CRIME

Presence on this list implies merely that, to the best of our knowledge, charges were filed against the people in question, or in some cases, a civil suit. It is not meant to imply guilt, and in fact many of the individuals listed may have been found innocent of said charges or claims. Some details of the charge in question can often be found inside the specific profiles linked.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
H. Rap Brown	Activist	4-Oct-1943		Die, Nigger, Die!
Dan Burros	Activist	5-Mar-1937	31-Oct-1965	Antisemitic Jew outed by NY Times
Luther Campbell	Rapper	22-Dec-1960		2 Live Crew, Luke Records founder
Stokely Carmichael	Activist	29-Jun-1941	15-Nov-1998	Black separatist, Pan-Africanist
Hurricane Carter	Boxing	6-May-1937		Boxer twice convicted of triple-murder
Wyatt Cenac	Comic	19-Apr-1976		The Daily Show
Bernadette Devlin	Politician	23-Apr-1947		Northern Ireland nationalist
Bernardine Dohrn	Activist	12-Jan-1942		Weather Underground leader
Bob Filner	Politician	4-Sep-1942		Mayor of San Diego
Emma Goldman	Anarchist	27-Jun-1869	14-May-1940	Anarchist and feminist libertarian
Gus Hall	Activist	8-Oct-1910	13-Oct-2000	Leader, Communist Party USA
Abbie Hoffman	Activist	30-Nov-1936	12-Apr-1989	Steal This Book
Jesse Jackson	Activist	8-Oct-1941		Rainbow Coalition
E. Z. C. Judson	Novelist	20-Mar-1823	16-Jul-1886	Pulp novelist, pseudonym Ned Buntline
Meir Kahane	Activist	1-Aug-1932	5-Nov-1990	Founder of Jewish Defense League
Gene LeBell	Wrestling	9-Oct-1932		Stuntman, wrestler
Tommy Lee	Drummer	3-Oct-1962		Mötley Crüe drummer
Michael Marcavage	Religion	1979		Founder of Repent America
Russell Means	Activist	10-Nov-1939	22-Oct-2012	American Indian Movement
Jack Reed	Activist	22-Oct-1887	19-Oct-1920	Ten Days That Shook the World
Axl Rose	Musician	6-Feb-1962		Lead singer, Guns N' Roses
Bobby Seale	Activist	22-Oct-1936		Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party
Rodney Slater	Government	23-Feb-1955		US Secretary of Transportation, 1997-2001
Flavio Sosa	Politician	1953		Jailed APPO councilman
Leyla Zana	Politician	3-May-1961		Imprisoned for speaking Kurdish

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