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I'm told just five of the time. No, wait. You said they were Yeah, you know. Okay. Camera. Yeah. Middle right car. Sorry. Sure. Yes. I'm signed. Ball game. Yeah, you. Sorry about my attorney asked me to take a stand, and, uh, it was pertaining. Thio show

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evidence that I was absolutely without funds so that I couldn't afford to pay for witnesses to come from another state. Do you have any idea at this point in the trial how soon the selection of a jury might begin? The judge asked that question last week.

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And both Mr Jensen, I've predicted it may take a week or 10 days. Mr. Newton, you said that you didn't feel that you could get a fair trial here in Oakland. You also said you're confident you would be acquitted. How do you equate to? Well, actually,

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it's not a dichotomy, because I stated that under the present court structure, but I will not be able to receive a fair trial. I still have faith that with the council that I have and with the community being very interested, there will be able to revolutionize

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the court if we're not. If we're unable to revolutionize the court. Then, of course, I won't receive a fair trial. All right. Yeah. Speak up too much as you can help me. You you seem to appear very calm and confident in the courtroom. How does that

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happen? In the face of claims by your attorneys and supporters that you can't get a fair trial in open? Um, as the it's impossible for me to get a fair trialing, uh, under the present structure of the core on the rules of the court. Uh, it's

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a white, racist, structured, uh, institution. But we're very sure that we'll be able to revolutionize the court system along with the support of the community and with the verifying legal counsel that I have with year. That will be victorious. Mr. Newton, earlier today you made a

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statement to the effect that you have been framed. Would you elaborate on that? Not at this time. You have nothing else to say about no Onley that I'm in us. You know that You were afraid. I believe I did. Do you believe you know who was

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responsible for the policeman's that? I can't answer that. Understand? How have you been treated in jail. Um, hmm. Harassment. I've been brutalized and treated a different way than other inmates. Was their punishment for anything specific or I've been in solitary confinement for the last 35 days?

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Was that a punishment for something? Well, a to this time, it's not punishment for anything that's been stated to me. I was put on restriction for 15 days without being fed. I was fit. Uh ah, half a cup of green substance, uh, that I couldn't eat

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for 15 days. After this period, I was put off restriction. I was able to visit my relatives and friends, but I'm still in a solitary, confined itself. And itself was six, about 6.5 by 4.5. I stayed in there 24 hours a day without exercise whatsoever. It's

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a solid door similar to the door behind you Onley. It doesn't have any openings whatsoever. There's no windows in this particular cell. You had regular communication mail. In addition to visitors, I don't receive all of my male. The visitors are harassed by the police, and, uh,

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verbal abuses are constantly inflicted upon them. You took the witness stand this morning For what purpose. Another party is based in part on the belief that black should control their own destiny. That's true. Black attorneys have offered to defend you. How did it happen that your

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council in court are all the Black Panther Party? Well, first, you're wrong that all of the council are not white. It's, uh, Mr Gerry's offices and integrated office, and we have other blacks aiding in the case. I started to say that the Black Panther Party is

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not a racist organization. Uh, we respect the dignity and all men. We believe that we should be able to control the institutions, uh, within our community and also the destiny of our black people who are colonized here in races America since your arrest for the alleged

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murder off John Fry, the Oakland policemen. Do you feel that there has been any change in philosophy in the Black Panther Party? Per se? No, The Black Panther Party philosophy has not changed since the sense of original existence. That was October 1966. How do you think

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the outcome of your try a will affect the future of the party? I believe that the outcome of the trial will not only affect the future of the Black Panther Party in a positive manner, but also affect black people throughout America in a positive manner, because

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I'm sure that we will be victorious. Do you think that you will be equipped? Yes, Mr Gary, that you will be able to get a jury of since you brought up this concept of authoritarian personality when an imminent an outstanding psychiatrist like Dr Bernard Diamond is

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now teaching criminology and his professor of law at the University of California when he states that he has no way this time to be able to read out a person who has built in white racist prejudices if he can't do it with some 25 years of

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outstanding psychiatry work, I don't know how a lawyer that it's only going to night law school could be able to weed out and pierce that veil of prejudice and weed out the person who was supposed to be non prejudicial when all of the psychiatrists and sociologists

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who testified including Dr Diamond, who said every one of us, including himself, had built in prejudices. When we have that kind of a society to draw from, I do not know how we're going to be able to pick a jury that's going to be free from

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this Built in prejudice is prejudgment, so to speak. Is it possible, Mr Gary, that this extensive exposure the press, TV and radio of your client, Mr Newton, they will result later in, uh perhaps tactically, uh, the old trial by media the way it is getting letters

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of all kinds hate, hate letters. I got a letter today. Of course, all of these hate letters are unsigned. They're threatening. I got one today that said, How could I defend the person who's done this and who's done that, where she or she got this information

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that he had done all of these things? I don't know, but the prejudices such that they bypass evidence and logic. That's what the authoritarian personality shows, that you don't need prejudice. You don't need evidence to show guilt. They will bypass that. For instance, one of the

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tests that are usually given in a group of now is some wise person to that Answer that question. Uh, the empirical evidence will show whether we're able to change the structure or not at this time, I don't know whether it will be able to or not,

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but it just might believe I have confidence that way will be able to make some changes. Final. Yeah, pretty good.