UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT - NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS - EASTERN DIVISION - REPORT OF THE JANUARY 1970 GRAND JURY

• NCJ Number: 10157
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 133 pages
• Corporate Author: US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
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Annotation

REPORT OF THE GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION OF THE 1969 POLICE RAID OF THE CHICAGO BLACK PANTHERS' HEADQUARTERS, WITH FINDINGS OF FACT AND ANALYSIS OF CIRCUMSTANCES.

Abstract

PRESENTED ARE THE GRAND JURY'S FINDINGS ON THE BACKGROUND OF THE PANTHERS' CONFLICT WITH CHICAGO LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES, THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S RAID PLAN, AND ITS CONCLUSIONS OF EXACTLY HOW THE RAID WAS EXECUTED. IT HEARD EVIDENCE ON THE CRIME SCENE SEARCH AND EVIDENCE PROCESSING BY THE POLICE, AS WELL AS THE CONCURRENT INVESTIGATION BY THE PANTHERS. CONFLICTING FINDINGS FROM CORONERS REPRESENTING THE GOVERNMENT, THE DEFENDANTS, AND THE GRAND JURY ARE OFFERED, AS ARE DISCUSSIONS OF PROBABLE CAUSE FOR THE RAID, TESTIMONY CONFLICTS WITH PHYSICAL FACTS, EVIDENCE CONCERNING THE SHOOTINGS, AND ISSUES SURROUNDING THE STATE'S INDICTMENTS.