Fred Hampton Was Building a Movement America Couldn't Control -- So They Erased Him

[sheshe2]

“The Untold Story of How the U.S. Government Assassinated a Young Leader Who Taught the Poor to Organize”

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[excerpt]Fred Hampton was 21 years old when the U.S. government decided he had to die. Not because he was violent. Not because he was reckless. But because he was effective. He was building power where America works hardest to prevent it — among the poor, the policed, the forgotten. This isn’t speculation. It’s documented history.

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Fred Hampton didn’t preach chaos. He organized structure. As Chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party, he helped run free breakfast programs that fed thousands of children every morning. He supported health clinics in neighborhoods abandoned by hospitals. He led political education classes that taught people something the system depends on them not understanding — poverty and police violence weren’t accidents. They were policy choices.

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The FBI had already labeled the Black Panther Party a threat to national security, but Fred Hampton stood out. He was young, disciplined, charismatic, and strategic. He didn’t just speak — he organized. J. Edgar Hoover openly feared the rise of a “Black messiah” who could unify the masses.

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December 4, 1969: The Execution

On December 4, 1969, before dawn, Chicago police stormed Fred Hampton’s apartment. Hampton was asleep. Drugged — later confirmed by toxicology reports. Police fired nearly 100 bullets. Ballistics showed Hampton fired none.

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[Cha]

1. Fred Hampton.. Resting in Peace, Power

and Loving Memory. 💙

Sounds like our current FBI

We Shall Rise Again.

[sheshe2]

2. Hell ya, it sounds like our current FBI and trump-panzees!

[littlemissmartypants]

3. ...

[NEOBuckeye]

4. "Behold, the Dreamer comes..."

…Let us slay him and we will see what becomes of his dream.”

[eppur_se_muova]

5. J. Edgar and Nixon administration (1969-1974) were a truly toxic combination. nt

[hoosierspud]

6. I recently watched

"Judas and the Black Messiah."

I grew up a couple hours from Chicago and remembered when this happened.

Yeah, the Black Panthers advocated violence, but looking at the Chicago cops and the FBI at that time, you can't disagree that the Panthers had some legitimate arguments.

So sad.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. As noted above by hoosierspud, there was a film about him - "Judas and the Black Messiah." (released 2021)

I watched that a couple years ago to get an in depth look at Hampton, as much of the focus on the movement over the years, was on what was going on in Oakland, CA., and people like Stokely Carmichael, H. Rap Brown, & Huey Newton.

The movie depicted that assassination near the end.