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12 Nos. 77-1698, 77-1210 & 77-1370 according to plaintiffs’ evidence, encouraged the Pan- thers to initiate and participate in various criminal activities, to obtain more weapons, and to increase their use of violent tactics. O’Neal also facilitated the FBI’s efforts to discredit the BPP leadership and to frustrate their attempts to garner support among white groups. O’Neal provided Mitchell with information that enabled local police to serve an arrest warrant on Fred Hampton, the leader of the BPP in Chicago, just prior to his appearance on a local television interview show. O’Neil also encouraged the distribution of racist BPP cartoons, thereby fos- tering a rift between the BPP and the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). For his efforts, O’Neal received. several. pay. raises from Mitchell with Johnson’s approval.’ After March 1969 Piper also lent his approval to O’Neal’s efforts as a part of the FBI’s counter- intelligence program. The FBI had other means of monitoring the BPP in Chicago. Johnson and Piper requested and received authorization for a warrantless wiretap on BPP head- quarters. And in June 1969 the FBI, based’ on irifor- mation provided by O’Neal, executed a fugitive arrest warrant at Panther headquarters. No shots were fired; however, several Panthers were arrested for harboring a fugitive and weapons were seized. All the charges against the arrested Panthers ultimately were dropped. The FBI in Washington urged its offices imple- menting COINTELPRO to develop liaisons and working relationships with local law enforcement officials to comply with the FBI’s mandate to provide information to these agencies as well as to help effectuate the FBI's counterintelligence goals. In Chicago the FBI had an ally which also was quite concerned about the growth of militant black groups. In November 1968 Edward V. Hanrahan was elected Cook County State’s Attorney. Hanrahan appointed Richard Jalovec an Assistant State’s Attorney and made him the chief of the office’s Special Prosecutions Unit (SPU). By April 1969 the ® From January 1969 to June 1970, O’Neal’s monthly pay for his services as an FBI informant ranged from $100 to $500.