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Glenn Diamond

Race:Black
Era:1970s
State:Alabama
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Biography

Mobile, Alabama activist (also known as Casmarah Mani), a former member of the prison group Inmates For Action, who The Black Panther Vol. 15 no.5,6 (1976) reports was beaten in an attempted police lynching (an officer tried to hang him from a tree) and then charged with robbery and held at Mt. Meigs Prison. [Source: The Black Panther (Black Panther Party newspaper), v15 no.5,6; digitized at marxists.org — https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/index.htm]

Case

Mt. Meigs Prison
Charges: Robbery
Sentence: Mobile activist (also 'Casmarah Mani') and former IFA member; reportedly beaten in an attempted police lynching, then charged with robbery and held at Mt. Meigs Prison. Verdict as recorded: Not stated (alleged frame-up)
Convicted: No
Institution State: Alabama