Joudon M. Ford

AKA: Joudon Ford
Released
Date of birth:1950
Date of death:2024
Age:74† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1960s
State:New York
Time Imprisoned:
5 Months
Support
Black Panther Party
Joudon M. Ford

Biography

Joudon M. Ford was a New York Black Panther leader and later a City College student newspaper editor, banker and teacher. He described two separate periods of pretrial detention in 1969 and regarded the prosecution as political. He returned to college that fall. His alumni obituary records his lifespan as 1950–2024; exact birth and death dates remain unverified.

Cases

Charges: Attempting to carry a concealed weapon onto an airplane
Arrested: Jan 24, 1969
Sentence: Pretrial detention; disposition unverified. Ford recalled one month in federal detention at West Street after the January 24, 1969 airport arrest. He acknowledged possessing guns but denied intending a hijacking.
Rikers Island
Charges: Attempted murder, according to Ford’s retrospective account
Sentence: Ford recalled four months of pretrial detention at Rikers Island in 1969. He maintained his innocence. No verdict, sentence or exact release date has been verified.
Institution State: New York

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