Word: jailing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...chip on his shoulder. In an act which seemed to culminate the 20 year progression of mistreatment he had received, he had been duped into confessing to a crime--of which he may or may not have been legally guilty--in exchange for the promise of a light county jail sentence instead of a term in the penitentiary...
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...picked up in Bakersfield for a service station robbery that had netted $105. There is a disparity between the superficials of this case and what Jackson claimed was the complete situation. In Soledad Brother, he said that he and two black friends found themselves locked up in Kern County Jail on suspicion of a number of thefts. "Since the opposition cleans up the books when they find the right type of victim, they accused us of a number of robberies we knew nothing about. Since they had already identified me for one, I copped out on another and cleared...
...resistance. Employing what he later came to view as a "Very significant thing for our struggle here in the U.S: (that) all blacks do look alike to certain types of white people" to its best advantage, Jackson tied up a black who was scheduled to be released from the jail the next day, and left the following morning in his place. Jackson remained free for less than a month before being recaptured in Harrisburg, Ill. Upon being returned to Bakersfield, Jackson escaped a second time, but was quickly recaptured...
...story maintain his legal innocence. However, this was never tested in court because Jackson and the other black accused of the crime pleaded guilty. In Soledad Brother, Jackson explains why; "I accepted a deal--I agreed to confess and spare country court costs in return for a light county jail sentence. I confessed but when time came for sentencing, they tossed me into the penitentiary with one to life...