The C. O. W. S. Bennett Cohen's The Zebra Murders Part 1 #SanFrancisco #COINTELPRO #JimCrowism

The Katherine Massey Book Club @ The C.O.W.S. hosts the debut study session on The Zebra Murders: A Season of Killing, Racial Madness and Civil Rights. Authored by Prentice E. Sanders and Bennett Cohen. Sanders is classified as a black male and is credited with serving almost 40 full years with the San Francisco Police Department. He joined the force in 1964, at a time when there were very few black officers - and that small number had tiny tenure. Sanders was appointed to the investigate the "zebra murders" towards the end of 1973. This case reportedly involved random White people being killed by random black dudes. These killings took place at the same time that both the Black Panther Party and the nefarious Symbionese Liberation Army were in operation in the Bay Area. In addition to these infamous social clubs, Rev. Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple were well established in San Francisco's Fillmore district by 1973. In fact, Jones talked to his mostly black congregation about these homicides. Gus selected this book because we've spent half the year reading 2 different Jonestown books - written by White men, where neither author mentioned the "zebra murders." Gus found that fascinating, appalling, and unacceptable. **Importantly, it is widely reported that although these killings are reportedly black males killing White people, that is not why these events are branded the "zebra murders." This name reportedly originates from the "Z" radio frequency officers used to communicate about this crime. This may or may not be true. #CaliforniaStateHistory #TheCOWS15Years INVEST in The COWS – http://paypal.me/TheCOWS Cash App: https://cash.app/$TheCOWS CALL IN NUMBER: 605.313.5164 CODE: 564943#