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...conviction. Most notable among those freed: seven Panthers tried in Chicago after a Shootout with police (the state dropped its case for lack of evidence); the "New York 13," who survived an eight-month trial that set records for riotous disturbances and duration; Bobby G. Seale and Ericka Huggins, charged with ordering the murder of a fellow Panther in Connecticut; and twelve New Orleans Panthers found innocent by an all-male jury (ten blacks, two whites) of attempting to kill a squad of police...
Meanwhile, 888 Memorial Drive, a huge, barnlike building near Peabody Terrace, has been newly cleaned and painted over. Spray-panted slogans-"Welcome Sisters," "Free Ericka and Angela"-are gone from the walls; the only words over the door read "Hingham Knitting Company...
...most celebrated trials of the decade. In New Haven, Conn., Bobby G. Scale, national chairman of the Black Panther Party, stood charged by the state with ordering the murder of Fellow Panther Alex Rackley. A rally last year in support of Scale and his codefendant, Mrs. Ericka Huggins, attracted 15,000 demonstrators and a host of National Guardsmen to the New Haven Green, and "Free Ericka, Free Bobby" became a protest watchword, aerosoled onto sidewalks and building fronts across the country. The jury selection required a laborious four months; more than 1,500 individuals were called and 1,035 examined...
...HAVEN, CONN. - A Superior Court judge dismissed charges Tuesday against Balck Panther chairman Bobby G. Seale and Ericka Huggins, because, he said, massive publicity made it impossible to select another jury that would be impartial...
When Seale and Huggins left the court building after the verdict, about 100 supporters met them with chants of "Free Bobby and Ericka," and Seale returned a handcuffed fist...