Kaʻi kaʻa. Nā kukui uila. ʻO nā kānaka pūʻali koa ikaika e piʻi i ke alapiʻi pōʻeleʻele e wehe i ke ahi ma nā paia a me nā puka ma luna o ka poʻe moe i loko. Ke pau ia ma kahi o 90 mau puka e hōʻailona i nā alahele o nā pōkā mākaʻi e komo ana i loko o ke keʻena, ʻo ka hapa nui e kuhikuhi ana i kahi moe o kahi ʻōpio. Ua pane mai kekahi poka mai loko mai. ʻO Dekemaba 4, 1969.
Ma hope o kekahi mau hola, nīnau mai koʻu kumu kula kiʻekiʻe iaʻu e pili ana i koʻu pūlima ʻeleʻele. "Ua pepehi ʻia ʻo Fred Hampton i kēia kakahiaka," pane wau. I kēia mau lā e hiki mai ana, e hoʻolauna nā lālā o ka Chicago Black Panther Party i nā pūʻulu o nā mea kākoʻo (ʻo koʻu makua kāne pū kekahi), ma o ke keʻena nahā a me ke koko-a hiki i ka wā e sila ai ka mākaʻi i nā hōʻike. E hoʻomaopopo ʻia ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ke kiaʻi kino o Hampton, he mea hoʻolaha makai, i kāna wai me ka lāʻau hoʻomaha a hāʻawi i nā mākaʻi i kahi papahele papahele o ke keʻena, he X e hōʻailona ana i kahi o kona wahi moe.
ʻO ka laina mana, i hoʻokani ʻia ma ka pāpaho e nā mea hoʻolaha pili i ka FBI, ʻo ia ka pilikia o ka Panthers no ka mea he racist a me ka hana ʻino. Hōʻike nā memo FBI kūloko i kahi moʻolelo ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka hiki pono o ka ʻaoʻao ke hoʻopaʻa i nā mokuʻāina i ʻike lākou he mea weliweli loa. ʻO ka hiki ʻole o ka Fed ke hoʻonāukiuki i ka hana ʻino ma waena o ka Panthers a me ka hui alanui Blackstone Rangers i alakaʻi i ka hoʻouka kaua ma mua o ke ao.
I nā makahiki i hala aʻe nei, ʻike wau i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā huakaʻi hele a me nā huakaʻi, nā ʻaha kūkā a me nā ʻoihana e kākoʻo i ka pāʻina i hoʻopilikia ʻia. Ua hana au ma ka Panther Defense Committee a hiki i kaʻu kula kiʻekiʻe i pāpā ʻia ʻo Black Student Union (kahi aʻu i paʻa ai ka inoa aloha ʻo "Token Spic"). ʻOiai ʻo Mumia Abu Jamal ʻōpio e ʻimi ana i ka Black Panther nūpepa ma nā alanui o Philly, ʻo wau—ʻoiai he lālā ʻaʻole ia o ka hui—ke kūʻai aku nei au i ka Panther me Pitirre, ka pepa o ka Ahahui Haku Opiopio, ma Kikako. Ua like na Haku me Puerto Rican Panthers. He pūʻulu alanui lākou i hele i ka politika ma lalo o ka mana o Panther. Ua alakaʻi ʻo Fred Hampton iā lākou. Ua huki pū ʻo Pelekikena Fred i ka Young Patriots, nā keiki alanui keʻokeʻo i hānau ʻia ma ke kahawai lele ʻo Appalachian. Ua hoʻokomo ʻo ia iā lākou a pau i loko o kahi kuʻikahi kahi āna i haku ai i ka inoa "The Rainbow Coalition." ʻO 1968 ia.
