Timothy Adams

Released
Date of birth:22. 03. 1948
Date of death:22. 06. 1982
Age:34† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1970s
State:New York
Support
Black Liberation Black Liberation Army
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Biography

Timothy Adams was a 25-year-old man from Bennettsville, South Carolina, alleged to be a member of the Black Liberation Army. He was already under indictment for the 1971 attempted murder of two Brooklyn police officers when, on October 3, 1973, he was one of four men arrested alongside the BLA fugitive Henry "Sha Sha" Brown in a police raid on a tenement at 79 Menahan Street in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. The Brooklyn District Attorney announced that the men arrested with Brown would be charged with harboring him and hindering prosecution. The outcome of the charges against Adams is not documented in the available sources.

Case

Charges: Attempted murder of two Brooklyn police officers (1971); and harboring a fugitive and hindering prosecution.
Arrested: Oct 3, 1973
Sentence: Charges as recorded: Attempted murder of two Brooklyn police officers (1971); and harboring a fugitive and hindering prosecution — for sheltering Henry "Sha Sha" Brown, with whom he was arrested in the October 3, 1973 Bushwick raid.
Convicted: Under indictment and arrested; the outcome of the charges is not documented in the available sources.

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