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Gloria Shields

Released
Gender:Female
Era:1960s
State:California
Time Imprisoned:
1 Day
Support
Black Panther Party
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Biography

Gloria Shields was individually named among San Diego Black Panthers arrested July 16, 1969 on the way to a breakfast-program meeting at St. Andrews Episcopal Church called by Father Curran. The newspaper reports concealed-weapon and grand-auto-theft allegations and twelve hours of City Jail confinement for the group. It then states that Shields, described as the sister, was taken to Juvenile Hall and actually released July 17. This identifies juvenile custody connected by the paper to repression of the party’s organizing; it does not establish a conviction or sentence. Source: The Black Panther, August 2, 1969, physical/printed page19, https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/PR/BP_1969_08_02.pdf#page=19

Case

Charges: Concealed-weapon and grand-auto-theft allegations at breakfast-program organizing meeting.
Arrested: Jul 16, 1969
Incarcerated: July 16, 1969
Released: July 17, 1969
Sentence: Documented custody period: 1969-07-16 to 1969-07-17. This counter covers the documented physical-custody phase only; undated earlier or later detention and restrictions after release are excluded. The calendar-day difference does not establish a corresponding number of complete 24-hour periods.