Hoʻomanaʻo ʻia ʻo Fred Hampton ma ke ʻano he martyr o ke kaua FBI ma ka ʻaoʻao hema radical, ʻo ka COINTELPRO (Counter-Intelligence Program). ʻO ka mea poina i ka poʻe ʻo ia ka ʻōlelo hoʻohiki āna i hoʻokomo ai. ʻOiai ʻo nā alakaʻi aupuni ma Kaleponi, ʻo Huey Newton, ʻo Bobby Seal, ʻo Kathleen a me Eldridge Cleaver, i lilo i mau inoa hale, aia nā hōkū e ʻālohilohi ana i nā mokuna. ʻO Fred kekahi o nā mea akamai loa. Ma hope koke iho o kona hoʻokumu ʻana i ka Mokuna ʻo Chicago, ua loaʻa iā ia he ʻelima mau papahana ʻo “Free Breakfast for Children” e holo ana ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana, me kahi keʻena olakino manuahi, ka nānā ʻana i nā puka a me nā puka no ka maʻi maʻi maʻi anemia, a me nā mākaʻi kaulana o Panther e kiaʻi. He hiki iā ia ke kamaʻilio me nā ʻano kanaka a pau, he ala e ʻoki ai i ka noe manaʻo, a he aloha i ka poʻe i hoʻomāinoino ʻia a mahalo ʻole ʻia i nā alanui e lele ai. Ua kamaʻilio koke ʻo ia me nā Mōʻī Latina, ka Blackstone Rangers, a me nā haumāna, e ʻimi ana i nā ala e lawe mai ai iā lākou mai nā kaua alanui a i ka hakakā. (He hōʻaiʻē ia i ka politika āna i hōʻike ai ua kākau ʻia kēia hoʻohanohano iā ia e kekahi Puerto Rican Iudaio.) ʻO ia ke ʻano o ke alakaʻi i ʻōlelo ʻia e nā keʻena kahua FBI e makaʻala a, i ka wā i ʻike ʻia ai, e "neutralize." I kona hāʻule ʻana, ua kiʻi ʻia ʻo ia e lilo i Luna Nui o nā limahana no ka ʻaoʻao. He iwakāluakūmākahi ona makahiki.
ʻO ka nalu o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa i lawe iā Fred Hampton a me kāna hoa Panther Mark Clark i kēlā kakahiaka, ua kāʻili ʻia ma nā kaiāulu o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e waiho ana he mau haneli make, ʻeha a i loko o ka hale paʻahao (kahi i koe he nui). Ma hope o ka hiki ʻana mai o ke kālā, nā kālā federal e ninini ana i nā keʻena lawelawe kaiāulu hou a me nā keʻena mākaʻi. ʻO kahi "alakaʻi" i loko o ko mākou kaiāulu i kēia manawa ka mea nāna i alakaʻi i kahi ʻoihana. I ka holo ʻana o ka poʻe keʻokeʻo i nā kūlanakauhale a ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia nā kālā ma kahi ʻē aʻe, ua ʻae ʻia nā maka ʻeleʻele i loko o nā keʻena mayoral e hoʻomalu i ka ʻōpala.
ʻO ka ʻiʻini i ka hanohano a me ka mahalo i hoʻoikaika i ka hakakā ʻana o kekahi hanauna i hala aku nei e kani mau ana i ko mākou mau alanui, akā me ka ʻole o ka manaʻolana e loaʻa i kāna puka i nā hui. Ma kahi o nā "polokalamu ola" aia nā "hui waiwai ʻole." Wehe ʻia i ka ʻike kipi, ua hoʻolālā ʻia lākou e lawelawe, ʻaʻole e hoʻololi. ʻElua mau ʻano o ka "hoʻokele" kaiāulu, ʻaʻohe o lākou he mea hoʻoweliweli i nā hale o ka waiwai.
E ka Luna Hoʻomalu, ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o nā pilikia a mākou e kū nei ma mua o nā pilikia āu i kū ai. Inā ʻoe pū me mākou e koi wale ʻoe ʻo ka poʻe hoʻowahāwahā ʻia a hoʻokaumaha ʻia ka hopena, ʻaʻole ka pilikia.
Ua nalowale koke mākou iā ʻoe, e ke kaikaina oukou kahiko i kēia manawa). E kala mai ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke pale iā ʻoe. E kala mai i ka hahai ʻana o kāu keiki i kou ala me ka hoʻopā ʻole iā ʻoe.
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