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Tom Stevens

Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1970s
State:California
Support
White Panther Party
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Biography

White Panther Party member sentenced to 5½ years-to-life for assault with a deadly weapon after firing warning shots during a July 1974 San Francisco police raid on the party's Page Street food-program office (which police then set afire); The Black Panther Vol. 14 (1975) reports he was denied bail pending appeal in what supporters called a trumped-up prosecution. [Source: The Black Panther (Black Panther Party newspaper), v14 no.17,20; digitized at marxists.org — https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/index.htm]

Case

Charges: Assault with a deadly weapon
Arrested: July 1974
Sentence: Sentenced to 5½ years-to-life for assault with a deadly weapon after firing warning shots during a July 1974 San Francisco police raid on the party's Page Street food-program office (which police then set afire); denied bail pending appeal.
Convicted: Yes