Earl Leverette

AKA: Earl Walter Leverette
Released
Date of birth:1944
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1960s
State:Wisconsin
Support
Black Liberation Black Nationalism Socialism Black Panther Party
Earl Leverette

Biography

Earl Leverette (also spelled Levrettes) was a member of the Milwaukee, Wisconsin chapter of the Black Panther Party and one of the "Milwaukee Three," arrested in September 1969 and charged with the attempted murder of a police officer along with Booker Collins and Jesse White. In September 1970, after the first morning of his trial, Leverette jumped bail and disappeared; he was later captured by FBI agents in Cincinnati, Ohio, and returned to Milwaukee in October 1971 at age 26. He was convicted and received a 10-year sentence, lighter than his two co-defendants.

Photo credit

The Black Panther, July 4, 1970, page 16; individually captioned Earl Leverette portrait. Cropped from a newspaper scan; photographer not identified.

Case

Charges: Attempted murder of a police officer (Milwaukee, September 1969); one of the "Milwaukee Three"
Arrested: Sep 22, 1969
Incarcerated: Sep 22, 1969
Sentence: Ten-year sentence reported for the later attempted-murder case. Previously sentenced November 4, 1969 to one year at the Milwaukee County House of Correction for resisting an officer. A January 1971 federal decision records that he had left parole supervision with 53 days remaining on that earlier sentence. He was out on bail when the attempted-murder trial began September 14, 1970 and disappeared during trial. Dates of release, return to custody, and the later sentence remain unverified.
Convicted: Yes

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