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The White Panthers were a far-left, anti-racist, white American political collective founded in 1968 by Pun Plamondon, Leni Sinclair, and John Sinclair. It was started in response to an interview where Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, was asked what white people could do to support the Black Panthers. Newton replied that they could form a White Panther Party. The counterculture era group took the name and dedicated its energies to "cultural revolution." John Sinclair made every effort to ensure that the White Panthers were not mistaken for a white supremacist group, responding to such claims with "quite the contrary." The party worked with many ethnic minority rights groups in the Rainbow Coalition.

The headquarters of the White Panthers in Portland, Oregon were raided by the FBI on December 5, 1970. Two members of the group were arrested and accused of throwing a molotov cocktail through the window of a local Selective Service office.


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"There was, in fact, a firebombing of Selective Service Headquarters in Portland, Oregon in the early morning hours of August 10, 1970. The act was committed by Jeffrey Murphy, Albert Miler, James Byrnes and Chris Smith (but not appellant). As a direct result thereof, Government property was damaged and the Selective Service activities were disrupted. This concludes, however, the material facts upon which the parties agreed."

The evidence disclosed that Yaple lived in a two-story frame house located on S.E. Tenth Street in Portland, with defendants Miler and Murphy. They were members of the White Panther Party. Activities of the Party were conducted in that house. Yaple was chairman of the Party in Portland and the Northwest Region. His duties were to see that things were run smoothly and to take care of all Party functions. Fire teams were organized to perform various acts. He participated in group discussions of bombings; activities of the group were reported to him. He gave lessons in weapons and had made a Molotov cocktail.

On the evening of August 9, 1970, before midnight, Yaple, Byrnes and co-conspirator Smith met in Yaple's upstairs room. Party member Crawford, who was acting as a watchman, overheard the words "* * * something about cocktails * * * getting burned * * *." He had observed more than the usual activity in the house that evening. Murphy, Miler, Byrnes, Yaple and Smith came downstairs from Yaple's bedroom. Either Byrnes or Smith went to the basement and came up with a box. Yaple said, "Okay, I don't want to know anything more about it."

Murphy, Miler, Byrnes and Smith left the house, taking with them the box, wine bottles, rags, an empty gasoline container, and a pistol. Wine bottles had been kept in the basement and were used to make the fire bombs. They obtained gasoline and went to Byrnes' house, where he and Smith made the fire bombs. In the early morning hours of August 10th they proceeded to the Selective Service State Headquarters, firebombed them, and returned to Yaple's house.

Crawford heard of the bombing over the police-band radio, and he told Yaple, who said, "Out of sight." Yaple instructed Crawford to go "on alert, a state of readiness."

Miler and Byrnes were the first to return from the bombing. They ran upstairs and talked with Yaple. Shortly thereafter Murphy and Smith returned and stated that the police had stopped them, and that they had given an alibi to the effect that they had been at the home of Skip and Debbie Knox, who were members of the Party. Yaple told them to go over to the Knox home and tell the Knoxes "that the four of us had been at their house all night and that morning." He further instructed them not to tell the Knoxes what happened. Yaple gave further instructions about watching for the police. Miler and one, John Bohn, went to the Knox home and awakened them, and asked them to furnish the alibi, which Knox agreed to do.

The group was instructed by Smith, Yaple and other people to forget about the whole matter and not to talk about it any more.


(https://law.justia.com)

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The band, with the McCartney children and their road crew, loaded up in a brightly-coloured double decker bus for the tour of the continent. The tour proceeded largely without incident, but on August 10 in Gothenburg, Sweden, Paul and Linda McCartney were arrested for possession of marijuana and fined US$1,200. Paul joked the arrest would “make good publicity” for the tour, but this arrest would cause him much trouble trying to gain visas for future tours.


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1972: Paul and Linda McCartney are arrested backstage in Gothenburg, Sweden, for possession of six ounces of marijuana. The couple are released after paying a combined fine of $1,200.


(http://oldies.about.com)

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BeefheartisBetter said:

Wasn't he arrested in Japan also?

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Yeah, that was in 1980.  He has been arrested at least three times for pot.  Maybe four.  I can't quite remember.  One of them was in 1984.  And yes, it's still illegal.  Way to go America. 

Learyfan said:

Still.

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Le_Canard said:

Yes, but we have more and more states giving an okay to recreational and/or medical use of cannabis. The dominoes are falling. Patience, young grasshopper.

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I hope the dominoes are still falling with Trump and Sessions in the White House.  We shall see.  All I know is that today is the 45th anniversary of Paul McCartney's marijuana arrest in Sweden and it's STILL illegal.