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William O'Neal (April 9, 1949 – January 15, 1990) was an American FBI informant in Chicago, Illinois, where he infiltrated the local Black Panther Party (BPP). He is known for being the catalyst for the 1969 police/FBI assassination of Fred Hampton , head of the Illinois BPP.
O'Neal is assigned to infiltrate the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party (BPP) and obtain information on its leader, Fred Hampton. O'Neal begins to grow close to Hampton, who works to form alliances with rival gangs and militia bands while extending community outreach through the BPP's Free Breakfast for Children Program.
Early in the morning of December 4, 1969, under the orders of State’s Attorney Edward Hanrahan, and with the help of FBI informant and Panther security guard William O’Neal, Chicago police ...
In Judas and the Black Messiah filmmaker Shaka King dives deep into the story of Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, and William O’Neal, who served as an ...
In Shaka King's vivid portrait of Fred Hampton, William O'Neal, and their horrifying convergence, stars Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield continue to show why they're two of our best working ...
Beginning in 1969, leaders of the Black Panther Party were targeted by the COINTELPRO and "neutralized" by being assassinated, imprisoned, publicly humiliated or falsely charged with crimes. Some of the Black Panthers targeted include Fred Hampton, Mark Clark, Zayd Shakur, Geronimo Pratt, Mumia Abu-Jamal, [18] and Marshall Conway. Common ...
Studios didn’t exactly jump at the chance to make a movie about the late Black Panther chairman Fred Hampton. Hollywood is facing a lot of pressure to become more diverse in the stories it tells ...
H.E.R. co-wrote "Fight for You" with Tiara Thomas, [1] and co-composed [1] and co-produced it with D'Mile. [2] The song was written for the 2020 film Judas and the Black Messiah, a biographical film about how William O'Neal betrayed Fred Hampton, the chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party in the late 1960s. [3]