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Stuart G

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2. Not new for the Chicago Police. 1969 Fred Hampton and Mark Clark
Thu Dec 3, 2015, 03:16 PM
Dec 2015

46 years ago. December 4, 1969...yea. Next days papers said that Hampton and Clark shot back..(cops were defending themselves)

But they were asleep in bed. City settled with the family years later...........

"In 1982, the City of Chicago, Cook County, and the federal government agreed to a settlement in which each would pay $616,333 to a group of nine plaintiffs, including the mothers of Hampton and Clark.[34] The $1.85 settlement was believed to be the largest ever in a civil rights case.[34]".. from Wikipedia .. see article on Fred Hampton.

.now..think about this, 1981 is 34 years ago. So given the cost of living, multiply that number by 3 ok?..so the settlement in today's money is close to six million, with 1.8 million going to Hampton's family. What happened last year, happened 46 years ago. Nothing has changed...Well the cop was put in jail, only cause there was a video of the shooting. otherwise, same result... money paid out..and nothing done..

please read below...personal note on shooting:

Sad but true.....check it out. I was working near the shooting, (as a teacher at Crane High School, 3 blocks from the shooting) some students walked me over during my lunch.. to the site of the shooting.. It was not locked up...Tours were given of the bed Hampton was lying in. This was 8 or 9 hours after the shooting.. It sure looked like he was in bed....That is where the blood was pooled. No.............I did not make this up. You got to look at newspapers of the time.. They were giving tours of the bedroom Hampton was shot in. As a young teacher then, it was something I never forgot, neither would you............................

You can read Hampton's story here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hampton

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