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04 December 1969: Fred Hampton Killed in Chicago Police Raid
On December 4, 1969, the Chicago Police Department conducted a predawn raid on an apartment at 2337 West Monroe Street that would become one of the most controversial law enforcement actions in American history. Inside that apartment, 21-year-old Fred Hampton, the charismatic deputy chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party, was shot and killed along…
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