Biography
Chauncy Gilmore was an Oakland Bay Area man whose prosecution became a Black Panther Party defense campaign. The Party newspaper of February 19, 1972 reports that he was jailed after a January 14, 1971 Berkeley incident, convicted of assault with a deadly weapon in January 1972 and sentenced by Judge Cooper to six months to life. He remained in Alameda County Jail awaiting a planned transfer to Vacaville when the article appeared. The Party alleged racial targeting and disputed the prosecution evidence. His eventual release date and total time served have not been established. The source reports overnight detention at Berkeley City Jail and transfer to Alameda County Jail the following day. A planned Vacaville transfer is not treated as completed. Source: The Black Panther, February 19, 1972, pp. 10–13, https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/07%20no%2026%201-10%20feb%2019%201972.pdf
