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I amsure you
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fairness and objectivity
should be
prime considerations.
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essentials, in
my opinion,
were missing
when
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individuals
were
overly penalized
for the
offenses entioned,
out
of allproportionthe
to
severity ofthe
crimes involved. Logically,
itwould appearthey
were
both
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of the
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histories
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notethatother
publications of widespread
readership
assmned the
responsibility of
fully informing
their
readers of the
true
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of criminal
historiesJackson
of
Jackson,for
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admitting participation
in
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wherein
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and Chronicle"
which included
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quotation attributed
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Jacksonin the"Examiner-Chronicle"
article
wherein
he reportedly
stated inAugust, 1970,
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Safi Quentin, and
I consider
persons convicted
of burglaries
s. *prisoners
and robberies
and crimesof passionand economic
crimes, wheremoney
and
survival arematerial, aspolitical prisoners."This statement
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with-ii
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a
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Eldridge
Cleaver
leftAlgeria
and
has
turned
up
publishedin
a Buckleycolumnlast week
OnJanuary
5
19.37fteen
yeeroldGeor
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government.
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it
seems,
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is
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Jackson
:7*'
ever wanted: We nd here in the Congoa revolution-
wasarrestedfor steaiinga motorcycle.

He wasreleased
state,party,anda People's
Army-A--i
'9'
inthecustody
of hisparents.
. . . OnJanuaryi22
police aryMai-xist-Leninist
>~-_
built along the lines of a~true People sRepublicto deal

arrested
Jackson
again,onsuspicion
of burgharizing
a
motorcycle
shop.Whilebeingfriskedhe turnedon one
of the o icersand attemptedto drive his back into a
x
2
";
with safeguardingconstruction
of a socialistsociety
from bothinternalandexternalenemies."
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deskspike.Asa resultof thisincident
hewasdetained PantherHueyWevvton
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"4.
the People Rsepublicof China.Backhomein Oakland, s..._i, ~_,___4_-.-
brie yas a juvenileoffenderbut later releasedon pro-
bation. . . . During the month of February he rested.

. . .On March 5 Jacksonwas arrested for burglarizing
a Los Angelesfurniture store.This

being
his third
arrest, the authorities sent him to reform school.. . .
On August20, 1958Jacksonwas again arrested.This

time he had a disagreementwithhis bossand slashed
the seatsof a bus his bossowned,-He-sp nt
ten days in
. T.
about Newton. Simmonsaccusedhim of downgrading _ '*

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blacklawyers andsaidthat Newtonhadgiventhe rm
years.
Commented
Simmons:
I amworried
thatNew;-.5
ton has becomea twentieth-century Uncle Torn." . F. 5%.
Also
on
the move-isthe Rev.RalphAbernathy,Presi-
jail. . ._. OnSeptember

24 Jackson,
withsome
help,
robbed$105 from a gas station. He was arrested,
escaped.
andwasarrestedagain,escaped
againandwas
rearrested.
He wasparoledin June1960.
Union.
Another
SCLCleader,
Rev.Hosea
Williams,
-is
visiting
China
ona goodwill
brotherhood"
trip.Mad
Then, on September19, 1960, came the farnous gas

station robbery, the one that netted; only 71 bucks.
Abernathy
to Maoanda lmonthelife of Dr. 192Iart in_
He went on a week-longlecturetour of the Soviet
shouldreally enjoy this visit. Williams has a letter from
4A
LutherKing.
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weeklyexceptfor the rst week
in Januaryby NationalRcvievr,Inc._at 50 EmmettSt., Bristol. J
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wouldbe in jail for life. As we know,Jacksonwas in
v eW, nc
I . 9"1.
all editorialmail. manuscripts.
lettersto the editor,etc.
jail for the restof hislife.
.
' toAddress
NationalReview,150East35LhSt.. New York.N.Y. 10015.
Addressundeliverablecopies, etc. to Circulationhtanager."
Placed rst in Soledad.his infractions were minor.
NationalReview,150 East 35th St.. New York. N.Y. 10016.
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would have been out in a year; if he didn t behave he
As time passedthey becamemore serious: April 1965.

