Huey Percy Newton (February 17, 1942 – August 22, 1989), was co-founder and leader of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, an African-American organization established to promote Black Power, civil rights and self-defense.
Newton was accused of murdering Oakland police officer John Frey, before dawn on October 28, 1967. Newton was convicted in September 1968 of voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 2–15 years in prison. In May 1970, the California Appellate Court reversed the conviction and ordered a new trial. After two subsequent mistrials, the State of California dropped the case.
OK, so Huey doesn’t quite qualify for the ‘criminals’ tag. I’ll have to go with my default joke of “What’s more mormon than an angry black man?”.
Huey Percy Newton
Male
Event(s):
Birth:
17 FEB 1942 New, , Orleans, Louisiana
Christening:
Death:
22 SEP 1989
Burial:
LDS Ordinances:
Baptism:
27 NOV 1992 PROVO
Endowment:
03 DEC 1992 PROVO
Didn’t Eldridge Cleaver actually join up? You know, after he had lost his mind and become a Republican.
— WestBerkeleyFlats · Sep 25, 12:30 PM · #
Huey Newton is not a Mormon. Neither is Cleaver. I think it’s wrong to connect either of these men with any church. You’ll only give those religions bad names.
— Latasha Jackson · Jul 8, 04:20 PM · #
Huey Newton’s legacy will continue to live on as a man who fought against racist views and police brutality. The constant negative posts about this man, will further encourage people who are of God to fight against the forces that have left the relms of humanity.
— Peppa · Apr 30, 04:31 PM · #
While peace was always on my mind in those days…the militant side of things were a necessary action to provoke the population into understanding what things could become if change were too far off – James
— James · Aug 21, 12:16 PM · #