Jamil Al-Amin, Black Panther leader convicted of killing Fulton County deputy, dies in prison

An outspoken civil rights activist and former leader in the Black Panther Party who was convicted of killing a Fulton County deputy has died. He was 82.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed that Jamil Al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown, died in federal custody at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina on Sunday.

His attorneys say he went through a “prolonged period of severe medical decline.”…

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