an arrest. The incident had been videotaped and widely viewed in television broadcasts. Hampton and his supporters maintain his innocence, claiming he was framed in both cases. During the trial, fire officials testified that the bottles that held the gasoline never broke, preventing more widescale damage. According to Hampton's supporters, the fingerprint expert for the Chicago Police Department Crime Lab testified that none of Hampton's fingerprints was found on the bottles. But photographs of his hands showed blisters that were evident when he was arrested. Hampton was sentenced to eighteen years in prison. He was paroled on September 14, 2001. In popular culture Hampton appeared in Michel Gondry's 2006 film Dave Chappelle's Block Party. His 1993 trial is referred to in Fall Out Boy's song "You're Crashing, But You're No Wave". He and his father are mentioned in the song "Behind Enemy Lines" by Dead Prez, as well as "Clap for the Killers" by Street Sweeper Social Club. Hampton and his mother both worked as consultants on the film Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), a biopic about his father co-written and directed by Shaka King. It stars Daniel Kaluuya as Hampton Sr. and Lakeith Stanfield as William O'Neal, a young FBI informant who infiltrated the Panthers. With nearly equal screen time in the film, both men were nominated for Academy Awards as Best Supporting Actor; Kaluuya won. References External links Fred Hampton Junior Speaks to VIBE, 2004 interview with VIBE magazine 1969 births Living people Activists for African-American civil rights Activists from Illinois People from Chicago