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  FBI leaders led conspiracy to frame Black Panthers in Omaha for
  policeman’s murder

Michael Richardson - November 12, 2018
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Within hours of the August 17, 1970 bombing murder of Omaha policeman 
Larry Minard 
<https://richardsonreports.wordpress.com/2018/08/17/bombing-murder-of-omaha-policeman-in-1970-was-used-by-fbi-against-black-panther-leaders/>, 
leaders of the Federal Bureau of Investigation conspired to withhold a 
FBI Laboratory report on the identity of the anonymous 911 caller that 
lured Minard to his death.

Assistant Director Charles Brennan was alerted by an early morning call 
from the Omaha FBI office of Minard’s death. Brennan, in charge of the 
Domestic Intelligence Division, was pushing an escalation of 
counterintelligence actions under the clandestine COINTELPRO 
<https://richardsonreports.wordpress.com/2018/09/13/fbi-sought-electric-chair-execution-of-black-panther-leaders-in-omaha/> 
counterintelligence operation against so-called Black Nationalists. The 
FBI decided to help the Omaha police solve the crime.

Special Agent in Charge Paul Young in Omaha quickly conferred with 
Deputy Chief of Police Glen Gates and obtained a recording of the 911 
call for the FBI Laboratory. Young stipulated the FBI could not be 
quoted nor would the Bureau issue a laboratory report. Young wrote to 
Director J. Edgar Hoover while detectives were searching crime scene rubble.

“Deputy Chief Gates inquired into the possibility of voice analysis of 
the individual making the call by the FBI Laboratory. He was advised the 
matter would be considered and that if such analysis were made and if 
subsequent voice patterns were transmitted for comparison, such analysis 
would have to be strictly informal, as the FBI could not provide any 
testimony in the matter; also, only an oral report of the results of 
such examination would be made to the Police Department. Gates stated he 
understood these terms and stated the Police Department would be 
extremely appreciative of any assistance in this matter by the FBI and 
would not embarrass the FBI at a later date, but would use such 
information for lead purposes only.”

William Sullivan, third in command of the FBI as Assistant to the 
Director, was appraised of the developing counterintelligence action in 
Omaha and gave his written approval. Sullivan was the principal 
architect of COINTELPRO and kept close watch on clandestine operations.

Paul Young alerted Hoover with a second memorandum that quoted informant 
OM T-7 about the Minard bombing. Young’s informant stated that Omaha’s 
Black Panther affiliate chapter did not seem to be involved. Lack of 
involvement did not stop Young from pushing his plan to please Hoover.

“On August 18, 1970, OM T-7 advised that the members of the National 
Committee to Combat Fascism were pleased over the death of the “pig” but 
that their actions did not indicate that they had any knowledge of who 
set off the blast, and at this time seemed unaware of who could have 
committed the crime.”

Assistant Director John Mohr, head of the Administrative Division, 
assigned supervisor William Bradley to write a memorandum to Assistant 
Director Ivan Willard Conrad at the FBI Laboratory.

“The SAC, Omaha strongly recommends that the examination requested by 
the Omaha Police Department be conducted.”

“If approved, the results of any examinations will be orally furnished 
the Police on an informal basis through the SAC, Omaha.”

Hoover was on vacation when Conrad called Hoover by phone for 
instructions. Hoover conducted limited FBI business while on vacation 
and was only called on important matters, however Conrad understood the 
significance of letting a policeman’s killer get away with murder 
necessitated making the call.

A handwritten, initialed notation by Conrad stated, “Dir advised 
telephonically & said OK to do.”

Hoover returned to Washington from his vacation trip to California and 
promptly gave both Sullivan and Mohr an unexpected $250 cash bonus for 
handling matters while he was gone. Although Hoover did not directly 
link the money to the case in Omaha in his correspondence citing 
“additional responsibilities” the timing of the unusual reward is 
suggestive of blood money offered to settle any troubled consciences for 
letting a policeman’s killer get away with murder.

While Sullivan and Mohr were getting their checks, a second memorandum 
was sent to Conrad at the FBI Laboratory about the Minard case. “In 
referenced memorandum, 8/19/70, the Director approved a request to 
assist the Omaha Police Department in captioned case through the use of 
voice comparison examinations by the Laboratory.”

“By telephonic communication 8/21/70, the SAC, Omaha has requested that 
a Laboratory Supervisor travel to Omaha for the purpose of furnishing 
technical guidance to the Omaha Police.”

“The SAC, Omaha, noted that he had been instructed by the Bureau to 
suggest steps of possible assistance to the Omaha Police in solving the 
bombings. He advised technical guidance of the type requested would 
provide maximum immediate assistance, particularly since the existing 
recording of the false “bait” complaint to the police is the most 
important present tangible evidence in the possession of the police, and 
he recommended the Bureau send a Laboratory representative.”

The unidentified caller was an obstacle to placing the blame for the 
bombing on two leaders of the NCCF chapter, Edward Poindexter 
<https://richardsonreports.wordpress.com/2018/11/01/nebraskas-most-controversial-prisoner-ed-poindexter-marks-forty-eight-birthdays-behind-bars/> 
and David Rice (later Wopashitwe Mondo Eyen we Langa 
<https://richardsonreports.wordpress.com/2018/08/11/omaha-police-claimed-bomb-was-made-in-kitchen-of-black-panther-home/>). 
J. Edgar Hoover put his own pen to paper and wrote “OK” followed with 
his distinctive “H” initial. The anonymous 911 caller that lured a 
policeman to his death would not be sought.

Young sent Hoover another memorandum two months later reminding the boss 
that the 911 recording was not to be used. Duane Peak, the confessed 
bomber, would say he made the fatal phone call solving the problem of 
the unknown caller. Peak got a deal for his cooperation and never spent 
a day in prison despite planting the bomb. “Assistant COP GLENN GATES, 
Omaha PD, advised that he feels that any use of tapes of this call might 
be prejudicial to the police murder trial against two accomplices of 
PEAK and, therefore, has advised that he wishes no use of this tape 
until after the murder trials of PEAK and the two accomplices has been 
completed.”

The jury that convicted Poindexter and Rice in April 1971 never heard 
the 911 recording. The tape was never introduced as evidence and a 
killer’s voice went unheard. The two Black Panthers received life 
without parole sentences at hard labor. Rice died in March 2016 at the 
maximum-security Nebraska State Penitentiary where Poindexter remains 
imprisoned and continues to proclaim his innocence.

/The story of the flawed investigation, prosecution, and trial is now 
available in my new book, /FRAMED: J. Edgar Hoover, COINTELPRO & the 
Omaha Two story 
<https://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-I-believe-that-Edward-by-Michael-Richardson-Black-Panthers_COINTELPRO_Crime_Evidence-180719-612.html>,/in 
print edition at Amazon 
<https://www.amazon.com/FRAMED-Edgar-Hoover-COINTELPRO-Omaha/dp/1985021994/ref=sr_1_43?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530637788&sr=1-43&keywords=framed> 
and in ebook 
<https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=node%3D154606011&field-keywords=FRAMED%3A+J.+Edgar+Hoover%2C+COINTELPRO+%26+the+Omaha+Two+story> 
format at Kindle. Portions of the book may also be read free online at 
/NorthOmahaHistory.com 
<https://northomahahistory.com/2017/07/07/framed-series-summary-by-michael-richardson/>. 
/The book is also available to patrons of the Omaha Public Library./


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