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</font><h2><b>Ed Poindexter denied any role in murder of policeman in
Omaha Two trial</b></h2>
<ul>
<li><font size=3>By
<a href="http://www.examiner.com/user-richardsonreports">Michael
Richardson</a>, COINTELPRO Examiner
<li>April 12th, 2011 9:50 am ET
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<b>Omaha Two story: April 12, 1971<br><br>
</b>Public Defender Frank Morrison called
<a href="http://www.examiner.com/cointelpro-in-national/prison-interview-with-ed-poindexter-on-cointelpro-and-the-omaha-police">
Edward Poindexter</a> to the witness stand in his own defense Monday, in
the third week of his capital murder trial. Poindexter denied
<a href="http://www.examiner.com/cointelpro-in-national/witnesses-put-duane-peak-at-scene-of-1970-bombing-omaha-two-case">
Duane Peak</a>’s story linking him and
<a href="http://www.examiner.com/cointelpro-in-national/prison-interview-with-mondo-we-langa-on-cointelpro-and-omaha-two-case">
Mondo we Langa</a>, then David Rice, to the death of Patrolman
<a href="http://www.examiner.com/cointelpro-in-national/larry-minard-was-the-policeman-betrayed-by-j-edgar-hoover-to-frame-the-omaha-tw">
Larry D. Minard, Sr</a>.<br><br>
Poindexter appeared confident and said he never showed Peak how to make a
dynamite bomb in a suitcase. Poindexter also denied instructing
Peak about how to lure police into an ambush trap in the vacant house on
Ohio Street where Minard lost his life.<br><br>
Poindexter identified himself as a graduate of North High School.
He said he served in the Army in West Germany as a volunteer and later in
Vietnam, receiving an honorable discharge.<br><br>
Ed Poindexter testified he joined the Omaha chapter of the Black Panther
party in 1969. When the national organization disbanded the Omaha
chapter later that year, Poindexter said he joined an affiliate group,
the
<a href="http://www.examiner.com/cointelpro-in-national/j-edgar-hoover-informed-of-united-front-against-fascism-omaha">
United Front Against Fascism</a>, and later the successor group, the
National Committee to Combat Fascism.<br><br>
Poindexter testified in a clear and steady voice, Poindexter told the
jury that he had been “unjustly accused of a crime that I had nothing to
do with.”<br><br>
Poindexter testified that he never talked with Duane Peak about “how to
kill a pig” and never knew officer Larry Minard, Sr. nor did he have any
reason to kill him.<br><br>
Morrison asked Poindexter about a camouflage jacket which prosecution
witnesses said they took from him at the time of his arrest, Poindexter
said he did not know how traces of ammonia dynamite got into the
pocket.<br><br>
The jacket was acquired in Vietnam, Poindexter testified. He said
his only contact with dynamite was helping “transport” some dynamite in
Vietnam but had no closer contact than that.<br><br>
When Morrison asked about his beliefs, Poindexter said he was opposed “to
any form of discrimination.”<br><br>
Poindexter said it was his opinion that “police are tools of the power
structure…to subjugate the people.”<br><br>
Prosecutor Arthur O’Leary asked Poindexter on cross-examination if he
knew what the expression “off the pig” meant. “It means defend
yourself from them,” Poindexter testified.<br><br>
O’Leary asked Poindexter to examine six issues of the NCCF newsletters
which were introduced earlier into evidence. Poindexter said he
wrote several articles in some of the newsletters.<br><br>
Poindexter said he had no particular knowledge of some of the other
content not written by himself. There was no direct testimony about
the articles in question and it would be up to the jury to figure out the
significance in the jury room.<br><br>
Poindexter testified he served as leader of the UFAF and the NCCF and was
Deputy Chairman.<br><br>
Poindexter testified he visited Mondo’s home on various occasions but did
not go there the night of August 10, 1970, as Duane Peak had testified,
when the bombing was allegedly planned and a bomb was assembled.<br><br>
Poindexter also denied being at Frank Peak’s house on several
occasions with Duane Peak, as Duane had testified. Frank Peak
testified as a defense witness against his cousin, Duane Peak, regarding
the alleged rendezvous confirming Poindexter’s version of events.
Frank said Duane and Poindexter were not at Frank‘s home
together.<br><br>
Ed Poindexter said he was at Mondo’s the evening of August 12, 1970, as
Peak had testified, but Poindexter said that Peak was not
present.<br><br>
Poindexter was asked about a run-in with police that evening near Mondo’s
house. Poindexter confirmed the encounter. He said he wrote a
report for the NCCF on what happened, adding that Peak might have seen a
copy of the report.<br><br>
The 15 year-old Peak was eager to join the group and had older relatives
in the NCCF although he was banned from the headquarters by Ed Poindexter
because he had shot at a bird inside the building with a pistol.<br><br>
Poindexter denied that he was at a North Side American Legion club the
night of August 14.1970. Duane Peak had testified that Poindexter
had been there that night and had told him to proceed with a plan to kill
a policeman with a bomb.<br><br>
There was no testimony about
<a href="http://www.examiner.com/cointelpro-in-national/j-edgar-hoover-directs-cointelpro-plot-against-omaha-chapter-of-black-panthers">
COINTELPRO</a> or the fact Ed Poindexter was the target of an illegal
Federal Bureau of Investigation operation to “destroy” the leadership of
the Black Panthers. No one on the defense team knew of the
existence of the clandestine program and the FBI agents who carried out
the dirty work never testified.<br><br>
<b>To view all of the Omaha Two story articles click
<a href="http://www.examiner.com/omaha-two-story-in-national">HERE</a><br>
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</b><i>Permission granted to reprint<br><br>
</i>Michael Richardson<br>
COINTELPRO Examiner<br>
Examiner.com<br><br>
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