David Hilliard in Court

KPIX Eyewitness News report from December 23rd 1969 featuring interviews with Black Panther Party lawyer Charles Garry and Panthers Chief of Staff David Hilliard outside a courtroom. Garry explains that Hilliard earlier refused to plead guilty to charges and accept a fine of $25 so the court has just sentenced him to 180 days in jail. Garry's motion for a new trial has been denied so they are filing an appeal. Hilliard declares that: "This is another case of personal persecution of the Black Panther Party. Fascism was displayed in the court. So it's obvious that the courtrooms are not symbols of justice; they are railroad stations." Technical Information: this film was remastered using an MWA Flashtransfer Vario HD telecine system which has a 3-chip Hitachi camera sensor with native 1920x1080p output. It was captured directly into Final Cut Pro via a Matrox MX02 i/o device and PCI Express Card using the Apple ProResHQ 422 1920x1080@25p setting. The mp4 video streaming file you are watching uses the H.264 codec streaming at 1200kbps with an aspect ratio of 1460x1080.