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Black Panther Party — Part 13

105 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Jul 27, 1970 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Black Panther Party · 104 pages OCR'd
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saa a ne crete I es 7. We went an immed'cte end lo PGLICE BRUTALIPY and HURDER of binck peapte. We belicve we can cud potice brutality in our black conmmunity by 0 or- ‘ganizing black self-defense groups that are dedicated te defending cur black community from parist police o oppression and brutish ity, The Sorond ere oY Amendment to ihe Constitution of the ‘United States vives 2 right to bear arms. We therefore beticve that alt black people should arm {re inselves for sclf{iefenss ' We wins Freedam for eli black mea held In federal, statz,.county aid cHy jicit rons AGF ge its. cones We believe Unat ali black people should be released fram tke many Jails and prisons hecause they have not received a fair and impartial trial. $. We wont all binck ecavse when crougit to trict cto be (ried In court by a Jury of Uieir peer vrcuy or people from their black communiiles, as delined by Wie Constliution of the Unlied States. 7 We believe that the courts should follow the United States Constitution — so that black people will receive fair tricis. The 1ith Amendment of the US. Constitution gives « mana richt to be tried by his peer group. A peer. is a persen fram a siinilar ceano«nic, social, religintts, gecpraphicel, on- vironmental, historical and racial backround. To do this the court will be forced to select a jury from the black community from which the black defendant came. We have been, and are being tried by all-white juries that have no understanding of the “average reasoning man” of the black | community. o 16. We want land, bread, housing, education, clothing, Justice and peace. And as our malor poiitice! chjective. a United Nations-supervised piebis- elte to be held throngeout-the black colony in whieh only ulack colonial subjects wilil be allowed to varticloate. ior the purpose of determining (he will of black people as lo thelr nadionalc@estiny. . : When, in the course of human events. tf becomes necessary for one people to dissulve the pelitical bands which have connected theny with another, and to assume, emong the powers of the earth, the seperate and equal station to which the laws of naiure and nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mantind requires that they should declare the causes which impel {hem to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal: that they are endowed by their Creator with ceriain unalienable rights: that among thease are life, hiberty, and the pursuit of hepnpiness. That, ta secure these rights, gov crnments are instituted anioe men, deriving their’ just powers from the consent of the caverned: that, whenever any form of government becames destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to aller or io abolish it, and to histitete ao new povecniment daying its fewndation oO se it prinvinies, iii OF Paws ais AEE S fh such fora ai, aa to them shall seem most likely to effect their safciy and bappiness. Pru- dence. indeed. will dictate that governments long established should not be chagged for light and transient causes: and. accordingsy. all experience hath shown, that mankind are more disposed te suffer, while evils are sufferabie. than to rysht (hemselves by abolishing the ferms io which they are aicetstomed. Bat when a long (rain ef abuses and usurpations, DUP: - suing invariably the same object, evlices a design to reduce (hea under sb- solute despotisat, iis thelr right, itis their Cuty, to Unrow off such govern: ment. and lo provide hew puirds for their future security. Lee ee ewe ee nem ge Cre ete mee nde eg die
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