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George Lester Jackson — Part 5
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The Rev. Larry Jones’ column (12/26) indicated that
there was a lack of factual information available to the -
public concerning the death of George Jackson during the
attempted San Quentin prison break of Aug. 21, 1971...
Quite contrary to the position expressed by Mr. Jones, .
all of the facts surrounding the abortive Jackson prison es-
cape are and have been readily available. The truth is
however, that the “liberal” press and other media, the Na-
tional Lawyers Guild, ‘liberal’ clergymen, and Maoists—
yes, Maoists—have been pouring out incendiary rhetoric in;
their anxious efforts to attack the American penal system
for being unkind to criminals. ; _ '
- Only moments’ following lawyer Steve Bingham’s visit
to’ Jackson at San Quentin, brother George pulled a pistol
and the break attempt had begun. Approximately 20 min-
utes later three white guards and two white convicts were
dead, ‘their throats slashed. A fourth officer, although .
stabbed: in the throat, niumaged’ to survive. All available
evidence to, date indicates.that the two white inmates were
killed because they refused to take part in'the break: Jack-
son himself was shot from the prison tower as he raced for .
a prison wall, leaving behind five corpses... oa San:
“Of interest is the fact that with lawyer Bingham, during’ .
his visit: to San ‘Quentin. to. see Jackson, was a woman.’
The home address. she gave to San Quentin offi-
cials.is the: same 48 the, Berkeley, Calif., Black Panther .
‘Party headquarters; the Angela Davis ‘Defensé Committee, *
and ‘the’ Bobby. Seale’. Clinic. But then,‘ lawyer Bingham
himself.is not exactly one who could eferred to as a pa- -
triot., Bingham is associated with: th ‘National Lawyers
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