The Savage City (68 page)

reactions to King assassination in, 220–23

riots in, 70–76, 128, 201–2, 220–23, 366–67

shooting of police in, 247–48, 251, 252–53, 301–2, 366–67

and split within Black Panthers, 289, 290

as symbol of Africa in America, 245

See also specific person

Harlem Labor Center, 158

Harlem Renaissance, 28

Harper's
magazine, 105, 210

HARYOU-ACT, 234

Hassan, Ali Bey, 282

The Hate That Hate Produced
(CBS-TV), 243

Hawley, William, 156, 157

Hayden, Joseph “Jazz,” 247–54

Heffernan, Ronnie, 72–73

Helfand, Julius, 193, 194, 263, 265

Henry Street Settlement House: NAACP meeting at, 133–34

Herman, Alexander, 82–83

Hill, Michael Dennis, 334, 335

Hilliard, David, 214, 285–87, 288, 290, 293, 294, 295, 313, 315, 317

Hinton, James, 381

Ho Chi Minh, 247

Hoffert, Emily

discovery of body of, 7–11

personal and professional background of, 25

See also
Career Girl Murders

Hoffinger, Jack, 109, 147, 149

Hoffman, Abbie, 285

Hogan, Frank, 81, 105, 128, 135, 136, 141, 210, 277–78, 320, 321, 330, 336, 337, 360, 362, 369

Holder, Mark, 335

Hollander (Xaviera) operation, 304–6, 308–10, 341

“Home on the Range” (Jones), 224

homosexuals, 89–90

Hoover, J. Edgar, 215, 216, 244, 292–94, 331–32, 386

House Un-American Activities Committee, 342

Housing Authority, New York, 63, 236

Howard, Elbert “Big Man,” 294

Hundley hearing (Edmonds case), 137–38

Hutton, Bobby, 224, 286

 

ibogaine, 390

Independent Citizens Committee Against the Civilian Review Board, 159–60

Innis, Roy, 158

Intercommunal News Service, 226

Internal Affairs Division (IAD), NYPD, 164, 165

Irish

influence in law enforcement of, 19–20, 22–23, 57, 84

pejoratives for blacks of, 74

Irish Republican Army (IRA), 213, 288

Isola, Frank, 34–38, 40–41, 53, 81, 95, 97, 98, 99, 100, 105, 192, 265, 354

It's Time: Cadre News
(pamphlet), 269

 

Jackson, Andrew, 335, 338

Jackson, George, 290, 350

Jamaica Rifle and Pistol Club, 197

Jamal.
See
Joseph, Eddie “Jamal”

James, Esther, 123

Jefferys, Walter, 164–65

Jim Crow laws, 14, 133, 224, 284

Jingles (friend of Bin Wahad), 63–64

Joe's Place (Harlem): Williams' incident at, 156–59

John Birch Society, 160, 196, 242

Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 29, 69, 182, 183

Johnson, Norman, 135

Johnson, Parker, 16–17, 171

Johnson, Thomas, 303

Johnson, William “B.J.,” 315–17

Jolly, Thomas, 289

Jones, LeRoi, 224, 227

Jones, Waverly, 322, 330–31, 335–36

Joseph, Eddie “Jamal”

arrests and indictment of, 330, 333, 336, 337

Bin Wahad's relationship with, 297

and Black Panthers' New Haven rally, 297, 299

and burning of
Black Panther's
office, 315–18

and Napier murder, 335

Newton's demonization of, 319

and OPERATION NEWKILL, 332

and Panther Twenty-one case, 319, 334

and Pauline's anonymous call to police, 334

and shooting of policemen, 334–36

and splits among Black Panthers, 315–18

and Triple-O social club robbery, 327–30, 333, 336

as underground, 299, 314, 318, 332

Joseph, Pauline, 334–37, 338, 359, 360–61, 362, 387

Journal American,
59, 81

Jurgensen, Randy, 166, 366–67

jury

in Bin Wahad's Curry-Binetti shooting trial, 360, 362

Blue Ribbon, 139–40, 145

in Borrero case, 96, 98, 103–6, 129–32

for Career Girls Murders, 151

in Edmonds case, 139–41, 145

and Napier murder trial, 359

in Panther Twenty-one case, 320, 360, 368

in Phillips-whorehouse murder case, 369

Justice in the Back Room
(Raab), 210, 325, 370

Justice Department, U.S., 215

Justy, John, 364–66

 

