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[BEST OF] The Life and Legacy of Fred Hampton

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The Black Panthers' Killing of Fred Hampton

Fred Hampton, 21, and Matt Clark, 22, were killed in a gun battle at an apartment building on December 4th. Ballistics evidence revealed that only a single bullet was fired by a member of the Black Panthers that night; cops fired more than or up to 100 bullets towards them. An independent autopsy confirmed that Fred Hampton was murdered in his sleep as it found a high dosage of the barbiturate second all in his system. The FBI paid the informant for that successful assassination.

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