Bobby Hutton #1480

 Caption from poster__     ALL POWER  TO THE PEOPLE! LONG LIVE Lil’ Bobby Hutton   BOBBY HUTTON   The Day My Beloved Brother Comrade was Murdered     He was only 16 years old when he joined the Black Panther Party (BPP) in December 1966.  He was arrested in May 1967 when he led a Black Panther march in Sacramento to protest against a new gun bill.  The Mulford Act made it illegal to carry guns in public and was a direct response to the Panthers police patrols in the community.  On April 6th 1968, eight BPP members (including Hutton, Eldridge Cleaver and David Hilliard) were travelling in two cars when they were ambushed by the Oakland police.   Cleaver and Hutton ran for cover and found themselves in a  basement surrounded by police.  The building was fired upon for over an hour.  When a tear-gas canister was thrown into the basement the two men decided to surrender.  Cleaver was wounded in the leg, so Hutton said he would go first.  When he left the building with his hands in the air