Kaplan, Edwin, 105–6, 112, 127, 167

Katzenbach, Nicholas, 111

Keenan, John F., 146, 148–51, 336, 365–66, 368, 369

Kefauver hearings, 342

Keller, Kenny, 19, 86, 87

Kelly, Jack, 163, 164

Kennebeck, Edwin, 320

Kennedy, John F., 29–30, 69

Kennedy, Stephen P., 61, 73

Kennedy's Commandos.
See
Tactical Patrol Force

Ker, Bela K., 10

Kiernan, Edward J., 322–23, 344

King, Martin Luther Jr.

assassination of, 217–18, 219–20, 222, 297

and Black Power movement, 218

and civil rights movement, 29, 69, 184, 214

FBI investigation of, 215, 216

and generational issues, 197

in Harlem, 300

hope as battle cry of, 144

influence on Bin Wahad of, 66

and Kennedy, 29

Malcolm X as alternative to, 113

Malcolm X's speeches about, 182

and March on Washington, 4, 6–7, 10, 13, 69, 79, 187, 219

NAACP criticisms of, 134

and nonviolence tactic, 113, 186

and racism, 377

stabbing of, 3–4

as symbol of appeasement, 218

Whitmore drawings of, 219–20

King, William (aka Kwando Kinshasa), 272, 282

Kings County Hospital: Whitmore at, 94, 169, 209

Kinshasa, Kwando, 272, 282

Knapp Commission

appointment of, 281

Armstrong as chief counsel for, 306–7

and Armstrong-Phillips (Joseph) meeting, 307

black reactions to, 345–46, 350

bomb threat against, 340

and classes of bent cops, 363–64

final report of, 363–64

funding for, 307

headquarters of, 312

hearings of, 340–47, 348, 349, 350

legacy of, 364

and media, 345, 347

and Phillips, 308–13, 339–40, 341–44, 364, 365, 366, 368, 370, 382, 383

“political implications” of, 344

and race relations, 347–49

and Ratnoff, 306, 308–12

reactions to findings of, 348–49, 370

testimonies before, 340, 341–46, 364, 365, 366, 368, 370

trials as result of findings of, 351

Knapp, Whitman, 281, 340–41, 342, 383

knife, and Career Girls Murders, 56, 110

Kojak
(TV show), 371

Koota, Aaron

and Borrero case, 104, 132, 170, 192, 193, 357–58, 372

and doubts about Whitmore confession, 81, 83, 136

and dropping of charges against Whitmore in Career Girls Murders, 141

and Edmonds case, 110, 141, 171, 358

investigation of circumstances surrounding Whitmore confession by, 136–37

and railroading of Whitmore, 135, 136

retirement of, 357–58

See also
Brooklyn D.A.'s office

Koste, Peter J., 51–52, 82–83, 147, 148, 150, 151

Kriegel, Jay, 279–80

Krown's Record Store, 275–76

Ku Klux Klan (KKK), 14, 30, 76, 133, 284, 393

Kunstler, William, 239, 283, 386

 

Laurie, Rocco, 349–50, 351, 380

Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA), 306

Law Enforcement Group (LEG), 239, 241, 242

Law Enforcement Task Force, 154, 155

Lawrence, Eddie, 220–21

Le Club (Manhattan), 88

Leary, Howard, 155, 241, 281

Lee, Jerry, 256

Lefcourt, Gerald, 240, 241, 288

Leftow, Jerome J.

