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Fred Hampton — Part 1
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amrounition. In Hampton's back bedroom, four boxes of shot. .
gun shells were found as well as shotguns, a rifle, and hand
guns. Similar caches were in the front bedroom, some of if
ir a flight bag. ; ce NS i
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The Battle Is Ended !
With the surrender of the last three Panthers, the battle’
led.
Hanrahan ‘said he was making public ‘he detectives"
eyewitness accounts because of what-he labeled the broad
publicity given irresponsible statements by people he said
had not been present during the battle. ~ -
Charges made by such out-of-state persons as Gary’s
Mayor Richard G. Hatcher were based on similar charges_
leveled by such Panther leaders as Bobby Rush, deputy ©
“defense minister of the Mlincis Panthers, 2 man who didn't
witness the battle either, Hanrahan said.
Hanrahan singled out NBC-TV's Channel, 5 in Chicago for : .
having furnished what he charged.was a platform for Rush *
to make irresponsible charges not substantiated ty any of the”
evidence.
“They put Rush on the air before he'd even had time
tf talk with any of the Panthers Present during the battler’ .
Hanrahan said, |
" «There has been an orgy of sensationalism in the prejs.!
and on TV that has severely damaged law énforcement aud
the administration of justice.”,
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