After moving to Connecticut, and opening a new BPP Chapter Office there, Ericka Huggins and Bobby Seale would be arrested on conspiracy to commit murder charged. The government attempted to tie them to the alleged torture and murder of Alex Rackley, who was believed to have been an FBI Informant. Though there was no evidence that could adequately support those claims, both Huggins and Seale would spend the next two years in jail. Ultimately the charges would be dropped in 1971.
Fifty years later, Ericka Huggins continues to work as an activist and educator via multiple platforms. We at The Wandering Eyes Blog salute you!
SOURCES AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
https://www.erickahuggins.com/bio
https://connecticuthistory.org/free-bobby-free-ericka-the-new-haven-black-panther-trials/
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jan/18/local/me-panthers18
https://blackthen.com/alprentice-bunchy-carter-murdered-to-dismantle-the-black-panther-party