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

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It s around 7: 00 a. m. on December 4, 1969, and attorney Jeff Haas is in a police lockup in Chicago, interviewing Fred Hampton s fiancee. She is describing 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 looks at Jeff and asks, What can you do? ""The Assassination of Fred Hampton ""is Haas s personal account of how he and People s Law Office partner Flint Taylor pursued Hampton s assassins, ultimately prevailing over unlimited government resources and FBI conspiracy. Not only a story of justice delivered, the book puts Hampton in a new light as a dynamic community leader and an inspiration in the fight against injustice.""