Black Panthers Speak about Criminal Injustice
This newsreel footage features interviews with Huey P. Newton (from Alameda County Jail), Eldridge Cleaver, and Bobby Seale. The footage also includes scenes from a Black panther rally at Hutton Memorial Park demanding the release of Mr. Newton. In this film, Huey Newton discusses the police brutality that so many Black people experience and calls for equal treatment for blacks within the criminal legal system. Bobby Seale outlines the 10 point of the Black Panther Party Program which are: 1) Freedom; 2) Full Employment; 3) Decent Housing; 4) End of Robbery of Black Communities by Whites; 5) Education, 6) Exemption of Blacks from Military Service; 7) End police brutality and murder of blacks; 8) All Blacks to be released from jail and prison; 9) Fair Trials; 10) Land, Bread, Housing, & Education.