Yes, I watched Mr Nelsons film last night with great interest.
The Panthers came across as articulate,intelligent and absolutely justified in the stand that they took.
It is inevitable that this type of movement fragments but these brave people must be ranked amongst the great American heroes of all time.
Found a post of mine from 2011. You can follow that thread too if you want to more about the original BP's.
"I missed this post of yours. Herein lies the key. Karenga was working with the feds at the time. Oh crap.
I have to breathe deep here. He ordered the hit. It was staged that night when the brothers took out Bunchy and Huggy.
When I explain this to people they finally get it. Karenga smashed the Panthers and took them out by working with the FBI. I will hate him to death to the day I die. Fuck him and his Kwanza shit. We had a real movement going.
I'm white. You know that. But what the Panthers had was all inclusive. Karenga hated the fact that the Panthers had Angie and Elaine. Serious mysoginist. Well when others look at his history more will understand. And they really were going from serious left wing to truly a branch of government that could have worked at the time.
They weren't the radicals everyone made them out to be."
Bigoted Cain strikes again
The New Black Panthers are built on the blood of the originals.