and Borrero case, 94–95, 96–102, 104

court appointment as Whitmore lawyer of, 55–56

and decision to proceed with prosecution of Borrero and Edmonds cases, 82

and evidence against Whitmore, 78, 79–80

inexperience of, 55, 105

legal style of, 95

and Manhattan-Brooklyn prosecutors' relations, 81–82

prison visits with Whitmore of, 68, 78

resigns from Whitmore case, 105

and suspects in Career Girls Murders, 82–83

and Whitmore arraignment, 55–57

and Whitmore recanting of confession, 57, 59

and Whitmore's truth serum injections, 69

Lennon & Newell, 25

Lester, Julius, 205

Leuci, Robert Jr., 72–73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 86, 121–22, 308, 351

Leuci, Robert Sr., 74

Liberator
magazine, 118, 204

license plate, Curry-Binetti shooting, 321–22, 332, 335

Lichtman, Sidney A.

and Borrero case, 96–104, 130, 131–32

and Edmonds case, 132, 136–37, 138, 139–40

Life
magazine, 114

Lindsay, John V.

Bin Wahad's reflections about, 389

and Brooklyn Criminal Court incident, 241

election of, 119–20

Knapp Commission appointed by, 281

1972 presidential bid of, 379–80, 394

Phillips views about, 121

police commissioner appointments by, 154–55, 281–82

and police corruption, 280, 281

police relations with, 121, 153–55, 282, 323, 324, 344

and race relations, 157, 158, 174, 202

and reactions to King assassination, 220, 222

reelection of, 280

reform initiatives of, 122, 153–55, 157, 159, 160, 173

and shooting of policemen, 323–24, 336

Little Joe (suspected murderer), 174

Logan, Waverly, 345, 346, 347

Long Island Expressway: Phillips airplane landing on, 163

Long Island University: Black Panther education at, 219

Louie the Gimp (dope peddler), 123

Louis Fats (gambler), 93

Louise (Whitmore “girlfriend”), 46

Lowndes County Freedom Organization, 184, 185

Lynch, John J., 7–10, 49

 

Mackell, Thomas J., 337

Madden, William “Wild Bill,” 86, 87

Madison Club, 55

Mafia, 27, 29, 301

Mage, Judith, 246–47

Malbin, David, 98–99, 100, 103, 129–32

Malcolm X, 116, 217, 226, 270

assassination of, 114, 115, 117–18, 173–74, 183, 232, 297

and black nationalism, 198

black reaction to murder of, 117–18

bodyguards for, 244, 271

and BOSS infiltration, 243, 244

CBS documentary portrayal of, 243

funeral of, 117

and Harlem as center of black culture, 286

influence on Bin Wahad of, 66–67, 115, 182–83, 204, 209

influence on Ellis of, 183, 184

legacy of, 186, 205

and Mau Mau Rebellion, 85

and Nation of Islam, 113–14, 115, 118

OAAU founding by, 113–14

and Panther Twenty-one case, 283

police brutality comments of, 182–83

and police-ghetto relations, 216

and rise of Black Liberation Army, 322

rise of, 74–75, 113

views about prison of, 114–15, 141

Wallace-CBS interview of, 113, 114

and “white power structure,” 198

white reaction to murder of, 118

and Whitmore case, 114

Whitmore drawings of, 129, 219

Mandela, Nelson, 388

Manhattan Criminal Court

Phillips trial in, 367–70

See also
Panther Twenty-one case

Manhattan D.A.'s office

and Bin Wahad case, 387

fears of retribution within, 135, 136

and Panther Twenty-one case, 274, 320

See also specific person

Manhattan House of Detention (“Tombs”), 305, 359

Mann, Abby, 325–26, 353

Mao Tse-tung, 247, 278, 283

March on Washington (1963), 4–7, 11, 13, 25, 69, 79, 187, 215, 219

The Marcus-Nelson Murders
(CBS-TV), 370–72

Marcy Housing Projects (Brooklyn), 303

Marighella, Carlos, 314, 328, 329

Martinis, Joseph A., 361, 362, 363

Marx, Karl, 116, 270

Mason, Irving “Butch,” 318, 327–29, 330, 333, 335, 336, 337, 359

Matthews, Connie, 296–97, 298–99

Mau Mau Rebellion, 84–85, 187, 278

McAleer, Michael J., 10