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The Murder of Little Bobby Hutton

Back in the day on April 6th 1968, Black Panther Party member Little Bobby Hutton was murdered by the Oakland Police. Coming just two days after civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was slain, Hutton, who was the first person to join the Panthers at the age of 16 in 1966, sadly also became the party’s first member to be killed by law enforcement. On that fateful night, eight members of the Black Panthers, including David Hilliard and Eldridge Cleaver, were driving in two cars when they were pulled over by the Oakland Police Department. An ambush by the police ensued as Hutton and Cleaver took to the basement of a house that was fired upon until they surrendered. Accounts of what happened next continue to be disputed. However, whether Hutton was shot and killed as he left the house or after he was taken in custody, the fact remains he was unarmed and murdered.

After the shootout, one black youth would later write “Is this justice?” on the wall of the house where Hutton was killed.

For Uprising, this is your truth professa’ saying it’s no mystery why they conceal our people’s history!