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Fred Hampton — Part 5

35 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Dec 3, 1969 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Fred Hampton · 35 pages OCR'd
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port.” If accepted, it means the Panthers lied about Hampton's havior. Het a aii ail HERBS ait Aa ge8utg As for Hampton's head wounds, poli lawyers say they we that cai back in the of the through police bu Panther lawyers contend a police They name the officer because he filled out a police “firearms use re- officer (whom they name) entered the bedroom with a handgun after Deborah Johnson surrendered and shot Ham; known that this officer did not shoot Clark or the four wounded Panthers, he must have shot Hampton from 10 feet away, they reason. barely make it.” She heard more shoot- ing. After it stoppec, she heard some- one say, “He’s good and dead now.” port,” which said he had “critically wounded" a suspect by firing his hand- gun from 10 feet away. Since it is f s g a 2 £ s 2 2 > & in the head at point-blank range. living room wall into the Eighteen of these bul. continued into the south m the m. where Hampton was. Throughout the raid, the police fired lets throu; -—5-- dozens of carbine and machine gun bul- one of the best. puzzle, it’s Asacrime | ant § tad pligage Jiaglati fuspeniytnet|ecty ue eghrgtat - « . at Ba att it sagt mg th ha { IL. lial os ex ane puns blood up because saree Bs eee Baa ee Leonel pped Sere erga enemy,. object to the cease hi it out”? Chicago Tribune Magazine eit into the living room Officer Davis fired atueelan ie war arse The several eters fires, bevkéa b someone saying, “Shoot it out” Was this his fabricated? : St vot th ye veron ta The answer is not known. Hu pal time, are not so easily explained. 33 2 522 of the raid Deborah Johnson and four other Panther survivors gave not smeared with there is this problem: Seventeen nae days after the raid f other statements remained hidden genbe2s lane a36 uit E ey ei a 7 ‘i ‘i Hl Hen i 7 ay SE pie jue rat ate intl gee lia i 32 : Bi i I i tesa? nt eth aya a 3 alps bil i i fa, . like this, it.) reply this way S01 lied there lot of and that the police continued to fire into statements about the events ther formerly about mething li tam the back door at he beg The Panthers admit none of them saw this happen. They build a c , ‘ant the north bedroom, where they thought to a sympathetic attorney. there was resistance, This explains the renewed shooting Johnson heard, they tial case. (One witnessed said he | Police la’ sides a a git fy lest Panther ‘‘murder” The simpl is 2 sé yah ; He if nae
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