5 things you didn’t know about Huey Newton, the radical founder of the Black Panther movement in 1966

He was murdered

Newton was shot twice in the face in West Oakland, California by Tyrone Robinson, a member of neighbouring Black Guerrilla Family, claiming self-defence to the police on his arrest. When no evidence was found to support his claim, Robinson was convicted of first-degree murder in 1991 and sentenced to a prison term of 32 years to life.