Hans Remembers- Wednesday August 5, 1970- 50 Years Ago
- Black Panther leader Huey P. Newton was freed from jail after 2 trials ended in hung juries in his trial for the murder of officer John Frey in Oakland.
- Eleven residents of a low-rent apartment building in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota died in a flash fire. Most of the victims were retirees on fixed incomes.
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Forgot all about Huey Newton and had to look him up. It’s pretty amazing that he was accused of killing a cop at one point and both juries ended up hung. I didn’t think that kind of thing happened back then. He seemed to be a mixture of good and bad ideas, like he had the makings of being a strong leader, but then he bragged about killing the cop (there was no evidence that he had) and also backed Jim Jones (bad idea! where’s your instincts?!)
I agree with you on Jim Jones- crazy.