47 years after Black Panther killings, a correspondence heals old wounds

Watani Stiner in the gardens behind his home. Photo by Julie Caine. In January 1969, two members of the Black Panther Party – Alprentice ‘Bunchy’ Carter and John Huggins – were shot and killed on the campus of UCLA. Larry ‘Watani’ Stiner and his brother were arrested and convicted for the murders. They were members of Organization US – a black nationalist group active at the time. The brothers were sent to San Quentin State Prison. In 1974, they escaped. Watani fled to South America, where he lived for two decades. Eventually, he turned himself in to U.S. authorities, and was returned to San Quentin in 1994. While there, he