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Nos. 77-1698, 77-1210 & 77-1370 91 special, violent emphasis on those leaders and organizations such as the B.P.P. who sought the liberation of black people. This program, im- plemented and run in Chicago by the F.B.1. Defen- dants, solicited and obtained the willing assistance of State’s Attorney EDWARD HANRAHAN—who was himself anxious to gain political prominence by exploiting racism. HANRAHAN and his special political police force, in conspiracy with these F.B.1. efendants, planned and executed the murderous December 4th raid at the apartment of the Plain- tiffs... . After Hampton and Mark Clark were killed, a concentrated effort was launched by City, County and Federal officials to cover up both the true nature of the political assassination as well as their involvement in it. They manipulated the judicial system at every turn to accomplish this end. HANRAHAN used his power as State’s Attorney to falsely charge the survivors, and to prosecute them for six months to mask his culpability and that of his police. Richard Nixon’s Justice Department, in cooperation with the F.B.1., used a Federal Grand Jury investigation to cover up the F.B.I. involve- ment in the raid and subsequently: entered into an agreement with HANRAHAN which saved him from indictment in exchange for HANRAHAN’s continued silence. concerning the F.B.I. involve- ment. The Justice Department then attempted to put the controversy to rest in the public eye by releasing a report which was critical of both the police and the Panthers. ... By the fall of 1975, pretrial discovery, because of Defendants’ cbstruc- tions, served little purpose except to frustrate the search for truth, the Court’s prejudice having similarly frustrated this search. . . . January 1976, the Plaintiffs went to trial in front of a Judge deter- mined to defeat their claims and with much of the evidence which proved the F.B.I. Defendants’ in- volvement in the raid still being concealed by the Defendants and their attorneys.... After 15 months of treachery to the Plaintiffs’ claims the District Court, four days before the mayoral