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Leo Williams

Era:1960s
State:Michigan
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Black Panther Party
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Biography

Leo Williams was a Detroit Black Panther Party officer of the day. The newspaper reports police detention in a raid on the party’s breakfast program, followed by release within four hours after the Wayne County prosecutor declined to issue warrants. The date of the clipping is not supplied, and an exact arrest day is not inferred. Source: The Black Panther, June 21, 1969, PDF page 19. https://washingtonareaspark.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/1969-06-21-black-panther-vol-3-no-9.pdf#page=19

Case

Charges: Detained in Detroit breakfast-program raid on suspected possession of a stolen radio; prosecutor declined warrants
Sentence: Released within four hours; no charge or sentence established.