▁in ▁j ail . ▁With ▁crime ▁rates ▁rising , ▁f amed ▁phil os opher ▁Ang ela ▁Davis ' s ▁public ized ▁fight ▁with ▁the ▁F BI , ▁George ▁Jackson ' s ▁" met eor ic ▁rise ▁to ▁milit ant ▁fame ▁as … Black ▁Party ▁Minister ▁of ▁Def ense ", ▁and ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Wisconsin ' s ▁math ▁building ▁bomb ing , ▁the ▁cr imes ▁of ▁Washington ▁were ▁over look ed . ▁They ▁were ▁not ▁taken ▁seriously ▁enough ▁since ▁the ▁a for ement ioned ▁cr imes ▁were ▁polit ically ▁motiv ated , ▁however ▁Washington ' s ▁were ▁not , ▁and ▁as ▁put ▁by ▁the ▁District ▁Att orney ▁Tom ▁Moore ; ▁" s ometimes ▁you ▁must ▁go ▁to ▁hell ▁to ▁get ▁the ▁devil ". ▁Washington ▁was ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁used ▁" h ero in , ▁L SD , ▁and ▁large ▁quantities ▁of ▁alco hol ▁and ▁mar iju ana " ▁which ▁cast ▁considerable ▁doubt ▁on ▁his ▁cred ibility . ▁ ▁Re actions ▁▁ ▁Though ▁the ▁Charlotte ▁Three ▁had ▁been ▁conv icted ▁and ▁imprison ed , ▁the ▁general ▁support ▁from ▁Charlotte ▁and ▁the ▁members ▁in ▁the ▁men ' s ' ▁lives ▁never ▁stopped . ▁In ▁the ▁Her ald ▁Journal , ▁Grant ' s ▁father ▁mentions ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁" v ig ils … h eld ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁the ▁historic ▁Old ▁State ▁House ▁in ▁Hart ford … to ▁keep ▁the ▁case ▁alive ". ▁The ▁men ▁felt ▁they ▁were ▁representing ▁how ▁ra cially ▁charged ▁Charlotte ▁had ▁become , ▁and ▁its ▁residents ▁did ▁not ▁want ▁the ▁city ▁to ▁be