Fred Hampton Assassination
The raid that killed Chairman Fred
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26 mins
Discover how Hampton’s political organising, community programmes and growing influence had placed him under FBI surveillance through COINTELPRO. Explore the forensic evidence and subsequent investigations that challenged the official account of the raid, including findings that police fired 99 shots while the Panthers fired one.
Ep 1:
The Bed, the Bullets, and the Chairman
A 21-year-old revolutionary and his pregnant fiancée wake to gunfire — the untold origins of Fred Hampton and the America that made his rise inevitable.
Ep 2:
Breakfasts, Rainbows, and the FBI's Fear
From free breakfasts to a radical cross-racial alliance, Fred Hampton builds a movement so powerful the FBI plants a traitor inside his own security detail.
Ep 3:
4:45 AM and the Decades After
The raid, the cover-up, and a decades-long fight for truth reveal how far the government went to silence a man who proved solidarity could win.
Discussions (5)
Peter
Level 7 · 1 week agoNot just Hoover tbf mate
Gerald
Level 5 · 1 week agoO'Neal was Hampton's own bodyguard and was feeding the feds his floor plan. That's cold.
David
Level 7 · 1 week agoO'Neal drugged his own chairman and smiled at breakfast
