Alex Poindexter

Date of birth:01. 11. 1944
Date of death:07. 12. 2023
Age:79† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1970s
State:Nebraska
Support
National Committee to Combat Fascism
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Biography

Omaha activist and member of the National Committee to Combat Fascism (a BPP affiliate), convicted with David Rice of the 1970 bombing death of a policeman on the testimony of a 15-year-old who admitted planting the bomb; The Black Panther Vol. 14 no.23 (1976). One of the 'Omaha Two,' he (Ed Poindexter) remained imprisoned for decades. [Source: The Black Panther (Black Panther Party newspaper), v14 no.23; digitized at marxists.org — https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/index.htm]

Case

Nebraska State Penitentiary
Charges: Murder (bombing death of a policeman)
Arrested: 1970
Sentence: Life. Convicted with David Rice of the 1970 bombing death of an Omaha policeman on the testimony of a 15-year-old who admitted planting the bomb; one of the 'Omaha Two,' remained imprisoned for decades.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Nebraska

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