The 1969 assassination that exposed the FBI’s secret war against the Black Panther Party

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The 1969 murder of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton

William O’Neal was Fred Hampton’s most trusted friend. He was also an FBI rat. For months, O’Neal fed info to the feds about the young Black Panther leader who was uniting Chicago’s street gangs.

Then on December 3, 1969, O’Neal spiked Hampton’s dinner with drugs. Hours later, police raided and killed the 21-year-old in his sleep…

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