January 1971
Events
- 1971FBI Informants and Prosecutions Effectively Destroy Black Panther Party
By 1971 the FBI had placed at least one informant in every Black Panther Party chapter. COINTELPRO operations forged letters creating lethal rivalries between the Panthers and US Organization. Key leaders were imprisoned or exiled. Membership collapsed from a peak of 5,000.
- 1971FBI Informants and Prosecutions Effectively Destroy Black Panther Party
By 1971 the FBI had placed at least one informant in every Black Panther Party chapter. COINTELPRO operations forged letters to create lethal rivalries between the Panthers and US Organization, resulting in killings. Key leaders were imprisoned or exiled. FBI director Hoover called the Panthers 'the greatest threat to internal security.' Membership collapsed from a peak of 5,000.
- 1971NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Practices Documented as Targeting Black and Latino Men
New York civil rights organizations documented in the early 1970s that NYPD stop-and-frisk practices under New York's 1964 law overwhelmingly targeted Black and Latino men, with over 80% of those stopped being non-white. The practice operated with virtually no oversight.
- 1971NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Practices Documented as Targeting Black and Latino Men
New York civil rights organizations documented in the early 1970s that NYPD stop-and-frisk practices under New York's 1964 stop-and-frisk law overwhelmingly targeted Black and Latino men. Studies showed over 80% of those stopped were non-white. The practice, legally authorized by Terry v. Ohio (1968), operated with virtually no oversight and generated widespread community grievances.