Fred Hampton, born on this day in 1948, was a revolutionary socialist and chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, forming a class-based alliance known as the Rainbow Coalition before being assassinated by the Chicago PD.

The "Rainbow Coalition" included groups such as the Black Panther Party, the Young Patriots, the Young Lords, and worked together to organize against capital and broker peace treaties and alliances among Chicago street gangs.

In 1967, Hampton was identified by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as a radical threat. The FBI tried to subvert his activities in Chicago, sowing disinformation among these groups and placing a counterintelligence operative in the local Panthers.

In December 1969, Hampton was assassinated during a predawn raid at his Chicago apartment by the Chicago Police Department. During the raid, Panther Mark Clark was also killed.

At a press conference the next day, the police announced the arrest team had been attacked by the "violent" and "extremely vicious" Panthers, and had defended themselves accordingly. In another press conference, police leadership praised the assault team for their "remarkable restraint" and "professional discipline" in not killing all the Panthers present.

Photographic evidence was presented of bullet holes allegedly made by shots fired by the Panthers, but this was soon challenged. Later, it was found that all but one of nearly one hundred shots were fired by the police.

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1 1 2 4 = 8

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Transposing the two digits of A's age gives B's age. The difference between their ages is twice C's age and B is ten times as old as C. What are the three ages?

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  • kingspooky [he/him, they/them]
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    3 years ago

    I don't know where else to put this
    I have a coworker named Emma (name changed obvs). I don't know Emma very well. I've only worked at this place for three or four weeks, and Emma's only in like two days a week. Until today, I'd never spoken to her. This morning, I was really stressed out, and she offered me sympathy and kind words. I found out that today was her last day at work, and that she'd been a volunteer, not an employee.
    Not five hours later, I watched Emma have a massive seizure. I heard a loud thump, like a cabinet falling over. Within a few moments, there was this pained, ragged screaming. It alternated with an awful gurgling noise. When I ran out to the hallway I saw Emma convulsing on the floor while one of the lawyers tried to stop her from choking. The old HR lady started calling 911 as Emma drooled blood and screamed. I was the only person still in the office who was both young enough to run up and down the stairs and who knew the door code so I helped lead the paramedics to our office. The last time I saw Emma, she was crying, blood leaking from her mouth, shaking her head as a paramedic asked her if she knew where she was.
    I barely know her, but the only interactions I have ever had with her were kind. She is a goodhearted person who was volunteering with an immigration org to help people from all walks of life.
    I don't even know if she's alive.