Biography
Lois Newton was beaten and arrested by Port Authority police in New York on November 28, 1970, according to the editor, which identifies Lois Newton as a Corona Branch Panther. The account attributes the loss of her pregnancy to the assault. In her signed letter, Newton describes meeting Angela Davis in jail on December 1 and obtaining placement on the same floor the next morning. The article supplies no exact discharge, charge or complete custody duration. The Black Panther, December19,1970 volV no25, original PDF page 13. Source: https://washingtonareaspark.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/1970-12-19-bpp-.pdf#page=13