Verlina Brewer

Race:Black
Era:1960s
State:Illinois
Support
Black Panther Party
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Biography

Wounded survivor of the Dec. 4, 1969 police raid on Fred Hampton's Chicago apartment; The Black Panther Vol. 15 no.13 (1976) reports the indictments against the raid survivors were dropped after the police lab evidence was found to be falsified. [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 of police officers (raid survivors)
Arrested: Dec 4, 1969
Incarcerated: Dec 4, 1969
Sentence: Wounded and arrested in the Dec. 4, 1969 police raid on Fred Hampton's Chicago apartment. Survivors were indicted, but the charges were dropped after ballistics/lab evidence was shown to have been falsified. Verdict as recorded: No — indictments dropped after police lab evidence found to be falsified
Convicted: No — charges dismissed

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