I really don't think the government practically cares whether it is right or wrong or even if it can win the case. I think the whole attempt is to simply grind you down, a process of harassment and intimidation, a process of tying up peoples' energies and money so that nothing can be done…Like the case of Bobby Seale. His years in prison can't be returned. Still he is a man under a stigma. The whole adventure was so ambivalent so that there has to be a doubt left in the public mind-which is the point.
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Bobby Seale was a contemporary co-founder of the black panther party. Bobby Seale is an African American revolutionary, political activist and author. Seale is widely known for co-founding the Marxist–Leninist and Black power political organization the Black Panther Party (BPP) with fellow activist Huey P. Read more on Wikipedia →

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