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Ormistan Spencer

AKA: Tony Spencer
Race:Black
Era:1970s
State:New York
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Biography

Rosedale, Queens man arrested and charged with reckless endangerment and weapons offenses after defending his family's home from a racist mob that had repeatedly firebombed it; The Black Panther Vol. 14 no.7 (1975) reports police arrested him rather than the attackers and a rally demanded the charges be dropped. [Source: The Black Panther (Black Panther Party newspaper), v14 no.7; digitized at marxists.org — https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/index.htm]

Case

Charges: Reckless endangerment and weapons offenses
Arrested: 1975
Sentence: Charged after defending his family's repeatedly firebombed home; outcome not stated. Verdict as recorded: Unknown from desc — a rally demanded the charges be dropped
Convicted: Unknown