Blackstone Rangers organization
also: Blackstone Ranger, Black stone Rangers, Rangers
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FBI carried_out_attack
Blackstone Rangers documented
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“In another case an anonymous letter was sent to the leader of the Blackstone Rangers... advising him that 'the brothers that run the Panthers blame you for blocking their thing and there's supposed to be a hit out for you.'…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.234
FBI carried_out_attack
Blackstone Rangers documented
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“An anonymous letter was also sent to the leader of the Blackstone Rangers a Chicago gang ... advising him that "the brothers that run the Panthers blame you for blocking their thing and there's supposed to he a hit out for you.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.48
Federal Bureau of Investigation carried_out_attack
Blackstone Rangers documented
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“For example the FBI's efforts to "intensify the degree of animosity between the BPP and the Blackstone Rangers a Chicago street gang included sending an anonymous letter to the gang's leader falsely informing him that the Chicago Panthers h…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.194
Jeff Fort headed
Blackstone Rangers documented
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“In December 1968 the FBI learned that the recognized leader of the Blackstone Rangers Jeff Fort was resisting Black Panther overtures...…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.201
Blackstone Rangers operated_in
Chicago documented
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“The Chicagopolice had linked the Rangers and rival gangs in Chicago to approximately290killings from 1965--69…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.201
Main 21 headed
Blackstone Rangers reported
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“One Chicagopolice officer familiar with the Rangers told a Committee staff member that their governing body the Main 21 was responsible for several ritualistic murders of black youths in areas the gang controlled…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.201
Federal Bureau of Investigation carried_out_attack
Blackstone Rangers documented
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“On January 30 1969 the Bureau headquarters in Washington approved sending an anonymous letter to the leader of the Blackstone Rangers Jeff Fort which indicated that the Black Panthers had put a contract out on his life as a result of confli…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.86
Jeff Fort headed
Blackstone Rangers documented
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“On January 30 1969 the Bureau headquarters in Washington approved sending an anonymous letter to the leader of the Blackstone Rangers Jeff Fort…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.86
FBI targeted_for_regime_change
Blackstone Rangers reported
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“I think there is plenty of documentation of the attempt to set the Black Panthers against the Blackstone Rangers in Chicago…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.104