Wednesday, Feb, 12, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app
Black Panthers co-founder Huey Newton is accused of murdering a white policeman after a car stop in 1967 Oakland. A landmark trial ensues and Newton's defense team calls out racism in the judicial system. With a death penalty looming, a shocking verdict is delivered that still reverberates today.
Black Panthers co-founder Huey Newton is accused of murdering a white policeman after a car stop in 1967 Oakland. A landmark trial ensues and Newton's defense team calls out racism in the judicial system. With a death penalty looming, a shocking verdict is delivered that still reverberates today
Up to the time of People v. Newton, most murder trails were comprised of 12 white men. Black people, women and minorities were historically excluded from juries, especially criminal trials. In a historic first, along with the seating of mostly women and minority jurors, David Harper was voted as jury foreman in the groundbreaking Newton murder trial.
Former Black Panther Kathleen Cleaver describes the massive protests and clashes with police outside of the Alameda County courthouse where Black Panther co-founder Huey P. Newton was on trial for the murder of a white policeman that Newton and his defense team claimed was in self-defense.
David Harper, the black jury foreman of the 1968 Huey P. Newton murder trial, lays out in detail the facts and evidence of the killing, and describes the jury’s tense and emotional deliberations that will decide Newton’s fate.
The evolution of Huey P. Newton from classical pianist to black-power revolutionary.
Watch On Your Schedule: AMERICAN JUSTICE ON TRIAL "People v. Newton" is available to stream with the PBS app.
