Dhoruba Bin-Wahad, B.L.A. co-founder [interview]
source: http://weblog.liberatormagazine.com/2008/09/dhoruba-bin-wahad-bla-co-founder.html
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B.L.A. = Black Liberation Army, an off-shoot-of-sorts from the Black Panther Party (some would say fashioned after the political ideology of Eldridge Cleaver, who publicly disagreed with Huey Newton and Kwame Ture about armed struggle as a viable tactic in the U.S.) that committed themselves to "take up arms for the liberation and self-determination of black people in the United States."
(FTP Movement) On April 2, 1969, Dhoruba Bin Wahad, Sundiata Acoli, Afeni Shakur and 18 others were accused of plotting to blow up subways, department stores, police stations and the New York Botanical Gardens, as part of The Panther 21 Case. On May 13, 1971, after a legal process that took two years and a trial that lasted eight months--the longest criminal prosecution in New York history--the jurors took only 56 minutes to acquit the defendants of all charges.
On May 19, 1971, six days after The Panther 21 acquittal - two New York City police officers were wounded in a barrage of machine gunfire while posted outside the home of the Manhattan district attorney, Frank Hogan. New York Panther Leader Dhoruba Bin Wahad was charged and sentenced to 25 years to life.
After a federal lawsuit against the FBI arguing that Wahad was a victim of cointelpro, the FBI released over 300,000 pages of classified cointelpro documents. The FBI records proved that prosecutors withheld critical evidence from the defense. It was proven that New York City police arrested and fabricated evidence against him. After 19 years into the sentence Dhoruba was released from prison.
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(FTP Movement) On April 2, 1969, Dhoruba Bin Wahad, Sundiata Acoli, Afeni Shakur and 18 others were accused of plotting to blow up subways, department stores, police stations and the New York Botanical Gardens, as part of The Panther 21 Case. On May 13, 1971, after a legal process that took two years and a trial that lasted eight months--the longest criminal prosecution in New York history--the jurors took only 56 minutes to acquit the defendants of all charges.
On May 19, 1971, six days after The Panther 21 acquittal - two New York City police officers were wounded in a barrage of machine gunfire while posted outside the home of the Manhattan district attorney, Frank Hogan. New York Panther Leader Dhoruba Bin Wahad was charged and sentenced to 25 years to life.
After a federal lawsuit against the FBI arguing that Wahad was a victim of cointelpro, the FBI released over 300,000 pages of classified cointelpro documents. The FBI records proved that prosecutors withheld critical evidence from the defense. It was proven that New York City police arrested and fabricated evidence against him. After 19 years into the sentence Dhoruba was released from prison.
INTERVIEW FOLLOWS AT THE LINK
