Film "American Justice on Trial" Traces Legacy of Black Panther Huey Newton's Murder Trial

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🗓️ 21 April 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In the fall of 1967 Huey Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther party, was charged with shooting and killing a police officer on the streets of West Oakland. The trial that followed came to revolutionize the jury selection process in criminal proceedings and put the then relatively unknown Panther Party into the national spotlight. The film “American Justice on Trial” premiering Friday at the SF Film Festival examines the trial and its consequences. Forum talks with the film's producer as well as Huey Newton’s brother, Melvin, and David Harper, jury foreman during the historic trial which changed his life, and the lives of many others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.7	It is the summer of 1968, and revolution is in the air.
1:06.5	Surrounding the Alameda County Courthouse.
1:17.9	Some of the most militant members of the Black Freedom struggle have gathered to push for the release of Huey Newton, the leader of the Black Panther Party.
1:27.0	While they keep the political pressure up outside the courtroom, there's a different kind of revolution going on inside.
1:29.3	Newton mounted a groundbreaking defense.
1:35.2	A new documentary, American Justice on Trial, argues by focusing on the obvious injustice of jury selection.
1:39.3	So today, we'll revisit this pivotal moment in Bay and legal history.
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