Biography
Paul Redd was detained after the Central Avenue raid. The Party newspaper reports that he was confined in New County Jail’s adjustment center after drawing revolutionary art on jail walls. This is the 19-year-old Los Angeles defendant in 1969, not Oakland-born prison organizer Paul Alwyn Redd Jr., born in 1956. This historical record does not establish current custody. Total time detained and any unreported individual disposition remain unverified.
Los Angeles Panther raids and detention
Paul Redd was detained after the Central Avenue raid. The Party newspaper reports that he was confined in New County Jail’s adjustment center after drawing revolutionary art on jail walls. This is the 19-year-old Los Angeles defendant in 1969, not Oakland-born prison organizer Paul Alwyn Redd Jr., born in 1956.
The December 8, 1969 Los Angeles police raids targeted Black Panther premises at Central Avenue, the Toure Community Center and a residence on 55th Street. The Party denounced the operation as political repression. Contemporary Party reports are attributed as such; their allegations of mistreatment are not presented as independent court findings.
Individual verdicts, physical release dates and time actually detained are recorded only where supported. The broader trial included acquittals on serious counts and some weapons-conspiracy convictions. It would be inaccurate to describe every raid defendant as acquitted of every charge.
