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| In 1969, Fred Hampton was killed by the federal government after he rose to prominence as a leader of Black resistance towards American imperialism. |
"You can kill a revolutionary, but you cannot kill a revolution."
Fred Hampton was a leader of the Chicago chapter of the Black Panther Party of Social Justice.
He and Mark Clark were killed during a raid by the Chicago Police, the Cook County State Attorney's Office and the FBI.
The grand jury said that the attack was a justifiable homicide. At the time of his death, his girlfriend Deborah Johnson was pregnant with his child. He didn't even get an opportunity to see his son.
He was only 21 years old and was expecting a child that year of 1969.
Fred was a motivational speaker and she spoke very critical of COINTELPRO.
The series of convert and at times illegal activities conducted by the FBI. They were aimed at disrupting and dismantling political groups critical of American government.
J. Edgar Hoover wanted to squash the Black Panthers. He hired people off the street to join the Black Panthers. He would pay them hefty sums to snitch on illegal activities within the Black Panthers.
William O'Neal a petty thief and junkie was hired to infiltrate the organization in Chicago.
The Feds acting on a tip raided the apartment of Hampton. They came guns blazing.
They shot Fred Hampton twice in the head. As he was laying in a pool of blood barely breathing, the law dragged his body out and mocked him while he was dying.
His death was controversial. Chicago Police were brutal at the time. They were on the take and they were running organized crime and illegal arrests.
To this day, Chicago Police still continue to target Black residents. They supply the firearms to the neighborhoods. They recruit the gangs. They allow the genocide. They advocate the lockup of hundreds of people of color.
Hampton's legacy will be revolutionary. Regardless of what people think, he was a human being and no man or woman should be treated like such.
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