In 1990, William O'Neal, committed suicide.

O’Neal hardly spoke of his undercover years but in a 1984 interview with the Tribune, one of his last public interviews, he mentioned that he “thrived” on his work with law enforcement though in the end, he realized he had been ”just a pawn in a very big game.”

Fred Hampton, was executed in his sleep by race soldiers, sleeping next to his pregnant wife, Akua Njeri.

He eventually provided the floor plan of Hampton’s west-side apartment that was used to plan the raid that killed Hampton and his fellow Panther, Mark Clark.

O’Neal agreed to infiltrate the party and when he got accepted, he served as the group’s chief of security. Reports said he even became in charge of security for Hampton and had keys to Panther headquarters and safe houses.

The Panther Party had then become infamous for brandishing guns, challenging the authority of police officers, and embracing violence as a necessary by-product of revolution.

His journey to becoming an FBI informant began in 1966 when he was tracked by FBI Agent Roy Martin Mitchell after stealing a car and driving it across state lines to Michigan. He was told that he would forget about the stolen car charge if he infiltrate the Panthers for the FBI.

Then a petty criminal, O’Neal was coerced by the FBI into helping them silence Hampton and the Black Panther Party. And he did just that when he infiltrated the party and provided the FBI with a floor plan of the Chicago apartment where Hampton was assassinated in 1969.

when Stokely Carmichael’s Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) split from the Panthers in 1969, Hampton headed the Illinois chapter of the Panthers.

The party, a creation of Huey Newton and fellow student Bobby Seale, insisted on black nationalist response to racial discrimination. The party’s Illinois chapter was opened in 1967 and Hampton joined in 1968, aged just 20.

In Illinois, where Fred Hampton was born, the police constantly harassed black people. Access to social goods too was made difficult, if not curtailed, in the areas with heavy black populations.

On this day in 1969, activist and chairman of the Black Panther Party Fred Hampton, was assassinated by Chicago police and the FBI at just 21 years old. William O'Neal, an FBI informant, infiltrated the Black Panthers and set up Fred Hampton for $300. A THREAD

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Betraying one another for a measly $300 😡

Malcolm X set up by NYPD. So many deaths even James Baldwin and Nina Simone heartbroken MS God**** The deaths have never abatted. A visit to Detroit in a nighttime stop in 71 learned of hundreds if not thousands of killings in Detroit riots. No news coverage of that.

In 1990, "William O'Neal, committed suicide". Forgot the quotes

Also, O'Neal didn't just kill himself. The guilt of what he had done destroyed him from the inside out for years after. He became a drug addict and finally ran into traffic one day. Incredibly said story all the way around.

He killed himself because he knew that the community would kill him once his Eyes on The Prize documentary interview was released

As he should've

This clown sold out his boss for $300. How sad and disgusting.

He tried it once before but failed. He ran out into traffic and died.

“A coward dies a thousand deaths, a soldier dies but once”

What took him so long?

That's how much you hated your race?

What, exactly, did he think they wanted a floor plan for? Did O'Neal think they were redecorating? Miss me with that. He knew.

Rat bi***

All he had to do was take whatever charges they threw at him smdh.. that devil tormented him into suicide 🤦🏾‍♀️.his legacy is trash

May he burn for eternity 🦝 traitor to the race, he took Fred from us in his prime ✊🏾 can you imagine the good Fred would've achieved for us had he lived longer

Wow

Oh well 🤷🏾‍♀️ not gonna feel bad for a nigga that sold out his own people for the whites

If only he’d run into traffic BEFORE assisting in the assassination of Hampton. What a shame

Good.

Coward took the easy way out😒

Wow, this Judas sold out the party for a few pieces of silver. Sad.

May he continue to repeat that same action in hell daily

Indirectly?

May he rest In shit. Fucking bozo

The sob

Long may he commit suicide.

Dying from inside-out it terrible.

Yeah right they did to Willie what they always do to people after they done with using Willie's ass they finished him.. after they get done of letting them do the dirty work to get rid of the N"s they delete the N"s two for one! Smh pathetic

The Last Hours of William O’Neal