OppressionDecember 4, 1969
COINTELPRO and the killing of Fred Hampton
Chicago police, acting on FBI COINTELPRO intelligence, kill the 21-year-old Black Panther leader in his bed.
The web
Connections to other moments, systems, and investigations — the links rarely drawn together.
- documented by (incoming)·ArticleCOINTELPRO: The FBI's War on Black America
Hampton's killing is the starkest example of COINTELPRO's war on Black movements.
- connects to·EventNixon declares the War on Drugs
The surveillance-and-criminalization logic of COINTELPRO carried directly into the War on Drugs two years later.