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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1969
Page
3
Police battled Black Panther Party members at the South Central Avenue headquarters with 300 officers using explosives and tear gas. Three officers were wounded as eight men and three women held positions behind sandbags. one defender later surrendered with others.
A Long Beach officer, a father of four, was seriously wounded in the gunfire during the Los Angeles Police siege of the Black Panther headquarters on Monday. The wounded officer, identified as a 33 year old resident, sustained multiple chest, hand, and leg injuries. Doctors at California.
Two boys aged 12 and 15 were found after a cold night lost in the San Bernardino mountains. Forty searchers spent the night in below freezing temps before locating Melvin Schenefield of Edwards Air Force Base and Michael Chambers of Norwalk.
Black Panther Chief of Staff David Hilliard posted 10000 dollars bail and was released from jail after an attempted murder charge tied to a police shootout. Gov Reagan postponed Bobby Seale extradition hearing to December 16 at Seale attorneys request to avoid interrupting Hilliard's case.
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