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Brenda Harris

Released
Gender:Female
Race:Black
Era:1960s
State:Illinois
Time Imprisoned:
15 Days
Support
Black Panther Party
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Biography

Brenda Harris survived the December 4, 1969 Chicago raid that killed Fred Hampton and Mark Clark and was among the jailed survivors.

A December 19, 1969 FBI urgent teletype records Cook County Jail records officer Tom Panush reporting that Brenda Harris was released on bond that day after the December 4 raid arrests. This is a physical release date, separate from any later disposition of the charges. The 15-day elapsed interval is calculated from the previously recorded December 4 admission and this documented December 19 release; it is not a separately reported duration.

FBI urgent teletype, December 19, 1969, PDF page 938; duplicate page 939.

Case

Charges: Attempted murder and armed violence. Source: The Black Panther, March 15, 1970, PDF p. 10.
Arrested: Dec 4, 1969
Incarcerated: Dec 4, 1969
Released: Dec 19, 1969