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The long awaited decision in the Huey Newton murder trial, which has drawn worldwide attention, is now very near. The jury of seven women and five men are deliberating the fate of the Black Panther leader on the eighth floor of that building. It is their job to

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decide whether he is guilty of killing Oakland policeman John Fry and wounding Officer Herbert Haynes in a predawn shootout last October 28th. Two floors above the jury and hiss sell Huey Newton, who has made almost no show of emotion during the eight weeks of trial, calmly

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awaits the decision of the jury. I talked to Newton in the jail a Sfar the proceedings, Uh, thus far that, uh, the courts have only reflected the races, uh, attitude of the general power structure that I haven't received a fair trial, that I should not have

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been indicted in the first place. I was indicted by a blue ribbon grand jury, a middle class white grand jury that did not represent a cross section of the community at you. Say you don't feel you've had a fair trial. Why, uh, number one that Thea

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Judge have has been very racist throughout the proceeding very pro prosecution that I don't feel that should have been tried at all. And if I had been tried, if there was an inkling of a reason to try me, I should not have been tried for first

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degree murder. That if the judge had not been a race, is that he would have, he would have amended the charges Thio to a manslaughter. Perhaps the very fact that he didn't dismiss the whole charge reflects his racism. Some of your supporters have said that the

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trialing that you are a political primary that are oppressing people of color, all of the world on local level, the police fashion police are suppressing, repressing, uh, the white revolutionaries as well as the blacks who, uh, speak of and we're attempting to attain liberation. So I

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am not standing for violence. But I do stand for self defense back to the trial for one moment. Could you just keep on talking? Uhh! What about your future? If you're on the street next week, I'll continue to organize the black community, uh, in a political

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fashion, E will help in the campaign of Eldridge Cleaver for President. My own campaign for Seventh Congressional District. Uh, and I think this will be a large job because it's gonna be done from a grassroots level from door to door in the community. It will, uh,

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will consider the people on Seventh Street who stand on the corners who have lost all faith in this society and matter of fact, all other will attempt to rehabilitate them, to show them that there is possibly some gains and political action. And if it's sincere and

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if the black people have, uh, exclusive control of it within their community. So in the in my campaign, you say you got enough, Steve? Yes, thank you. The long awaited The long awaited decision in the Huey Newton murder trial,

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which has drawn worldwide attention, is now very near the jury of seven women and five men. You went too soon, Steve. So you have to stay up there, too. Now, the clothes also awaiting the verdict is a small group who said they're holding a

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vigil in support of Huey Newton. That's enough. Yeah. Also awaiting the verdict is a small group of persons who said they're holding a vigil in support of Huey P. Newton. This is the good one editor