Thomas Freeman

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1970s
State:Georgia
Support
Black Liberation Black Panther Party
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Biography

Thomas Freeman was one of eight Atlanta-chapter members of the Black Panther Party arrested on November 9, 1972, when Atlanta police and federal agents — a SWAT squad and detectives from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms — raided the chapter's office. The stated pretext was a search for a .45-caliber pistol supposedly used to shoot a policeman on October 26; the eight were instead jailed on charges of possessing explosives, though the Party noted that no such weapon was ever found. Several of the eight were released on bail pending trial. Their arrests were reported in The Black Panther (Vol. IX No. 6, November 23, 1972).

Case

Atlanta City Jail
Charges: Possession of explosives.
Incarcerated: Nov 9, 1972
Sentence: Held after the November 9, 1972 raid; released on bail pending trial. Charges as recorded: Possession of explosives — a charge the Black Panther Party said was fabricated after a SWAT/ATF raid on the Atlanta chapter office; no explosives were found.
Convicted: Arrested and jailed November 9, 1972; several of the eight were released on bail pending trial.
Institution State: Georgia

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