The City Ordinance
Title
The City Ordinance
Subject
White Panther Party
Description
This document describes the repressive conditions in Boston toward leftist groups in the wake of the Weather Underground robbery of a bank in Brighton, Massachusetts. It also includes a poem by Diane di Prima.
In late-September of 1969, WU members Katherine Power, Susan Saxe, as well as two former convicts, William Gilday and Robert Velari, carrying handguns, a shotgun and a submachine gun. Gilday shot and killed Boston police officer Walter Schroeder when the police officer attempted to stop the robbery. The group escaped with $26,000 in cash, which they planned to use to finance an overthrow of the federal government.
In late-September of 1969, WU members Katherine Power, Susan Saxe, as well as two former convicts, William Gilday and Robert Velari, carrying handguns, a shotgun and a submachine gun. Gilday shot and killed Boston police officer Walter Schroeder when the police officer attempted to stop the robbery. The group escaped with $26,000 in cash, which they planned to use to finance an overthrow of the federal government.
Creator
White Panther Party
Source
Roz Payne
Publisher
Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Date
ca. 1969
Format
mimeograph
Type
newsletter
Original Format
paper
Collection
Citation
White Panther Party, “The City Ordinance,” Roz Payne Sixties Archive, accessed April 18, 2024, https://rozsixties.unl.edu/items/show/527.