Jacksonstabbeda Chicanoinmate in the back; Septem-
ber l9G6,a prisoneraccused

Jackson
of rippingopenhis
head;January1907,Jackson
wasaccused
of assaultwith
a two-footlong
pipe;
ing the headof

a
April 1967,he was accusedof beat-
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sartly
as vnjellas
purcnascd
AnnArbor
Chicanoinmate;June 1967,he re-'0
fused
to obeyan
order,
thenassaulted
theguard
who
J:. __. l',~;>v?;.i'_-._.
1?.
of verywhiteattorney
Charles
Garry$500,000
overthe.3--. -1:1'1
life, depending
on his behavior.With goodbehaviorhe
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Christian
Leadership
Conference?
February
1, 1961Jackson
wassentenced
to oneyearto
black
attorney
Joseph
Simmons
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unkind
things itiI
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more delays.
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fa
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showl ." his ta- __>;_M
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told ll
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, Examiner inAugust 1970.
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was
where money and surviv
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are material. as politic
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An
prisoners," he
said.
nliar boy. an honorstudent,
I-le saw no wayof gettlr
allerce competitor in
sports.
out of prison Iegitimatel
thcr. Lester,
xvarngi a prison
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time he
was H.
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Smiling, prayerful,
talkative, pensive
George Jackson
in prison
photpsPhoto
.xnm-nlr
LastApril
he
said forpub
n guardto death.
three days
hls'fsthcrntransfer
got.
to
. .. tie may not ho re~'
cation:
after
another
white
guard
. Lt-eoncetes
to getthe youth.
signed byaRoy ward. No eDec. 30. 1956,escapedleasedhis
in prescnt
state oil
authorities.
"Roy Ward"couldbe
found from Bakersfield
nwnyfrom thecompany he
mind. if you are able toget l shot. andkilled three black "The wholetruth is that
was keeping. -
at the address indicated.

and
0 Feb. 25, 1959.back in near him.l will he

surprised. i inmates.
would hopeto escape.

He tried lo fulfill his hot
trying.
police saw
strong similarities
CYA as an escapee,parole He canhe reachedif hesecs lrlrumgo and lutchette
To his younger brother.
died
between thebill's handwritwill he tried hcre aweek He
violator androbber.
you asaway out.

