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Ronald Satchel

Full name:Ronald Doc Satchel
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1960s
State:Illinois
Support
Black Panther Party
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Biography

Illinois Black Panther Party member shot four times surviving the Dec. 4, 1969 police raid on Fred Hampton's apartment; The Black Panther Vol. 15 no.13 (1976) reports the attempted-murder and weapons indictments against him were dropped after police lab evidence was shown to be falsified, and he became a plaintiff in the $47.7 million civil-rights suit. [Source: The Black Panther (Black Panther Party newspaper), Vol. 15 (1976); digitized at marxists.org — https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/index.htm]

Case

Charges: Attempted murder; weapons charges (indicted, later dropped)
Arrested: Dec 4, 1969
Released: 1970
Sentence: Shot four times but survived the Dec 4, 1969 police raid on Fred Hampton's apartment. Attempted-murder and weapons indictments against him were dropped after falsified police lab evidence was exposed; he became a plaintiff in the $47.7 million civil-rights suit. Verdict as recorded: No — attempted-murder and weapons indictments dropped after police lab evidence was shown to be falsified
Convicted: No — charges dismissed