Plane Hijacker Led Life of Irony--LAT Obituary
Jocelyn Stewart is on the job again in the LA Times Obituary section. Today, she’s tidying up the life of one-time Black Panther William Lee Brent:
The irony of Brent’s life was that he was deeply committed to a cause many viewed as just, yet engaged in acts that many also considered criminal. Brent was with other party members in 1969 when he robbed a gas station and then shot and wounded two police officers. After his arrest and release on bail, he stepped onto a Boeing 707 in Oakland, pulled out a .38-caliber
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