Lois Newton

Era:1970s
State:New York
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Biography

The editor identifies Corona Branch Panther Lois Newton as beaten and arrested by Port Authority police in New York on November 28, 1970. The account attributes the loss of her pregnancy to the assault. In her signed letter, Newton describes meeting Angela Davis in jail on December 1 and obtaining placement on the same floor the next morning. The article supplies no exact discharge, charge or complete custody duration. The Black Panther, December19,1970 volV no25, original PDF page 13. Source: https://washingtonareaspark.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/1970-12-19-bpp-.pdf#page=13

Case

Charges: Port Authority arrest; individual statutory charge unspecified
Arrested: Nov 28, 1970
Sentence: The editor identifies Corona Branch Panther Lois Newton as beaten and arrested by Port Authority police in New York on November 28, 1970. The account attributes the loss of her pregnancy to the assault. In her signed letter, Newton describes meeting Angela Davis in jail on December 1 and obtaining placement on the same floor the next morning. The article supplies no exact discharge, charge or complete custody duration. The Black Panther, December19,1970 volV no25, original PDF page 13. Source: https://washingtonareaspark.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/1970-12-19-bpp-.pdf#page=13

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