Biography
Herbert Hawkins was a Philadelphia Black Panther and Vietnam veteran. Police arrested him at the Party’s Mantua office during the August 31, 1970 raids. In a 2020 interview, he recalled being publicly strip-searched and beaten at police headquarters. The report confirms two weeks in custody and the eventual dismissal of his charges. He later helped form the Black United Liberation Front and worked as a master plumber.
Calculated release date for the stay beginning August 31, 1970: September 14, 1970, adding the recorded 14-day equivalent of the reported completed weeks in custody with elapsed-calendar-day counting. This is a calculated date from the recorded admission and duration, not a separately documented physical-discharge date.
Calculated release date
Calculated release date for the stay beginning August 31, 1970: September 14, 1970, adding the recorded 14-day equivalent of the reported completed weeks in custody with elapsed-calendar-day counting. This is a calculated date from the recorded admission and duration, not a separately documented physical-discharge date.
Custody research — September 2026
Hawkins recalled two weeks in custody after the August 31, 1970 raid. Fourteen days records that reported duration; the exact release day is not inferred.
