Forum Newsfront

September, 1972

Lee Otis Johnson FreeHouston, Texas--After serving nearly four years of a 30-year sentence for allegedly giving away one joint to an undercover policeman, Lee Otis Johnson is free on appeal. The Houston black activist, an organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, was kept under heavy surveillance for a year after his political activities attracted police attention. A police recruit assigned to infiltrate Johnson's commune-style home reported that Johnson had given him marijuan...