poe Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2003 [Excerpted]. . .[See http://www.legaled.com/hillaryatyale.htm] Here are the facts. In May 1969, fishermen discovered the body of Black Panther Alex Rackley floating in Connecticut's Coginchaug River. Rackley's captors had clubbed him, burned him with cigarettes, scalded him with boiling water and stabbed him with an ice pick before finally shooting him in the head. New Haven detectives learned that the Panthers suspected Rackley of being a police informer. Panther enforcers had tied him to a chair and tortured him for hours. Police arrested eight Panthers and later...