[lbo-talk] Fred Hampton

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Dec 1 10:20:46 PST 2004


Colin Brace wrote:


>Carrol Cox wrote:
>
>>This Saturday (December 4) will be the 35th anniversary of the murder of
>>Fred Hampton by Chicago Police under the direction of the Cook County
>>States Attorney.
>
>FWIW, extensive article here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hampton

I'd always assumed he was shot under orders from above, but the Cook County attorney? What's the evidence that he was the source? Why not J Edgar or RMN himself?

Doug



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