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Feb 12, 2021 · Roy Mitchell was the FBI agent who recruited William O'Neal, a Black Panther informant, to infiltrate the party and assassinate Fred Hampton. Learn about his career, his deal with O'Neal, and his death in 2000.
- Camila Barbeito
Roy Mitchell was an African-American man from Waco, Texas who was convicted of six murders and executed on July 30, 1923. His arrest, trial, conviction, and execution are considered an example of continued bigotry in the Texas judicial system of the 1920s, but also of reforms aimed at curbing mob violence and public lynching . [1]
Feb 16, 2021 · Roy Mitchell was a real FBI agent who used William O'Neal as an informant to infiltrate the Black Panther Party and assassinate Fred Hampton. Learn how Mitchell recruited O'Neal, what happened to him after Hampton's death, and his other cases in Chicago.
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Feb 25, 2021 · Roy Mitchell was an FBI agent who recruited William O'Neal, a Black Panther member, to infiltrate and betray the party. The movie Judas and the Black Messiah shows how Mitchell used a fake ID and a stolen car to lure O'Neal into the informant role.
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Apr 19, 2024 · How did the FBI and its informant William O'Neal help plan the murder of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton in 1969? Learn about the role of Roy Martin Mitchell, a skilled FBI agent in the "racial field," and his relationship with O'Neal.
It was dangerous to be a Black man in Waco in 1922 and 1923, as the community panicked over a spree of unsolved rapes and murders targeting couples driving in secluded areas. Even more dangerous...
Feb 11, 2021 · O’Neal, on the other hand, was a habitual criminal with little interest in activism before he infiltrated the Panthers at the behest of FBI agent Roy Mitchell (portrayed in the film by Jesse ...
