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Activists rally to free Romaine ‘Chip’ Fitzgerald
Declare Black Panther’s 39-year incarceration is ‘long enough’
Our Weekly – Los Angeles
By Shirley Hawkins
Dozens of activists, supporters, and former members of the Black Panthers Party showed their solidarity Saturday for Romaine ‘Chip’ Fitzgerald, a former member of the Southern California Chapter of the Black Panther Party who has been imprisoned for 39 years.
A national groundswell of support is growing for the incarcerated political prisoner and nearly 3,000 signatures have been compiled on a “Petition for the Release to Free Romaine ‘Chip’ Fitzgerald.” The activist is currently incarcerated at Centinela State Prison in the Imperial Valley.
The rally, which was held at the KAOS Network in Leimert Park and organized by The Committee to Free Chip Fitzgerald, was held to show support for the former Black Panther whose parole date was July 2.
Former Black Panther faces parole hearing after 38 years
San Francisco Bay View
by Emani Bey and Jenn Laskin
Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Committee to Free Chip Fitzgerald
Imperial, California — On July 2, the possibility of freedom awaits Romaine “Chip” Fitzgerald, who has been in prison over 38 years. This is the date of his upcoming parole hearing.
Chip’s case epitomizes the culmination of the dirty tricks and tactics the U.S. government employed in its effort to destroy the Black Panther Party, of which he was a member when he was arrested. It is well-documented that, in the late 1960s, the FBI and other policing agencies of the government developed and carried out a concerted plan to neutralize or wipe out the Black Panther Party, after FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover issued his infamous declaration that the Party was the “greatest threat” to the nation’s security. As a result of the FBI’s brutal campaign, many party leaders were assassinated, falsely imprisoned, imprisoned under extraordinary sentences, slandered and demonized, as party offices were assaulted and party programs were undermined.