Biography
Michael Steven Reed was one of three defendants jailed in the 1970 Seattle post-office bombing prosecution. The Black Panther reported that all three had been held in King County Jail since March 3, 1970, and described a defense claim that police agent Jeff Desmond had supplied the plan and dynamite. The report describes him as a Black member of Seattle’s alternative community and a friend of the other two defendants. Judge William N. Goodwin handled the case and Stan Pitkin was the prosecutor. The accessible sources do not establish the outcome or actual release date.
Michael Steven Reed was one of three defendants jailed in the 1970 Seattle post-office bombing prosecution. The Black Panther reported that all three had been held in King County Jail since March 3, 1970, and described a defense claim that police agent Jeff Desmond had supplied the plan and dynamite. The report describes him as a Black member of Seattle’s alternative community and a friend of the other two defendants. Judge William N. Goodwin handled the case and Stan Pitkin was the prosecutor. The accessible sources do not establish the outcome or actual release date.
The Black Panther, September 26, 1970, PDF page 14; supplemental FBI telegram, July 8, 1975, PDF page 103; supplemental FBI telegram, July 8, 1975, PDF page 104.
