Comments on: Celebrating Sixties Gangsters On VH1 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/08/13/celebrating-sixties-gangsters-on-vh1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:34:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: william curley http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/08/13/celebrating-sixties-gangsters-on-vh1/#comment-4846 william curley Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:49:18 +0000 http://newsrealblog.com/?p=4477#comment-4846 I'm a retired nycpd detective who was a member of the Bureau Of Special Services (red squad) from June 68 to June 74. I worked undercover withing the SDS Progressive Labor Party faction. In 1969, 21 members of the black panther party were arrested and charged with a number of crimes. Our unit had 3 undercovers in the group, one being a former undercover officer for Malcolm x named Gene Roberts, his name has already been a subject of a PBS documentary. All were acquitted-Kuntsler wa s the lawyer. After the verdict, some members of the jury attended a party at the home of Leonard Bernstein, a big contributor of radical groups. Some of the panthers fled to Algeria before the verdict. Later, eight or ten would join the Black Liberation Army movement and were responsible for killing four/five NYCPD members. It would be nice to see an article on this part of the Panther history. G ene Roberts can be seen giving Malcolm X mouth to mouth help after he was killed. Life magazine has the picture. He later went on the infiltrate the panthers. I’m a retired nycpd detective who was a member of the Bureau Of Special Services (red squad) from June 68 to June 74. I worked undercover withing the SDS Progressive Labor Party faction. In 1969, 21 members of the black panther party were arrested and charged with a number of crimes. Our unit had 3 undercovers in the group, one being a former undercover officer for Malcolm x named Gene Roberts, his name has already been a subject of a PBS documentary. All were acquitted-Kuntsler wa s the lawyer. After the verdict, some members of the jury attended a party at the home of Leonard Bernstein, a big contributor of radical groups. Some of the panthers fled to Algeria before the verdict. Later, eight or ten would join the Black Liberation Army movement and were responsible for killing four/five NYCPD members. It would be nice to see an article on this part of the Panther history. G ene Roberts can be seen giving Malcolm X mouth to mouth help after he was killed. Life magazine has the picture. He later went on the infiltrate the panthers.

]]> By: Julie Trevor http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/08/13/celebrating-sixties-gangsters-on-vh1/#comment-4845 Julie Trevor Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:07:30 +0000 http://newsrealblog.com/?p=4477#comment-4845 Thank God I had good parents... Thank God I had good parents…

]]> By: Michael Gersh http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/08/13/celebrating-sixties-gangsters-on-vh1/#comment-4844 Michael Gersh Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:13:50 +0000 http://newsrealblog.com/?p=4477#comment-4844 Like our government itself, the Panthers started with a good idea, but personal power and interpersonal squabbles led them astray. The idea (and its graphic display) that blacks had the same second amendment rights as whites led to further gun control, just as the JFK assassination ended mail order guns, and the crime sprees of the depression gave government the momentum to restrict our right to own fully automatic weapons. But the Panthers were drawn to the dark side, and efforts to glorify their "movement" are pathetic. Like our government itself, the Panthers started with a good idea, but personal power and interpersonal squabbles led them astray. The idea (and its graphic display) that blacks had the same second amendment rights as whites led to further gun control, just as the JFK assassination ended mail order guns, and the crime sprees of the depression gave government the momentum to restrict our right to own fully automatic weapons. But the Panthers were drawn to the dark side, and efforts to glorify their “movement” are pathetic.

]]> By: Elaine http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/08/13/celebrating-sixties-gangsters-on-vh1/#comment-4843 Elaine Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:46:08 +0000 http://newsrealblog.com/?p=4477#comment-4843 I came of age during the 60's and I'll tell you I won't watch anything about that time. I'm lucky to have survived the idiocy and suicidal tendencies of so many in my generation. It's only a miracle that more of us didn't turn into the wackos from this generation that are now in power. I came of age during the 60′s and I’ll tell you I won’t watch anything about that time.

I’m lucky to have survived the idiocy and suicidal tendencies of so many in my generation.

It’s only a miracle that more of us didn’t turn into the wackos from this generation that are now in power.

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