The Black Panther Plot
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Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to redacted, declassified mysteries early and ad-free right now. Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts. It was the middle of the night on December 4th, 1969. Deborah Johnson was about nine months pregnant in bed sound asleep next to the father of her unborn child. His name was Fred Hampton and he was the chairman of the Chicago black Panther party. Suddenly the door swung open and one of their fellow black Panthers barreled into their bedroom, yelling that the house was surrounded by cops. Deborah turned to Fred, still fast asleep next to her. She shook him and screamed his name, but he didn't move. As Deborah continued shaking Fred, a dozen gunshots exploded from the street. The bedroom walls shook from the impact. With a wave of panic, Deborah realized they were shooting up the building. Deborah heard the downstairs windows shatter. She screamed and then turned back to Fred, frantic to wake him. The panther who had run into the room slammed the door shut, barricading them inside.
Then, a bullet flew into one of the bedroom windows, and Deborah rolled over to cover Fred from the glass. She begged him to wake up, but he didn't so much as flutter his eyelids. She worried he'd been shot, but there was no time to search for a bullet wound. The Panther screamed out of the window for the cops to stop shooting, that a pregnant woman was inside. Then machine gun fire ripped across the front of the house. Windows shattered. Bullets sank into the drywall. The whole apartment shook with the impact. And at that moment, Deborah had the horrifying thought that she, Fred, and her baby might not make it out of this alive.
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From Ballant Studios and Wondery, I'm Luke LaManna, and this is Redacted Declassified Mysteries, where each week we shine a light on the shadowy corners of espionage, covert operations, and misinformation to reveal the dark secrets our governments try to hide. This week's episode is called The Black Panther Plot.
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