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Sam Bell

Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1970s
State:Massachusetts
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Biography

Black man imprisoned at the Deer Island House of Correction for defending himself and his baby daughter during a wave of white racist attacks on Black families in East Boston; The Black Panther Vol. 15 no.17 (1976) reports a pattern of police jailing the Black victims rather than their attackers. [Source: The Black Panther (Black Panther Party newspaper), v15 no.17; digitized at marxists.org — https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/index.htm]

Case

Deer Island House of Correction
Charges: Charge arising from defending his family during racist attacks (self-defense)
Sentence: Imprisoned at the Deer Island House of Correction for defending himself and his baby daughter during a wave of white racist attacks on Black families in East Boston; paper reports police jailed the Black victims rather than their attackers.
Convicted: Imprisoned
Institution State: Massachusetts