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DeWayne Williams

AKA: Waheeb
Race:Black
Era:1970s
State:California
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Biography

Cal State Northridge student beaten by LAPD officers and then convicted, by an 11-white jury, of interfering with a police officer; The Black Panther Vol. 14 no.17 (1976) reports he faced up to a year in jail and set up an appeal fund, calling the arrest a racist frame-up. [Source: The Black Panther (Black Panther Party newspaper), v14 no.17; digitized at marxists.org — https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/index.htm]

Case

Charges: Interfering with a police officer
Sentence: Faced up to one year in jail; set up an appeal fund. Beaten by LAPD officers before arrest, which supporters called a racist frame-up Verdict as recorded: Yes — convicted by an 11-white jury
Convicted: Yes