Black Panther Party for Self Defense
Some may think when they hear Black Panthers that this organization was nothing but an organized gang. Like everything in this world, you have your pros and cons. Despite some flaws, the Black Panthers were so much more than just an organized gang. They were a force to be reckoned with. So much so that the government considered them a threat and had to shut them down. The Black Panthers had a vision. They promoted unity within the community by educating, organizing, and setting up community programs. This organization was one of many that brought awareness to the unjust towards the black community by arming themselves with the same weapons that was destroying them.
Huey P. Newton was born …show more content…
They wanted to take a stance against the brutality of the police department. They wanted on-the- ground action. Even though RAM was leading the way in developing revolutionary black nationalist thought in the U.S. Newton and Seale would soon leave the SSAC due to the continuous fails of the organization wanting to take a stance against police brutality, lack of support of those who wanted to act, and the lack of organizing the brothers on the corners (Bloom …show more content…
While at Merritt College and San Francisco State College, Newton studied law, even on his own time he went to the North Oakland Service Center Library to read about law. During his readings, he came across California’s gun laws. He learned that the law stated that an individual could carry a loaded gun in public if the weapon was not concealed, that it was illegal to keep loaded rifles in a moving vehicle, that parolees could carry rifles but not handguns, and that citizens had the right to observe officers carrying out his duty if they stood a good distance away (Bloom
Some may think when they hear Black Panthers that this organization was nothing but an organized gang. Like everything in this world, you have your pros and cons. Despite some flaws, the Black Panthers were so much more than just an organized gang. They were a force to be reckoned with. So much so that the government considered them a threat and had to shut them down. The Black Panthers had a vision. They promoted unity within the community by educating, organizing, and setting up community programs. This organization was one of many that brought awareness to the unjust towards the black community by arming themselves with the same weapons that was destroying them.
Huey P. Newton was born …show more content…
They wanted to take a stance against the brutality of the police department. They wanted on-the- ground action. Even though RAM was leading the way in developing revolutionary black nationalist thought in the U.S. Newton and Seale would soon leave the SSAC due to the continuous fails of the organization wanting to take a stance against police brutality, lack of support of those who wanted to act, and the lack of organizing the brothers on the corners (Bloom …show more content…
While at Merritt College and San Francisco State College, Newton studied law, even on his own time he went to the North Oakland Service Center Library to read about law. During his readings, he came across California’s gun laws. He learned that the law stated that an individual could carry a loaded gun in public if the weapon was not concealed, that it was illegal to keep loaded rifles in a moving vehicle, that parolees could carry rifles but not handguns, and that citizens had the right to observe officers carrying out his duty if they stood a good distance away (Bloom