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es UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ; FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION E - Charlinatta Wart farolina E . whe A SU Se atWa VER WHA WA Em KR : December 23, 1969 Cae i is BLACK PANTHER PARTY (BPP) - RAIDS RACIAL MATTERS - SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY SMITH ACT OF 1940 Alco » !obacco, an irear Vision, Unite ernal Revenue Service, 316 East Morehead Street, Charlotte, North Carolina, advised that on May 27, 1969, the Black Panther Party (BPP) Headquarters, 316 South Turner Street, Charlotte, North Carolina, was entered in an attempt to arrest JAMES CURTIS COVINGTON, JR., on federal charges of falsifying documents and obtaining a firearm, The raiding party consisted of twelve law enforcement officers: himself and two others from the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division; eight Charlotte city officers; and two Mecklenburg County officers, At the : time they entered the house at 316 South Turner Street, he a believed there to be nine men and two women present. As he recalled, present were JAMES CURTIS COVINGTON, TONY ALFORD, VERONICA HAGENS, and GEORGE BENJAMIN HAIRSTON. MICHAEL LANEY came in while the raid was in progress. Seized during the raid were three_7 millimeter German Mouser rifles, three .22 caliber rifles, one Japanese-made 6.5 millimeter rifle, ard one 12 gauge Remington shotgun. COVINGTON was arrested on the federal] warrant, and MICHAEL LANEY was arrested for interfering with the arrest of COVINGTON and threatening Specia] Agent STAN NOEL of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division. 2 *piabtiag dee Bi AaB an RD oe et A, aU Gal CAA GAT tet THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS NEITHER RECOMMENDATIONS NOR CONCLUSIONS OF THE FBI. IT IS THE PROPERTY OF THE FBI AND IS LOANED TO YOUR AGENCY; IT AND ITS CONTENTS ARE NOT TO BE DISTRIBUTED OUTSIDE gl te an ME reel tn oD Sod ae eee en Ry ee rob 2 . ego tage ota: aa te e = ‘Ss a - YOUR AGENCY. : FIGLOSURI, cee re ee em : Ne em RPT nn Og whmme eet ae