The briar patch
the people of the state of New York v. Lumumba Shakur et al.
by Murray Kempton
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"On April 2, 1969 five-man squads of New York policemen, armed with shotguns and wearing bulletproof vests, pounded on a succession of apartment doors throughout New York City, rounding up members of the Black Panther party. Thirteen of twenty-one suspects were charged and tried for attempted arson, attempted murder, and conspiracies to blow up various police stations, school buildings, a railroad yard, and the Bronx Botanical Gardens.
But the forces of "law and order" behaved in a decidedly less lawful manner than the defendants. The Briar Patch brilliantly examines the proceedings, from the police undercover operations that first implicated the Panthers, to their acquittal on all charges. It remains a seminal book - not just about the Panther 21, but about the quality of justice in America."--BOOK JACKET.
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The briar patch: the trial of the panther 21
1997, Da Capo Press
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The briar patch: the people of the state of New York v. Lumumba Shakur et al.
1973, E. P. Dutton Co.
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