The Black Panther still in prison after 46 years
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In 1971, two police officers were shot dead in Harlem. Nineteen-year-old Jalil Muntaqim of the Black Liberation Army was convicted and sent to prison. Nearly...

In 1971, two police officers were shot dead in Harlem. Nineteen-year-old Jalil Muntaqim of the Black Liberation Army was convicted and sent to prison. Nearly half a century later, he’s still locked up – and he believes he’s a victim of his involvement in the black liberation struggle

  • @jimmydoreisaleftyOPM
    1•3 months ago

    Timestamps:

    1. [00:37] - Jalil Muntaqim (AKA Anthony Bottom) and Herman Bell, members of the Black Liberation Army, each received a sentence of 25 years to life
    2. [03:39] - The officers were ambushed in Harlem after responding to a bogus domestic abuse complaint
    3. [04:04] - Aged 18, Jalil Muntaqim joined the Black Liberation Army, a militant wing of the Black Panther party
    4. [04:31] - Its goal was to take up arms for the liberation and self-determination of black people in the United States