Hampton lost this battle Absolute filth In Every Room of the Monroe Street Rathole No more violence at least from Hampton Fred Hampton in Life Chicago, IL —This was the top story on December 4, 1969 when war broke out at 2337 West Monroe Street. The Black Panthers were at war with cops nationwide.   Cops were being ambushed and murdered from coast to coast.   The BP threat was very real and cops were understandably on guard for violence. This chapter began when the FBI recruited a troubled fellow, William O’Neal who cooperated in order to mitigate his own crimes.   O’Neal became a part of Hoover’s infamous COINTELPRO program, as both a snitch and as an agent provocateur.   O’Neal successfully created a rift between the Panthers and Black Chicago street gangs.   That act alone was incredibly helpful for the safety and well being of Chicago cops. It was O’Neal, who told police the Monroe Street apartment was being used by the Bla...

Chicago, IL —It was a very cold morning at 04:45 hours on 4 December 1969 when 14 Chicago cops assigned to the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office executed a search warrant on a filthy premises at 2337 West Monroe. The officers were looking for a large stockpile of weapons including three shotguns stolen from the Chicago Police Department, three highly illegal sawed-off shotguns and some 50,000 rounds of ammunition. That intelligence information was provided to police by a BPP associate who was cooperating. Officers were rightly concerned they were being led into a deadly trap and took all necessary precautions to insure their own safety. This was a period before SWAT teams and police body armor were part of law enforcement resources. The officers carried their service revolvers. In addition five carried 12 gauge Shotguns. Officer James Davis had a .30 caliber carbine and Officer Joe Gorman carried a .45 Thompson submachine gun also known, as the Chicago Typewriter. Before the sun wo...

Forest Park, IL —Former Cook County State’s Attorney Edward V. Hanrahan has died. I last talked with Hanaran who was long retired while researching my screenplay, Come Friday . Hanaran is best known for leading that infamous Black Panther Raid one cold December morning in 1969. That's when two heavily armed ghetto rats, Fred Hampton and Mark Clark caught some serious lead when they attacked officers from the State’s Attorney’s police that were serving a search warrant. Frankly I’ve danced, peed and spat on their graves ever since. Hampton and Clark advocated the murder of Chicago cops. They got just what they deserved. Politics rules in Cook County and they Indicted Hanaran along with 14 of the raiders. The prosecution ended in 1972 without convictions and civil litigation went on for over two decades. The taxpayers ate it again. Hanaran was also famous for the prosecution of the Friday Night Rapist, Robert Ellis . That case ended when a recent Supreme Court opinion prompte...