>The reviewer claims that Cointelpro was the principal agent of the Panthers
>destruction. Since Cointelpro was folded in 1970 and all the Panther leaders
>-- Newton, Seale, Hilliard, Brown etc -- were involved in its
>self-destruction, I would like to hear how the government is to be blamed for
>this mess.
The government was the Panthers' role model.
The government was the biggest, baddest, most violent gang the Panthers knew.
The government was involved in its own self-destruction, AKA "mutual assured
destruction."
Cointelpro simply acted as a catalyst.
Or not. Who really cares after all these years.
--J. R.
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