![]() Two members of the Black Panther Party are met on the steps of the State Capitol in Sacramento, May 2, 1967, by Police Lt. ![]() in the book " Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party (opens in new tab)" (University of California Press, 2013). In response, on May 2, 1967, a small group of Black Panther Party members marched in protest, armed with loaded weapons, into the California State Capitol building, wrote Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. In 1967, the California State Legislature rushed to pass gun control laws in order to put a stop to "Panther Patrol," Ewing said. And they would be able to offer advice to the citizens about their rights," Ewing said. "They would get out of their car they had shotguns, constitution and law books. Newton and Seale would drive around Oakland, tailing police cars and monitoring police-stops of Black citizens. ![]() "Newton and Seale patrolled with law books in one hand and a gun in the other," said former Black Panther David Hilliard during a 2006 panel discussion at the University of Mexico. Newton, a law student at the time of the Black Panther Party's formation, was well versed in California's open carry laws of the time. ![]() ![]() The Black Panther Party's overriding ideology and belief in a right to armed self-defense pushed them into the national spotlight. ![]()
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