▁existed ▁between ▁the ▁F . B . I . ▁and ▁Han ra han ' s ▁men ▁to ▁murder ▁Fred ▁Ham pton ." ▁An ▁Ass istant ▁United ▁States ▁Att orney , ▁Robert ▁Gru enberg , ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁settlement ▁was ▁intended ▁to ▁avoid ▁another ▁cost ly ▁trial ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁an ▁ad mission ▁of ▁gu ilt ▁or ▁responsibility ▁by ▁any ▁of ▁the ▁defend ants . ▁ ▁Cont ro vers y ▁The ▁alleg ation ▁that ▁Ham pton ▁was ▁assass in ated ▁has ▁been ▁deb ated ▁since ▁the ▁day ▁he ▁and ▁Clark ▁were ▁killed ▁in ▁the ▁police ▁ra id . ▁Ten ▁days ▁after ward , ▁Bobby ▁R ush , ▁then ▁the ▁deput y ▁minister ▁of ▁defense ▁for ▁the ▁Illinois ▁Black ▁Pan ther ▁party , ▁called ▁the ▁ra iding ▁party ▁an ▁" execution ▁squad ". ▁As ▁is ▁typical ▁in ▁settlement s , ▁the ▁three ▁government ▁defend ants ▁did ▁not ▁acknow ledge ▁claims ▁of ▁responsibility ▁for ▁pla int iffs ' ▁alleg ations . ▁Some ▁comment ators ▁have ▁deb ated ▁whether ▁the ▁men ▁died ▁in ▁an ▁exchange ▁of ▁gun fire ▁with ▁police ▁or ▁were ▁intention ally ▁s lain . ▁Several ▁sch ol ars ▁and ▁document aries ▁assert ▁that ▁Ham pton ' s ▁killing ▁was ▁a ▁political ▁assass ination ▁perpet r ated ▁by ▁Chicago ▁police ▁with ▁help ▁from ▁the ▁F BI . ▁▁ ▁Michael ▁Newton ▁is ▁among ▁those ▁writers ▁who ▁have ▁concluded ▁that ▁Ham pton ▁was ▁assass in ated . ▁In ▁his ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁book ▁Un sol ved ▁Civil ▁Rights ▁Mur der ▁C ases , ▁