"So. don't
let him foniyou!
0
Sept.
ill,
1960.
arrested
was slain in the Marin Two weekslater, he was for robbingaservice station with the many faces he isl
arrested onsuspicion of
bur- attendant of$71 inLos Ange-capable ofshowing.
i
Coimty
Civic
Center shootout
glarizing amotorcycle shop les with a friendparoled also "He lived
that killedfour inwhat police
unrler strict
in
Los
Angelcs.
Police
said
called a vain attemptto
house ruleswhile underour
he admittedthe theftsof al from CYA.
"swap his
hostages, including
guidance and
always slipped
Superior Judge
Harold Ha-crash helmet and other
Evaluation
past his mother whenhe
ley. forhis brother
in Sanitems. but when an officer 0 Feb. 1. 196i,
sentenced
wanted tobreak those
rules.
began tosearch him,
Jackl
to prisonfor oneto lifefor
son began
to struggle.
0
Sept.
l7.
1966.
George:
this robbery,
neverbe
to free
~__ I'o
Angela Davis,
awaiting
again.
pJackson accusedof ripping I
- trial ln_Son Rafael
on
Juvenile flail
open the
head ofa blackin=,.clu92rges
providing;
of.
Jonamale.
0
On
March
9.
i96l.Jaclrin the
thenwith
the
gun that
killed Jackson's version:
son's
psychiatric
evaluation
ajuvenilc offi-at the California Training
"Judge Haley; the death
of police station.
0 .lan.17, i967.
Jackson
cer Russet! M.
Trephageal- M
i'92GUfHhe
Jacksontvhenv
at Soledad read: accused ofan assaultwith a
me,
and wefought;Facility
,tried to ascend
from Sanslapped
two-foot
long
pipe.
Jackson ls anegocentric in- Quentinlast Ans 21 meantso they sent mato Juvenile dividual
whostates heis satHall."
qthe "loss
of anirtotrlevabie
isfied with himself andsees 0 April 25. i967.Jackson}
Y-love." Three
guards and'
Traphagen has sold that
accused ofbeating thehead;
need
for anychange withthree prisoners
were killedJackson "knocked me off no
was;
in himself.lie rationalizedat of aChicano inmate who
on thatbloody Saturday
att- balance, trickedanother ju- great lengththat his anti- lying onthe oor.
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i l ".- veniie officer;bent meover a social behaviorwas justified 0 Feb. l7. 1969,
aslmulaidesk toward
afilingspike."_I and that it is his intentionto
7.1 -'.~rJ-1...-t_~._'
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Con icting v e r s ion sof continue withhis anti-social ed gun made from swire
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hanger
and
tape.
foundin~
a
what happened o cc ur acts "until he accumulates
"If To Jackson ! followers,
he throughout J ackson ssufficiently largesum of Jackson's cell.
.1 became
e._rns.rtyr./'three-volume arrest
and pris-,money that would satisfy
Soiedad Brothers
To JICkBOI!,'_hel'l1l!
on record.l!6l!,
Here are the him."
r waso.-"political. prisoner,
A
year
later Jacksonwent
items
that
follow:
0 May 21. 1962.Jackson
who saidlast April
that
he.
was transferred
to SanQuen- back toSoledad.
-hoped to escape.
.0
Jan.
5,
1957,
arresledin.
fx V
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I r- . for Angeles for suspicionof tin Prison for refusingto disOJan.
16, 1970, it is
_'.;.!officials.
Torprison
was
be
perse during
an unauthorized
charged that
Jackson andl
in troubiemalrer,
.with 45-stealingamotorcycle.
inmate gathering
at Soledad.
two otherSoiedad inmales.l
;'.'plnlr
-or disciplisl1eets.'.
0 Jan, 22, 1957,arrested But San Quentin refused
to Fleeta Drumgo.now 26.and
-nary infractions.* _
on suspicion
of burglarizinga keep him because ofhis
John Clutchette,
now 28.
beatyouth. He
was transferred
to
'hilslfllelbegnn
be-llea.
long
motorcycle
shop
Los
in AngeSentto juvenilehall after Deuei Vocational
Institution
fore. andwhen'Georgealmost
Jack- running as pik e
at Tracy.
son wasinterviewed 11710
in
-by The " Examiner he throughapoliceman.
0 Nov. 3. 1982, Jackson
.wonldn f.rdeny'
some ofthe 0 March 5, 1957,arrested created
n disturbance" and
"charges. Otherp
he would
ex- for suspicionof burglar-izlngwas sentbacktosan Quentin
plain or
excuse. And
some he
aLo sAngeles furniture as a"management prob'
would deny orattribute tostore. Sentenced
to the Cali- 1em. _'
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"!rerneups."
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fornia YouthAuthority.
.
Jonathan. Georgewas a
ing andJackson's.
hero. Ayear agoJonathan
xQuentin.-f 1_
.'-1d,,-lye.-.r
.
0 April 4,
1965,he assault-
For eiiamoie.
his first
Call-- 0 Aug.20,
1953, arresteded eChicano inmate, stab-
'fornia arrest
took placeJan. in Bakersfield for threaten- bing him in the back in a
B. 1951.when hewas 15.Los ing hisboss
and slashing the
fight over110.
Angelerpolice accused
him seats ofhis bossbus.
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of suspicion ofioyriding"
V Father :Letter
0 Sept. 2A.1950,
arrested
on _.eon1ebody_ plse
motors
with
two
other
youths
for
a
e
May
25, 1961.
Jackson's
gbiire. and
he was
released $105
to Bakersfield
service eta-
father wroteto aSan Quentin
.his parent.s.',,.
tion robbery.
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official:
.
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L:. Jackson explained.
"We love our son dearly
aq-bought e..niotorcycie
from a 0 Oct. 21. 1958. escape and
wehave spent
more than
7..
guy who gave
me afakepinkfrom jail in Bakersfield.
our share of time with him,
0 Dec.3, 1958.
returned toand moneyon him.
mo of
stealing t."
.
Bakersfield fromHarrisburg,
- i hope youhave had
more
Les Angeles police
records lil., where he hadspent boy-luck in reaching. him
than We
hood
summers
with
his
mothshow that Jacksonproduced
_
I have.
abill of sale
that had been er s family.
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thepoilce accused
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TheRev.LarryJonescolumn2/26!indicated
that
therewas
a
lackof factual
information
availableto
the
public
concerning
thedeath
ofGeorge_Jackson
during
the
attempted
San
Quentin
prison
break
ofAug.21,
1971.
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contrary
totheposition
expressedby
Mr.Jones,
all ofthefacts
surrounding
theabortive
Jackson
prison
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cape
areandhave
been" readily
available. Thetruth
is
however,
that
thepress
liberal? and
other
media,
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andMaoists-
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newspaper, city and state.!
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their anxiousefforts
toattacktheAmerican
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for beingunkindtocriminals.
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following
lawyer
Steve
Bingham
visit
s
to Jackson
at SanQuentin,
brother
George
pulled
apistol
andthe
break
attempt
had
begun.
Approximately
20min-
utes laterthreewhiteguards
andtwowhiteconvicts
were
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dead their.
. throats
slash_el;__A
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although
stabbed
inthethroat,
m"i Ee7l"'to
survive.
Allavailable
evider_ice_
to/date
indicates.that
thetwo
white
inmates
were
killedcbecause
they
refused
totake
partlinlthe
break:
Jack-l
sonhimselfwasshotfromtheprisontoweras heracedttor
aprison
wall,"
leaving
behind
ve_co_rpses";
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isthe
factsthat
with
lawlyer
Bingliazryduringi
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to}seeJaokson,:.Wa's
a woman ;
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lawyer
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<l92i1_nself~_is__not
exa/c_t.ly one'_who
referred.
toasa_
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