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Bob Yellow Bird

Full name:Bob Bird
Race:Native American
Era:1970s
State:Nebraska
Support
American Indian Movement
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Biography

Nebraska state coordinator of the American Indian Movement; The Black Panther Vol. 15 no.30 (1976) reports that after he called police having been choked and maced by a white man, officers instead beat and arrested him and his wife, charging them with malicious destruction of property; he was released on $1,000 bail. [Source: The Black Panther (Black Panther Party newspaper), v15 no.30; digitized at marxists.org — https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/index.htm]

Case

Charges: Malicious destruction of property
Sentence: Nebraska AIM coordinator; after calling police having been choked and maced, officers instead beat and arrested him and his wife and charged them with malicious destruction of property. Released on $1,000 bail. Verdict as recorded: Unknown — released on $1,000 bail
Convicted: Unknown