Daoud Bey

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1970s
State:California
Support
Black Liberation Black Panther Party
Daoud Bey

Biography

Daoud Bey was a member of the Richmond, California, branch of the Black Panther Party. On February 9, 1970, Bey was driving to collect Panthers Joe Veale and Eugene Balthazar after their newspaper sales and to pick up food for the party’s Free Breakfast for Children Program when Richmond police stopped him. A first-person account published in The Black Panther describes Bey and the two other Panthers being held in police-station cells; Veale and Balthazar’s charges were dropped, while Bey faced traffic charges. The available source documents actual custody but does not establish how long Bey was held or the final disposition of those traffic counts.

Case

Charges: Traffic charges after a stop while collecting Black Panther newspaper sellers and food for the Free Breakfast for Children Program.
Arrested: Feb 9, 1970
Incarcerated: Feb 9, 1970
Released: Feb 9, 1970
Sentence: Held in a Richmond police-station cell; duration and final disposition not established by the located source. The first-person account reports detention until about 1:30 p.m. on February 9, 1970; Bey still faced traffic charges after release. Source: The Black Panther, March 7, 1970, printed p. 13 / PDF p. 12.

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