Eric Wildcat Hall

Eric Wildcat Hall was an indigenous rights activist and AIM member who originally was jailed in the late 1970s on burglary charges after he was accused of breaking into a workplace he was organizing and leading a workers strike at. While serving his sentence of 11 1/2 to 23 months, a weapon was planted in his cell resulting in him getting additional charges and having his sentence increased by another 2 years. After his release in 1984 he continued his indigenous activism while under heavy federal surveillance and facing accusations of helping smuggle weapons to indigenous activists in Central America. Hall was then setup on false charges of armed robbery and attempted murder and arrested where he was given a 37½-to-75-year sentence.