On December 4, 1969, attorney Jeff Haas was in a Police lockup in Chicago, interviewing Fred Hampton\'s fianc e.
Not only a story of justice delivered, this book puts Hampton in the spotlight as a dynamic community leader and an inspiration for those in the ongoing fight against injustice and Police brutality..
With a new preface discussing what has changed--and what has not-- The Assassination of Fred Hampton remains Haas\'s personal account of how he and People\'s Law Office partner Flint Taylor pursued Hampton\'s assassins, ultimately prevailing over unlimited government resources and FBI conspiracy.
She looked at Jeff and asked, What can you do? Fifty years later, Haas finds that there is still an urgent need for the revolutionary systemic changes Hampton was organizing to accomplish.
A second officer said, He\'s good and dead now.
She then heard two shots.
She heard one officer say, He\'s still alive.
She described how the Police pulled her from the room as Fred lay unconscious on their bed.
On December 4, 1969, attorney Jeff Haas was in a Police lockup in Chicago, interviewing Fred Hampton\'s fianc e