American Values @Americas_Crimes
On this day in 1969, the Chicago Police department, operating as a death squad, executed the Black Panther Fred Hampton w/ two shots to the head at point-blank range. The operation was a cold-blooded political assassination carried out with assistance from the FBI.
Fred Hampton had been drugged by an FBI informant and was sleeping next to his 8-month pregnant partner when police raided his apartment. The police fired a hail of bullets (nearly 100) and the Panthers returned only 1 shot. Not a single officer was hurt in the operation.
Following Hampton’s execution, his body was left in a pool of blood. The officers then fired on the remaining Panthers, seriously wounding 4. The survivors were then beaten & dragged into the street, where they were arrested on phony charges of attempting to murder the officers.