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Black Panthers Battle with Police

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@ Chapman University, Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives

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Los Angeles: The Black Panthers were well prepared when they began their 5-hour gun battle with police. They not only had automatic rifles, but had turned their headquarters building into a fortress by sandbagging the windows and doors. Three police officers and two others were wounded in the battle.
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