Anthony Bottom aka Jalil Abdul Muntaqim was born on Anthony Jalil Bottom; October 18,1951 and political activist and former member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army who served 49 years in prison for two counts of first-degree murder.
10 Facts About Jalil Muntaqim
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Jalil Muntaqim was released from prison on October 7,2020, after more than 49 years of incarceration and 11 parole denials.
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Anthony Bottom aka Jalil Muntaqim was born Anthony Jalil Bottom in Oakland, California and grew up in San Francisco.
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Jalil Muntaqim was involved in street protests against police brutality.
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Jalil Muntaqim was involved in the National Prisoners Afrikan Studies Project, an organization that educates inmates on their rights.
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Jalil Muntaqim never made a legal name change and is still known by the state of New York as Anthony Bottom.
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Jalil Muntaqim was portrayed by actor Richard Brooks in the 1985 tv movie Badge of the Assassin.
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Jalil Muntaqim was transferred from Attica Correctional Facility to Southport Correctional Facility near Elmira, New York, in early January, 2017.
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Jalil Muntaqim attempted to gain release based on public health guidance advising the release of medically vulnerable people, but New York state attorney general Letitia James challenged the appeal, and the courts struck down a judge's order mandating his release.
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Jalil Muntaqim was charged with two felony counts and the lesser offence of providing a false affidavit, but the grand jury in the case refused to indict him.