Biography
Eugene Balthazar was a Richmond Panther detained on February 9, 1970 during newspaper and breakfast-program work. The Party reported that the charges were dropped.
Separate February 13, 1970 poster-posting detention
The Black Panther reports that Eugene Balthazar and a woman identified only as Gloria were arrested while putting up posters in Richmond, California, on the evening of February 13, 1970. The account describes booking and confinement in separate police-station cells, followed by release around midnight. This is a distinct episode from Balthazar’s February 9 newspaper-selling and breakfast-program detention.
The exact calendar date of the midnight release and final court disposition remain unverified. No calculated duration is assigned. The source’s allegations of political harassment are attributed to Party reporting. Gloria’s surname is not established, so this account does not identify her with another database profile.
