Question

This point in the platform is concerned with the right to
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We want all black people when brought to trial to be tried in court by a jury of their peer group or people from their black communities, as defined by the Constitution of the United States. We believe that the courts should follow the United States Constitution so that black people will receive fair trials. The 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution gives a man a right to be tried by his peer group. A peer is a person from a similar economic, social, religious, geographical, environmental, historical and racial background. To do this the court will be forced to select a jury from the black community from which the black defendant came. We have been, and are being tried by all–white juries that have no understanding of the “average reasoning man” of the black community.

–The Black Panther Party Platfo

Answer 1

Do you want me to (choose one)
- continue/finish the quoted Black Panther Party platform text,
- provide the full Ten‑Point Program,
- summarize or analyze this specific point,
- explain the constitutional/legal accuracy and relevant court cases,
or
- give historical context about the Black Panther demand and its impact?

If you want analysis now, here’s a brief summary and legal context:

Summary
- The excerpt demands that Black defendants be tried by juries drawn from their own Black communities — “a jury of their peer group” — asserting the 14th Amendment guarantees that right and that all-white juries produce unfair trials.

Legal and historical context (concise)
- The 14th Amendment requires equal protection; courts have long held that juries must be selected without racial discrimination. However, it does not guarantee a jury composed solely of members of the defendant’s race.
- Important Supreme Court decisions:
- Strauder v. West Virginia (1880) — state law excluding Black people from juries is unconstitutional.
- Neal v. Delaware (1882) and later Hernandez v. Texas (1954) — established that systematic exclusion of racial groups from juries violates equal protection.
- Taylor v. Louisiana (1975) and Duren v. Missouri (1979) — recognized the fair‑cross‑section requirement for jury venires (groups from which juries are drawn).
- Batson v. Kentucky (1986) — prosecutors cannot use peremptory challenges to exclude jurors solely because of race.
- Practically, courts focus on preventing race‑based exclusion and ensuring an impartial jury representative of the community; they do not require racially homogeneous juries.

If you want, I can:
- provide the full original Black Panther Ten‑Point Program,
- continue the quoted passage where it trails off,
- expand on any of the court cases or how jury selection works today. Which would you like?