THF RI HPK PMITUFR 25 ML DLAlm rANIntn cents VOL. III NO. 32 Black Community News ServicSATURDAYe, NOVEMBE R 29, 1969 PUBLISHED MINISTRY OF INFORMATION BOX 2967, CUSTOM HOUSE WEEKLY BLACK PANTHER PARTY RANCISCO, CA94126 W M s8SS s WNj^# * v s. ^A w<£, INSIDE • S.F. PIGS BEAT-CHOKE CHAIRMAN BOBBY SEALE - SHACKLED LIKE A SLAVE THIS ISSUE 1 -LEFT OPPORTUNISM AND MODERN REVISIONISM THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29, 1969 PAGE 2 CHAIRMAN BOBBY BEATEN CHARLES GARRY: I got the word Bobby to them that the officer on duty the other from an attorney by the name of James night gave it to .me so it could not be contra­ Knight that you were beaten up last night band. And tried to explain to them that it wa's by the sheriffs men. And he also told me wrong to, (they said that they were taking that there was a witness by the name of my visits away because I had the Paper), and George Bervich. Now pick it up from there I told them it was wrong. So in the process and tell me what happened. an argument pursued, in trying to get them to understand that if they would just simply in­ BOBBY SEALE: Well I think, I can't hardly vestigate, they would find that the Paper was hear or talk as you can hear and see. I was allowed in by another officer, right here. And in turn the argument wouldn't have broken out. But I called him a pig for denying me my rights. And not at least going through the process to investigate to find out that the Paper wasn't contraband. Because I had been allowed to have it, for the purpose of writing out a complete outline on some ofthe state­ ments that the Party had made and especially that I had made. That's the reason. And then they came the next morning and took me to the hole. CHARLES: Would that be Monday morning, yesterday? BOBBY: Yes, I don't know may be it was about 9:00 or 10:00, and I went down to the hole. I told them that they could have the rest of the property, but I wanted to keep my legal Charles R. Garry and Chairman Bobby Seale writings with me. And they told me I couldn't have them. And I told them that I thought I viciously choked, when they were getting had a right to have my legal statements or ready to put me in the hole. I didn't care anything relating to my legal rights with about going to the hole, but all I wanted was me, while I'm in jail. And they called up my legal papers with me. And not only that, about 6 or 7 officers, sheriffs men around I'm slightly ruptured, where I had an infection here. And I told them that I wanted to keep while I was in Chicago, it's coming back on my legal stuff with me; and I'm not scared again. Where one of them grabbed my testicles of their hole, I'll go to their hole. And pro­ while the other was choking me; and the others ceeded to walk towards the hole with my were holding my arms, trying to put hand­ legal statements in my hand. And they jumped cuffs on me. He grabbed and yanked on my me at that point, and snatched me back. And testicles and penis. And the choking was so threw me to the floor. And at the same time vicious that the only thing I remember after another one grabbed my testicles and penis that was that I was thrown on the floor in­ and yanked at them, while another one viciously side the solitary confinement hole cell. choked me. The choking was so bad, that well, I have a tonsillitis case, bad tonsils and CHARLES: What were you sent to the hole they're swelling up right now, and I can't for? Why were they tryingto put you in the even half talk. hole for? CHARLES: Have you called a doctor? Have BOBBY: It all started because I had a Black you asked for a doctor to see you? Panther Party Newspaper. Which I had asked the guard, as you know Charles, could I BOBBY: Yeah, they came by, and he realizes have the Paper. Because I wanted, had to, that I'm totally sick. And he's trying to keep as you explained to me; write out what I the temperature down by giving me penicillin. meant by certain statements and things in He's trying to give me penicillin and some the Paper. So that you could have them in antibiotics. They say that's what they're giv­ my defense in court. So that you would be ing me, but able to explain thoroughly. Well anyway, I had the Paper for this reason. I was in the hole cell, and they had to clean it out. Because the CHARLES: Are you still in the hole? hole that was in the floor, that was suppose to flush down, would flush back up. And all BOBBY: Yes, I'm still in the hole. the crap and stuff just came back out on the floor. And they finally pulled me out after CHARLES: What are you in the hole for? all day yesterday of that kind of crap. And the officer who actually let me have the Paper, admitted that he had let me have BOBBY: They say I'm in the hole because the Paper, and it wasn't contraband. And that's I called an officer a pig. I'm trying to ex­ where it all started. While I was visiting Sunday, plain to them that if the officers hadn't of I went back to the cell, and they said that I violated my rights, and we hadn't of pursued had a Black Panther Newspaper in my cell; into the argument. If they would have just went and that's contraband. And I readily explained and checked out, that I had really violated Continued on Page 3 THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29, 1969 PAGE 3 DEPUTY CHAIRMAN FRED HAMPTON ON CANADA We began our trip by going to was unsuccessful In creating any their badges on us and had us the airport here in Chicago and violent confrontation between surrounded and told us that they the ticket agent followed us all myself and him he then began wanted to talk to us. The same the way to the plane to remind to heckle African and West Indian fat pig who had told the people us that we are not allowed to students within the audience. He to sign their names on the seal no carry weapons on the plane. From went even further to heckle White matter whether it was their the beginning of our trip it was radical students. Finally there names or not, had now set up very clear that the only people was a confrontation; he hit one a situation where he claimed that on the plane were Panthers, pigs of the radical students. There these people had forged their and pilots. were around sixteen people fight­ names. We showed him the same We got to Winnipeg, where we ing him and another pig. Because telegram we had to show him had to go through customs, and we had control of thffmicrophone to even get passed him in the were treated very antagonistic­ we were in the strategic position first place. The telegrams, two ally by a very fat pig. We showed where our voices could be am­ of them, had our names on them. him our telegram, and told him plified. We told the people to Then we showed him all the that there had been a change in sit down immediatly to resist papers where they had reported people who were scheduled to the temptation of being drawn in on our speaking. They had used make the trip. He told us that by this smokescreen of racism, the names Willie Calvin, Gerry they already had our seals made when all it was, (veryclearly)was Eldrich and Fred Hampton. They out and to just sign the same a pig provocateur, an agent who said that Willie Calvin and Gerry names on the seals that were was sent there to set up a sit­ Eldrich were traveling under fra- there. We did that, and he „ al­ uation, a violent situation within dulent names; that they were lowed us to go on. the meeting. Whereby those of us traveling illegally and had en­ who were traveling on bond such tered Canada illegally. The fat We went to Saskatoon, Regina as myself could be prosecuted pig that had told us to do this and to Edmonton, Alberta. We for crossing the state lines to left the room Immediately. We spoke on all the campuses. Every incite a riot. The people were were not allowed to level any campus that we spoke on we very responsive. They did sit charges at him. were heckled by the same pigs. down; they avoided a violent con­ It was a trial that was similar They tried to start fights at two frontation; they avoided meeting to that which Chairman Bobby was of the campuses but they were us to a situation that could have confronted with. They told me to unsuccessful The pigs even got caused much criminal oppression leave. I asked them if the brothers up and look a very strong upon our Party.