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James Wilson

Gender:Male
Era:1970s
State:Illinois
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Biography

James Wilson is identified in the Cairo chronology in a June 1970 prosecution over a broken downtown window: an initial hung jury was followed by a guilty retrial. It separately reports his February 12, 1971 arrest over an alleged rifle theft from a federal marshal in Washington, D.C., with reindictment on aggravated-battery and unlawful-possession counts. This Cairo defendant has not been identified with other prisoners of the same name. The United Front of Cairo chronology presents these prosecutions as part of racist repression of Black community organizing. This is the defense publication’s account; it does not establish an individual final discharge or a complete custody duration. Source: Right On!, April 3, 1971, PDF page 17. https://freedomarchives.org/Documents/Finder/DOC513_scans/BPP_Intercommunal/513.Black%20Panther%20%28New%29%20Intercommunal%20News%20Service.The_Black_Panther_1971.pdf#page=17

Cases

Charges: Criminal destruction of property; broken window, June 1970 Cairo prosecution
Sentence: Exact sentence, physical release date and complete time served are not established by this source.
Convicted: Yes
Charges: Alleged rifle theft from a federal marshal; additional aggravated-battery and unlawful-possession counts
Arrested: Feb 12, 1971
Sentence: Exact sentence, physical release date and complete time served are not established by this source.