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Line 5: + + − − The [[FBI]], under the leadership of [[J. Edgar Hoover]] carried out a program of counter-intelligence known as [[COINTELPRO]]. Hoover's agents used false letters and undercover agents to create a divide in the BPP's leadership.
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The Black Panthers marched into the [[California]] state capital fully armed, leading to the arrest of some group members. Because of the visible militancy of the group, they often faced [[police]] pressure. A number of clashes in the [[Chicago]] area left members of the Panthers and police officers either killed or wounded. A raid on the Panthers' headquarters in Chicago led to the death of [[Fred Hampton]], the leader of the Chicago chapter, who was killed and others wounded when the police opened fire.
The Black Panthers marched into the [[California]] state capital fully armed, leading to the arrest of some group members. Because of the visible militancy of the group, they often faced [[police]] pressure. A number of clashes in the [[Chicago]] area left members of the Panthers and police officers either killed or wounded. A raid on the Panthers' headquarters in Chicago led to the death of [[Fred Hampton]], the leader of the Chicago chapter, who was killed and others wounded when the police opened fire.
According to the Marxist Internet Archive, in the beginning of 1968, after selling [[Mao's Red Book]] to university students in order to buy shotguns, the Party made the book required reading. Meanwhile, the [[FBI]], under [[J. Edgar Hoover]], began a program called COINTELPRO (counterintelligence program) to break up the spreading unity of [[revolution]]ary groups that had begun solidifying through the work and example of the Panthers — the Peace and Freedom Party, Brown Berets, [[Students for a Democratic Society]], the [[SNCC]], [[SCLC]], Poor People's March, [[Cesar Chavez]] and others in the farm labor movement, the [[American Indian Movement]], Young Puerto Rican Brothers, the Young Lords and many others.<ref>https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/workers/black-panthers/</ref>
According to many members of the Calguns Foundation, the armed [[open carry]] Black Panthers were one of the reasons that [[gun control]] increased in America, especially the [[Gun Control Act]] of 1968.
According to many members of the Calguns Foundation, the armed [[open carry]] Black Panthers were one of the reasons that [[gun control]] increased in America, especially the [[Gun Control Act]] of 1968.
===Murder of Judge Haley===
===Murder of Judge Haley===