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The FBI-orchestrated murder of Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton in 1969 remains one of the most singularly evil crimes of the 20th century, and it\\u2019s a story about which most Americans know very little. The 2021 film Judas and the Black Messiah, directed by Shaka King, is a heavy, detailed consideration of the events that led to Hampton\\u2019s death, focusing mainly on the figure of William O\\u2019Neal, a small-time thief coerced by the FBI into becoming a confidential informant working within Hampton\\u2019s organization. As Justin and I discuss in this episode, the film puts us in the center of the complicated moral calculations that defined 1960s radicalism, and asks hard questions about the price of loyalty, freedom, and revolution.\\xa0\\xa0

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