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a i 4 ZI REE RL AORIRD VTS Geo Se. one Lek LM Re CAA LAP RAAT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer io Charlotte, North Carolina File No. December 23, 1969 BLACK PANTHER PARTY (BPP) - RAIDS RACIAL MATTERS - SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY SMITH ACT OF 1940 pcre irercmatses.esad Alco ‘obacco, and Firear Tsion, 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 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, and 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 Special Agent STAN NOEL of the Alcohol], Tobacco, and Firearms Division. 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 YOUR AGENCY. . Con we IZ ea ete a ee xo aa rate wey