The
George Jackson Brigade, a Seattle based revolutionary
group, claimed credit for bank robberies, bombings,
attacks against custom houses, court houses, Safeway
stores, public utilities and correction facilities.
The group was named after George Jackson, a dissident
prisoner at Soledad Prison, who was a writer.
While incarcerated at San Quentin Prison, during
a violent prison riot and attempted prison break,
Jackson ran into the prison yard and was shot
and killed by a guard on August 11, 1971. The
group was involved in violent acts and claimed
to use force to overthrow the United States Government
or the government of the State of Washington.
In various communiques, the group tried to justify
their various acts of violence by stating they
were done to further the ends of a revolution
of the "masses" to overthrow the present governmental
and international business structures and to establish
a system of communism. This group was eventually
captured or killed and all of them sentenced to
jail. One member died during an arrest attempt.
|