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Black Panther Party — Part 21
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“A TEETE
A ORENRTE
Lawrence Harris, age 72, 625,
£816 to have been & memally
disturted person every since
bis childhood, The system has
many Institutfors set up through
uc Badylon for people like Mr.
Herris, They are called insane
THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 970 PAGE $
WISTON SALEM, MOTH CAROLINA
- TWOKER’S RAIDERS SHEGT, BEAT =
AND CURBER LANIRERCE HARRIS
ED BLACK
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allow him to return bome, Some
‘Umes the people unat knew Mr.
Harris were able to talk him in~
to going back home and putting -
his weapon up. Most of the time,
pigs would take Mr. Harris'
gun 6nd bring Nm back home,
<snewwrey +
Alt
tear ges. Finally the gun bartie
‘was over and the wounded were
taken to the hospital. On the
way to the hospital, people from
the community sald that racist
ambulance attendants were beat~
ing Mr. Harris in the bead.
They came - 35 carloads of them - but one shotgun blast was s enough to
make the pigs run for cover, until they could commit. thetr cowardly
murder of a 72-year old man,
asylums, Mr, Harris hed been
admitied to one such hellhote
celled Cherry Hill, on « number
of occasions . Because the type
‘of soctety that we live fn ix de-
Signed to dchunenize Black
People trom the time they fall
trom their mothers‘ womb, we
can see the afftiction that had
weighed heavily upon the ehoul-
ders of Mr. Harris for #0
many years. The degradation
of & buman being in the form
Lawrence Harris emerged as
the product of this decadest
Society. On thet morning, a2
fully reelizing -vhat badhappened
wo him, Mr, Harris acted ie
“@ man possessecwith the never
‘nding desire to protec hisn-
‘Self against on attacking enemy
and free ‘bimeetf from his tor-
‘They were probably hoping the
brother would Kill # nigger in
the community during one of
his moments of rage.
On August 20, 1976, Lawrence.
Harris defended his home against
fascist pigs, Between 7:30am
and 9:00am, Thursday morning
‘Mr, Harris and Mrs. Douglass
‘another occupant of the bouse
at 2309 Booker Sc., were wound-
ed along with two pigs, LA,
‘Stoakely and RLU, Lioyd.
Pig Stoakely die the dust and
oinked bis last ofsk, lying fn -
the gureet bleeding from bis
Bead asdchem. —~
He ofnied to the people . “Please
call we am anbulance .” The
Shortly after Mr. Harris arrived
ar the hospial he died, The peo-
ple believe that the attendants
Killed him, as they carried him
to @ hospital $10 miles away
from the incident, instead of to
the bospital right in the Black
Colony, whlch is only About #
mile sway.
‘They called him mentally dis-
furbed, insane, crazy nigger; but
we can only see him in the
Woe Light of reality- a madmen ~
who never forgot who the real
eremy 5 end finally decided
to end bis misery and kill his:
tormentor.
Unfortusately, only one pig was
kUled and the brother $3 dead.
But everyone should take the
example set by Mr. Harris, who
had nothing more than a single
hot 12 guage. He dealt right~
ously using what be bad wo get
‘what be meded, ~
ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE
DEATH TO THE FASCET PHS
Nelson Malicy -
Winren- Sahn NCCP,
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