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Black Panther Party — Part 13

105 pages · May 22, 2026 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Black Panther Party · 104 pages OCR'd
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Frere gE NOM RT ee ee ne oe ‘ a, e 9g — 7. We went an framedtcte end lo POLICE BRUTALITY and MURDER of dinck peopte. * We beiicve we can end potice brutelity in our Mack community by or- ganizing bleck | self-defense Broups that are dedice: ted te defending: our ity. The Second Amendment to the C inited States vives a right to bear arms, We therefore believe ‘that alt black people should arm theinselves for self-defense. 78. We wernt ced for eli black men held ln federsl, statz, county aud city jf We believe that, ali titack people should be released fram tke many jails and prisons hecause tiey have not received a fair and impartial trial. 9, We went alt black conse when brought to (risl to be {ried In court by & Jury of (heir peer sr ay poopie from their Liack communiiles, as detined by (he Constliution of the Unlied States. We believe that Uhe courts should follow the United States Constitution so that black people wil} receive fair tricks. The 14th Amendment of the US. Constitution gives a man a right Lo be tried by his Peet group. A peer vironmenial, historical and récial ‘ound. To do this the court will be forced to select a jury from the b! community from which the black defendant came. We have been, and are being tried by all-white juries hat have no understanding of the “average reasoning man" " of the black “community. 10. We want land, bread, ‘housing, education, clothing, justice abd peace. Aud as our major poiiticr! cbjective. a United Nations-supervised plebis- elte lo be held throngiout-the black colony In whieh only vlack cofonial subjects will be allowed to verticiaate, ice the purpace of determ ining the will of black people as lo thely national Gestiny. . When, in the course cf human events. tf becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected theny with another. and to assume, 2mong the powers of the earth, the seperate and equa} station to which the laws of nature and nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires (hat 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 certain unalienable rights: 7 these are secure these rights, go are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of (he coverned: that, whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to aller or to balls: it. and Ww astituie a new poveenment. laying its found ex f Fe to (hem shall scem most likely to vitect their safety and bappiness. Pru- dence. indeed. will dictate thal governments long esiablished should not be changed for light and transient cau: nd. accordingly. all experience hath shown, that mankind are ny sposed te suffer, while evils are sufferable. than to nyht themseive: abolishing the forms to which they are accistomed. But when a long (rain ef abuses and usurpations. Pure suings inv ty the same obicet. cUinces a desitn tp reduce (enn under sb solute despotisnr, iis thelr right, itis their cuty, to Uhrow off such govern ment. and to provite new jauirds for their future security.
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