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Dhoruba al-Mujahid bin Wahad (born Richard Moore, 1945) is an American writer and activist, who is a former prisoner, Black Panther Party leader, and co-founder of the Black Liberation Army.
Early years
The shooting
On May 19, 1971, Thomas Curry and Nicholas Binetti, two NYPD officers who were guarding the home of Frank S. Hogan, the Manhattan district attorney, were fired upon in a drive-by shooting, with a machine-gun.[1] The officers survived, but were seriously injured, sustaining shots to the head, neck, chest, and abdomen.
The shootings took place during a period of intense violence between black activist organizations and the New York City police department. Two days later, NYPD officers Waverly Jones and Joseph Piagentini were shot and killed outside a housing project in Harlem.[2][3]
Wahad was arrested and initially charged with robbing a South Bronx social club, and then was later charged with the attempted murders of Curry and Binetti.
Wahad's first trial ended in a hung jury; his second in a mistrial. Two years later, in 1973, his third trial resulted in a guilty verdict; he was sentenced to twenty-five years to life.[4]
Prison and release
Wahad spent a total of nineteen years in prison. While incarcerated, he learned about Congressional hearings that disclosed the existence of a covert F.B.I. operation known as COINTELPRO. In December 1975 he filed a lawsuit against the F.B.I. and the police department of the City of New York.
As a direct result of his lawsuit, over the next fifteen years the F.B.I. released more than 300,000 pages of documents regarding COINTELPRO. The COINTELPRO documents were the basis on which Wahad appealed his conviction, and on March 15, 1990, Justice Peter J. McQuillan, a Supreme Court justice in Manhattan, reversed it, ruling that the prosecution had failed to disclose evidence that could have helped Mr. Wahad's defense.[5]
While Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau stated that he planned to appeal the ruling, and would obtain a retrial if his appeal failed, Wahad was freed and released without bail.
Morgenthau's attempt to appeal was rejected by the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court,[6] and on January 20, 1995, the Manhattan district attorney's office stated there would be no retrial, indicating that the current condition of the evidence would make this impossible.[7] Lawsuits
In 1995, the F.B.I. settled with Wahad; the U.S. government paid him $400,000 dollars.[8]
On December 4th, 2000, Dhoruba's suit against the New York Police Department, seeking $15 million in damages was scheduled to begin.[9] On December 8th, 2000, the city of New York laid to rest a 25 year legal battle, and agreed to pay Wahad an additional $490,000 in damages.[10] Aftermath
Wahad lived in Accra, Ghana where he organized on Pan-Africanism and the prison system. Using the funds from his settlements for personal damages from the FBI and City of New York, he established the Campaign to Free Black and New African Political Prisoners (formerly the Campaign to Free Black Political Prisoners and Prisoners-of-War) and founded the Institute for the Development of Pan-African policy in Ghana.
He currently lives in New York City and continues his work.

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[enugbv]

God Bless Mr Bin Wahad

[Lucifer986]

incredibly educational interview enlightening me towards further understanding of the reality of our so-called democracy, it instil a morbid fear within me that perhaps there is no hope in this utopia we are living in . Harold channer great interviewer please keep uploading these great vids

[AkilB7]

Excellent interview!

[ultinatetruustar]

Great interview!

[rapid37]

At 11.12.2011 he will be in Turkey, Istanbul. I will be there. What a chance.

[blkpanther08]

Dhoruba is not the only political prisoner targeted by the US govt. We only have to look at Mumia Abu Jamal, Iman Jamil El Amin (H Rapp Brown), Geronimo Pratt, Mutula Shakur, Assata Shakur, and the list goes on..These people were all former Black Panther Party members who were targeted for extermination by this govt. This country and her allies are dirty bastards who will implode from all the bad karma she has exported around the globe...Intelligent brother who is a credit to the black family...

[CROX1153]

VERY SHARP BROTHER.

[salahudeenabduladl]

This is very telling in that Dhoruba identifies not only intelligence and logistical consideration but the need for "principled" leaders and rank-and-file members of "character." Smarmy opportunists have supplanted sincere activists.

[vedoughboi]

The youth is in confusion... Just look at the style of today