West Cook

Released
Era:1960s
State:Pennsylvania
Time Imprisoned:
1 Day
Support
Black Panther Party
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Biography

West Cook was a Philadelphia Black Panther Party branch secretary, arrested at gunpoint at about10:30p.m. September23,1969 near the branch office. The newspaper reports release by7a.m. September24. It supplies no individual charge or conviction. This Philadelphia organizer is not assumed to be a same-name person in another city. Source: The Black Panther, October4,1969, PDF page4. https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/PR/BP_1969_10_04.pdf#page=4

Case

Charges: Arrest during Philadelphia Panther headquarters operation; individual charge unspecified
Arrested: Sep 23, 1969
Incarcerated: September 23, 1969
Released: September 24, 1969
Sentence: Released the following morning; no sentence established. Documented custody period: 1969-09-23 to 1969-09-24. This counter covers the documented physical-custody phase only; undated earlier or later detention and restrictions after release are excluded. The calendar-day difference does not establish a corresponding number of complete 24-hour periods.

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