Cook County State's Attorney Edward Hanrahan

FBI and Chicago Police Assassinate Black Panther Leader Fred Hampton in Pre-Dawn Raid

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On December 4, 1969, at 4:45 a.m., fourteen Chicago police officers raided the apartment of Fred Hampton, 21-year-old chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party. Police fired between 82 and 99 shots into the apartment; the Panthers fired at most one. Hampton was shot twice in the head at …

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