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98 Nos. 77-1698, 77-1210 & 77-1370 the leadership of an armed revolutionary party, and that the Black Panther Party was simultaneously a military organization and political organization with leaders holding both military and political rank. Black Panther publications called for killing policemen. The party’s policy was that if at least one shot was not fired by a member being arrested, then the party would not stand behind that member. Black Pan- thers were called on to “revolt,” “to arm themselves,” to “dynamite,” to “kill the pigs everywhere,” to “not dissent from American government, we will overthrow it,” and were admonished that “political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” Black Panthers published a “Destruc- tion Kit” which described how to make and use incen- diary bombs and other similar devices. Much emphasis is placed in the record on the social service to the community provided by the Black Panther Party particularly with regard to their “Breakfast for Children Program.” However, the record also reflects that drawings were made on blackboards instructing children to “Kill the Pigs.” At these breakfasts there was distributed a “Black Panther Coloring Book” depict- ing in cartoons pictires of children killing policemen. At one similar Black Panther Breakfast program the children were given revolutionary posters entitled “Free Huey, In Revolution One Lives and One Dies, and Off The Pig.” A report concerning the FBI raid of Panther headquarters on Madison Street on June 4, 1969 reflects that the material seized therein included posters which advocated violent overthrow of the government, numerous weapons, both handguns and long guns in- cluding stolen weapons, and press releases promoting Panther propaganda. The Black Panther publications during 1969 contained quotations of various of their leaders such as Huey P. Newton—When the people move for libera- tion, they must have the basic tool of liberation—the gun... The blood, sweat, tears and suffering of Black people are the foundation of the wealth and power of the United States of America. We were