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coo01 . ,.* 0 . (particularly the FBI and law umfcirccmeiit agencies) has a concerted organized pFogram of h a r a r m e n t , entrapment, frame-ups. etc. , ctc,, in full sway with the intention of busting tip tlrc BPP and eliminating its leadership. This is their way 01 explaining their many brushes with tho law r a t h e r than admitting any guilt Tor t h e illcgal and violent activities for which 'many have been c h a r p d and/or convicted. Prcsumably they hope to convinceothe general pubIic that they a r c a much maligned group rather than largely a sollection of hoodlums, convicts, and misfits, 9 n c of the more recent examples of ttharassment't occurred i n La8 Angeler, California, 'At 0045 hours, 25 July, eight admitted n w m - bcrs of thc Black Panther P a r t y (BPP) w c r e arrested and bookcd for conspiring to m u r d e r four Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD1 officers. While threc LAPD officers w e r e interrogating two othcr individuals, a fourth LAPD officer spotted the eight BPP nienibers hiding behind a nearby wall, preparing to fire on the interrogating . . officials. Reinforcements were called in, and the eight, ranging in ages from 16 to 26, w e r e apprehended, in thcir posscssion scven weapons, t h r i e bombs, and 381 rounds of a miiwnitian, The persons apprchcnded had Ancrtlicr cxaniplr occurrcd in Chicago on 3 0 July. Thc UP1 rdportcd thc inkdcnt thusly: "CIIICAGO, July 31 (UPI) - Five policcmcn wcrc woundcd by gunfire from the headquarters of thc Black Panthcr P a f t y carly today. " T h h e men shouting 'die pig' were arrestcd when police slorincd tlrc west side building used a8 Panther headquarters, police s aid. 'All I know is ,wc stopped our car, and they wcre slrootiliy at policc from the h c a d q q r t c r s of the Black Panther officc upstairs, ' said patrolman R o l c r t Flynn. . . . "Mr. Flynn said ho and anollrer policeman had to hlow thc lock o f f thc door of tlrc building with shotguns. Thcrc was 110 resistancc. .went iliru lbe apartment and o& to t l x b g c k porch. ' Wc p r o c c d d upstairs. Wc In the building we h i n d many guns. 4 'There WCTC ihese threc Panthers shouting, 'Die pig. ' -They kept shouting it. They fought. They were subdued. ' .