▁conference ▁the ▁next ▁day , ▁the ▁police ▁announced ▁the ▁arrest ▁team ▁had ▁been ▁attacked ▁by ▁the ▁" vi ol ent " ▁and ▁" ext rem ely ▁v icious " ▁Pan thers ▁and ▁had ▁def ended ▁themselves ▁accordingly . ▁In ▁a ▁second ▁press ▁conference ▁on ▁December ▁ 8 , ▁the ▁police ▁leadership ▁pra ised ▁the ▁assault ▁team ▁for ▁their ▁" remark able ▁rest raint ", ▁" bra very ", ▁and ▁" prof essional ▁discipline " ▁in ▁not ▁killing ▁all ▁the ▁Pan thers ▁present . ▁Phot ographic ▁evidence ▁was ▁presented ▁of ▁" bullet ▁holes " ▁alleg edly ▁made ▁by ▁sh ots ▁fired ▁by ▁the ▁Pan thers , ▁but ▁this ▁was ▁soon ▁challeng ed ▁by ▁rep or ters . ▁( The ▁Chicago ▁Trib une ▁initially ▁published ▁these ▁photos ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁the ▁police ▁action .) ▁An ▁internal ▁investigation ▁was ▁undert aken , ▁and ▁the ▁assault ▁team ▁was ▁ex on er ated ▁of ▁any ▁wrong do ing . ▁ ▁Ham pton ' s ▁fun eral ▁was ▁attended ▁by ▁ 5 , 0 0 0 ▁people , ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁e ul og ized ▁by ▁black ▁leaders , ▁such ▁as ▁J esse ▁Jackson ▁and ▁Ralph ▁A bern ath y , ▁Martin ▁Luther ▁King ' s ▁successor ▁as ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁Southern ▁Christian ▁Le ad ership ▁Conference . ▁In ▁his ▁e ul ogy , ▁Jackson ▁noted ▁that ▁" when ▁Fred ▁was ▁shot ▁in ▁Chicago , ▁black ▁people ▁in ▁particular , ▁and ▁decent ▁people ▁in ▁general , ▁b led ▁everywhere ." ▁On ▁December ▁ 6 , ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁We