Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, Dirksen Federal Building, 1969
(Photo: Paul Sequeira)
On February 18, Adalah Justice Project’s Sandra Tamari spoke with movement attorney Jeff Haas by videoconference. Jeff is a founder of the People’s Law Office in Chicago (1969-2003) and is the author of The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther. In this conversation, Jeff recounts his work as co-counsel on Hampton vs. Hanrahan which exposed the police and FBI murder of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton and his commitment to supporting Palestinian liberation. He is an Advisory Board member of the Adalah Justice Project and serves on the Board of the Water Protectors Legal Collective. The interview was condensed and edited for clarity.