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John Rivers

Era:1960s
State:California
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Biography

The newspaper reports that John Rivers was arrested twice during the preceding week in San Francisco: once while putting a rally poster on a telephone pole, and again while trying to enter Everett Junior High School to arrange contact with a cafeteria worker interested in a Panther speaker. Exact dates, release details and the length of either detention are not supplied. The Black Panther, May4,1969 vol2 no2, original PDF page 5. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/03n02-may%204%201969.pdf#page=5

Case

Charges: Arrests during Panther rally publicity and school outreach; exact charges unspecified
Sentence: The newspaper reports that John Rivers was arrested twice during the preceding week in San Francisco: once while putting a rally poster on a telephone pole, and again while trying to enter Everett Junior High School to arrange contact with a cafeteria worker interested in a Panther speaker. Exact dates, release details and the length of either detention are not supplied. The Black Panther, May4,1969 vol2 no2, original PDF page 5. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/03n02-may%204%201969.pdf#page=5