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Larry Roberson

Race:Black
Era:1960s
State:Illinois
Time Imprisoned:
2 Months 3 Days
Support
Black Panther Party
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Biography

Chicago chapter Black Panther Party member shot by Chicago police in July 1969, then held under police guard and, the paper says, harassed and beaten in the hospital before he died on Sept. 4, 1969; memorialized as a fallen comrade in The Black Panther Vol. 17 no.13 (1977). [Source: The Black Panther (Black Panther Party newspaper), v17 no.13; digitized at marxists.org — https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/index.htm]

Case

Charges: Charges from a July 1969 police shootout (held under police guard)
Incarcerated: July 1969
Released: Sep 4, 1969
Sentence: Chicago BPP member shot by police in July 1969, then held under police guard; per The Black Panther he was harassed and beaten in the hospital before dying on Sept 4, 1969. Verdict as recorded: No — died in custody before resolution
Convicted: No