Kazi Ajagun Toure

AKA: Christopher King; Chris King
Released
Date of birth:1950
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1980s
State:Massachusetts
Time Imprisoned:
9 Years 7 Months 24 Days
Support
Black Liberation Anti-Imperialism New Afrikan Independence United Freedom Front Black Panther Party
Kazi Ajagun Toure

Biography

Kazi Ajagun Toure, born Christopher King, grew up in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and became active with the Black Panther Party after moving to Oakland in 1969. Massachusetts State Police arrested him after a shootout on February 7, 1982. He received a six-year federal firearms sentence followed by a consecutive Massachusetts term. In the United Freedom Front prosecution he pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy in December 1986 and received another consecutive seven-year sentence. He was released on October 1, 1991 and later worked with the Jericho Movement.

Case

Charges: Federal firearms possession; Massachusetts weapons charges; later seditious conspiracy arising from the United Freedom Front prosecution
Arrested: Feb 7, 1982
Sentenced: May 31, 1985
Incarcerated: Feb 7, 1982
Released: Oct 1, 1991
Sentence: Six-year federal sentence, a consecutive four-to-five-year Massachusetts sentence, and a consecutive seven-year federal seditious-conspiracy sentence; released October 1, 1991
Judge: Hon. Edward T. Gignoux
Convicted: Yes
Plead: Guilty to seditious conspiracy in December 1986

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