Newly Released FBI File Suggests J. Edgar Hoover Was Involved In Fred Hampton’s Murder

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By Isheka N. Harrison

Newly Released FBI File Suggests J. Edgar Hoover Was Involved In Fred Hampton’s Murder. In the original photos: At a rally outside the U.S. Courthouse October 29, 1969, Dr. Benjamin Spock, background, listens to Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois Black Panther party. It was part of a protest against the trial of eight persons accused of conspiracy to cause a riot during the Democratic National Convention in 1968. (AP Photo/stf) J. Edgar Hoover demonstrates use of machine gun in 1935. (AP-Photo)

Though historians have noted for years the FBI was involved in the assassination of Black Panther Party (BPP) leader Fred Hampton, a newly released FBI file further suggests J. Edgar Hoover was involved in Hampton’s murder.

Attorneys Flint Taylor and Jeff Haas were the lead lawyers in the landmark civil rights case for the families of Hampton, fellow Black Panther Mark Clark (who was also killed in the 1969 raid that claimed Hampton’s life) and the seven other survivors.

According to the attorneys, Roy Martin Mitchell was the control agent for William O’ Neal – the FBI informant who infiltrated the Panthers, got close to Hampton and supplied the FBI with in-depth knowledge, including a Click here to read entire article

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