Fred Hampton, deputy chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, was born on August 30, 1948 and raised in the Chicago suburb of Maywood, Illinois. In high school he excelled in academics and athletics. After Hampton graduated from high school, he enrolled in a pre-law program at Triton Junior College in River Grove, Illinois. Hampton also became involved in the civil rights movement, joining his local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). His dynamic leadership and organizational skills in the branch enabled him to rise to the position of Youth Council President. Hampton mobilized a racially integrated group of five hundred young people who successfully lobbied city officials to create better academic services and recreational facilities for African American children.
In 1968, Hampton joined the Black Panther Party (BPP), headquartered in Oakland, California. Using his NAACP experience, he soon headed the Chicago chapter. During his brief BPP tenure, Hampton formed a “Rainbow Coalition” which included Students for a Democratic Society, the Blackstone Rangers, a street gang and the National Young Lords, a Puerto Rican organization. Hampton was also successful in negotiating a gang truce on local television.
In an effort to neutralize the Chicago BPP, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Chicago Police Department placed the chapter under heavy surveillance and conducted several harassment campaigns. In 1969, several BPP members and police officers were either injured or killed in shootouts, and over one hundred local members of the BPP were arrested.
During an early morning police raid of the BPP headquarters at 2337 W. Monroe Street on December 4, 1969, twelve officers opened fire, killing the 21-year-old Hampton and Peoria, Illinois Panther leader Mark Clark. Police also seriously wounded four other Panther members. Many in the Chicago African American community were outraged over the raid and what they saw as the unnecessary deaths of Hampton and Clark. Over 5,000 people attended Hampton’s funeral where Reverends Ralph Abernathy and Jesse Jackson of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference eulogized the slain activist. Years later, law enforcement officials admitted wrongdoing in the killing of Hampton and Clark. In 1990, and later in 2004, the Chicago City Council passed resolutions commemorating December 4 as Fred Hampton Day.
Why the US government murdered Fred Hampton
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How long of a period of not-bleeding do you think I need to wait before i can feel less panic about my thumb needing stitches?
If you can't/won't go to the ER or a "doc in a box" tomorrow...
6~12 hours as my best guess from all the times I've seriously cut myself with knives and saw blades.
Bandage your cut finger up and then lightly tape it to a non injured finger and then get some pop sickle sticks or thick cardboard cut to a proper size to make a splint to keep those two fingers straight and give your wounded finger some protection. (Every time I cut up my hand I find that I'll constantly smack things that open up the cut.) Do an image search for "finger splint" to get an idea of what you're trying to make.
You're going to need to change the bandage pretty much every time it gets soaked through with blood, gets wet (from hand washing and stuff), etc. Gauze pads and medical tape will do a better job for the first week or so than the tiny adhesive bandages. Try to keep some first aid ointment on the pads that touch your wound. It should help keep the scabs from becoming one with the gauze.
When changing out bandages, have warm water at the ready for when you get to any sections of bandage that are hard to remove where blood has dried. Soak the area and gently rub on the bandage to slowly break up the dried blood. I've found this does a decent job of reducing the chance of opening up the wound, and when the wound does open backup it only opens up a little.
If there are any farm supply stores or larger pet stores with a decent veterinary supply section, look for "blood stop powder". It does exactly what it says on the tin so long as you aren't trying to stop arterial bleeding. You can add some of that to the cleaned wound when you're changing bandages.
Thanks for taking the time and effort to write this up for me. I went to urgent care and they stitched it up and gave me a TDaP shot
Thankfully i didn't cut to the bone, or to the tendons, I was so incredibly worried I did. He said that I could have maybe used liquid bandage type stuff but that it would have been a pain to use and he'd have tried other things first