Biography
White Panther Party member convicted with Tom Stevens and sentenced to 5½ years-to-life over the July 1974 police raid on the party's San Francisco food-program office; The Black Panther Vol. 14 (1975) reports a 5,000-signature petition demanded an appeal bond.
The Gay Crusader, issue 29 (June 1976), reports that Tom Stevens and Terry Phillips were arrested as they left the burning Page Street house during the July 12, 1974 raid and were in state prison when the article appeared. The accusation that police set the fire is the newspaper’s and supporters’ account. The article does not give a state-prison admission or release date.
Gay Crusader, issue 29, June 1976, Berkeley collection, PDF page 6.
The Black Panther’s January 10, 1976 report said that Terry Phillips was imprisoned at Tracy following the May 1975 conviction arising from the police raid on the White Panther Party’s Page Street food-program office. Attorney Alan Caplan had filed a motion seeking bail pending appeal. The report attributed the prosecution to retaliation for the party’s lawsuit over the raid.
The Black Panther, January 10, 1976, volume XIV no.17, PDF page 11.
