Today marks the anniversary of the assassination of Fred Hampton. Hampton was the deputy chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party (BBP). He was an intelligent and articulate man making him influential in the ghettos of Chicago. His political ideology and ideas, transcended the Black Panther Party, finding an audience with the Gangster Disciples, Vice Lord, and Black Stone Nations. In an attempt to stop the advances of the BPP, the Chicago Police Department tried to instigate conflicts between them and the street organizations. However, the beefs never came to fruition because the street elements admired Hampton’s dedication to uplifting the people. Fred Hampton was killed while sleeping in his apartment during a raid by a tactical unit of the Cook County, Illinois State’s Attorney’s Office, in conjunction with the Chicago Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Hampton’s murder was chronicled in the 1971 documentary film, The Murder of Fred Hampton.
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