Biography
Steven Green was a Des Moines Black Panther participant, also identified as Stephen Green and later Ako Abdul-Samad. A congressional investigator reported actual jail remand on $3,000 bond after the November 5, 1970 courtroom confrontation at Charles Knox’s proceeding. The court attributed political criticisms of the proceedings to Green; he disputed that account. His contempt conviction survived appeal, but the Iowa Supreme Court reduced the sentence from six months to four on April 9, 1971. Exact release and completed detention duration remain unknown.
Steven Green, also printed as Stephen Green and Steven A. Green, participated in the Des Moines Black Panther movement. Bruce Fehn and Robert Jefferson identify him as later known as Ako Abdul-Samad and describe the November 5, 1970 courtroom episode as a political demonstration.
A House Internal Security Committee investigator testified that Green was arrested during the confrontation at Charles Knox’s proceeding and held in jail in default of $3,000 bond. That account establishes actual remand, without establishing his final release date.
The Iowa Supreme Court opinion recounts disputed testimony about Green’s political criticism of the court. It records a November 5 appearance before Judge Ray Harrison and trial the next morning. On April 9, 1971, the court upheld the contempt finding but reduced the nominal six-month punishment to four months. Neither term is counted as completed time served.
The historical article compresses the trial and appellate chronology; the court opinion supplies the controlling dates. The duration of actual detention and exact release remain unverified.
Iowa Supreme Court opinion; The Annals of Iowa, Winter 2010, printed pages 79–80; House hearing, printed page 4961, investigator testimony.
