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Henry Mitchell

AKA: Mitch
Era:1960s
State:California
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Black Panther Party
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Biography

Henry Mitchell was a New York Black Panther Party member reportedly detained by FBI and local police after arriving at San Francisco International Airport. Lane’s signed account describes being taken with Mitchell into an interrogation room, searched, required to show identification and questioned before they could continue. No formal charge, exact date or duration of detention is supplied. Source: The Black Panther, June 21, 1969, PDF page 10. https://washingtonareaspark.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/1969-06-21-black-panther-vol-3-no-9.pdf#page=10

Case

Charges: Airport detention, search and interrogation; no formal criminal charge reported
Sentence: No sentence reported.