Fred Hampton, born on this day in 1948, was a revolutionary socialist and chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, forming a class-based alliance known as the Rainbow Coalition before being assassinated by the Chicago PD.

The "Rainbow Coalition" included groups such as the Black Panther Party, the Young Patriots, the Young Lords, and worked together to organize against capital and broker peace treaties and alliances among Chicago street gangs.

In 1967, Hampton was identified by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as a radical threat. The FBI tried to subvert his activities in Chicago, sowing disinformation among these groups and placing a counterintelligence operative in the local Panthers.

In December 1969, Hampton was assassinated during a predawn raid at his Chicago apartment by the Chicago Police Department. During the raid, Panther Mark Clark was also killed.

At a press conference the next day, the police announced the arrest team had been attacked by the "violent" and "extremely vicious" Panthers, and had defended themselves accordingly. In another press conference, police leadership praised the assault team for their "remarkable restraint" and "professional discipline" in not killing all the Panthers present.

Photographic evidence was presented of bullet holes allegedly made by shots fired by the Panthers, but this was soon challenged. Later, it was found that all but one of nearly one hundred shots were fired by the police.

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1 1 2 4 = 8

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Transposing the two digits of A's age gives B's age. The difference between their ages is twice C's age and B is ten times as old as C. What are the three ages?

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    • DeathToBritain [she/her, they/them]
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      3 years ago

      these people are, literally, killing America. it'd almost be funny if it wasn't for the inhuman toil and pain caused by millions of preventable deaths and untold trauma

      • Rojo27 [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        I've fought the urge to give up and accept this as the new "normal", but given the attitude so many people have, I think I just have to. I see people on social media posting how evil the vaccine is all the while they'll also lament how people they know have been affected by COVID.

        Shit... I mean my aunt died of COVID earlier this year. My mom saw one of her coworkers and told her about it. And did she give condolences? Nope. She told my mom "Who dies of Covid?". Fuck this country, straight up. Individualism is too deeply ingrained in the identity of this country for this to ever end.