The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther

By Jeffrey Haas

Book Overview

In an era of mounting law enforcement abuse and rising public defiance, The Assassination of Fred Hampton is more relevant than ever. Read the story of Black Panther activist Hampton's murder by Chicago police and attorney Jeff Haas's fight to bring the assassins to justice.

On December 4, 1969, attorney Jeff Haas was in a police lockup in Chicago, interviewing Fred Hampton's fianc e. Deborah Johnson described how the police pulled her from the room as Fred lay unconscious on their bed. She heard one officer say, "He's still alive." She then heard two shots. A second officer said, "He's good and dead now."

She looked at Jeff and asked, "What can you do?" The Assassination of Fred Hampton remains Haas's personal account of how he and People's Law Office partner Flint Taylor pursued Hampton's assassins, ultimately prevailing over FBI stonewalling and unlimited government resources bent on hiding the conspiracy that led to Hampton's death. Half a century later, Haas writes that there is still an urgent need for the revolutionary systemic changes Hampton was organizing to accomplish.

Not only a story of justice delivered, this book spotlights Hampton as a dynamic community leader and an inspiration for those still fighting against injustice and the brutality of law enforcement.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1641603216
• ISBN13: 9781641603218
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Eye opening

I began a quest to learn as much about the Black Panther Party as I could last summer and this was the first book I read. Haas was one of the small cohort of BPP and socialist group lawyers and tells the story from his perspective, but does a great job of explaining complicated legal procedures and investigation details during the course of the litigation. The book, like most detailing the government’s homicidal reaction to leftist visionaries, will make your blood boil, but it is necessary history and documentation. I recommend this book.