The political component in the Hinman murder
Given that two clues left at the Hinman crime scene--the words "Political Piggy" written in blood on the wall, and a half-burnt pile of what was described as 'political tracts' found on the floor of the house--you'd think the detectives would have investigated the victim's political beliefs and activities, Though there is no evidence they ever did.
Other clues also brought up the political angle:
--BB returns to the scene to remove the word 'political' from the wall
www.cielodrive.com/manson-case-files/BOX-59b.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2toa2FqipsXsGa3-DrBD3DfKGhTkwL0lsx-KT3v2wUWkVZgNjP1KHVCv8
box 59b pg493of1120 Ella Jo Bailey testimony:
"The words "Political piggy" was written on the wall and later Charles Manson told them that they were going to have to take the word "Political" off the words."
--A zine called "the Maotist" found by detectives in the mailbox at Hinman's house
Beausoleil trial, Nov 14, 1969
Witness sees copy of "Maotist Review" in Hinman's mailbox.
"... It is a paper, that's got the views of Mao Tse Tung on it. ... This is the Chinese Communist philosophy."
cielodrive.com/bobby-beausoleil-parole-hearing-2005.php
Hinman was known to associate frequently with radical militant
(indiscernible) on the UCLA campus and Beausoleil decided to try to
make it look as though Hinman had been killed by some of these other
associates by burning some of Hinman's Marxist newspapers on the floor,
and by drawing 'political pig' on the wall in the victim's blood.
web.archive.org/web/20140209204015/http://truthontatelabianca.com/threads/true-detective-1970.2881/
DeCarlo said that for several days before the death of Hinman he had overheard conversation between Beausoleil and Manson in which they referred to Hinman as a "political pig who should die."
www.mansonblog.com/search/label/Mary%20Brunner
...during Bobby's 2010 parole hearing he told the board that the reason he put blame on black people is because he wanted to blame the murder on some of the "radical" people that Gary Hinman was involved with at UCLA. He also told the board that Gary was involved with black people that were radicals, and that he (Gary) was into radical philosophies, etc.
www.bardachreports.com/articles/oa_19811100.htm
Gary Hinman, had been a hippie renaissance figure in the '60s: a Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at U.C.L.A., a political activist...
cielodrive.com/bobby-beausoleil-parole-hearing-2008.php
DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY SEQUEIRA: And why would the inmate(BB) tell the police that he bought it(the stolen Fiat) from a Black man?
INMATE BEAUSOLEIL: Possibly for the same reason that I tried to make it look like it was a Black Panther -- the Black Panther Party ... had problems with Gary.
http://www.cielodrive.com/bobby-beausoleil-trial-11-14-69-am.php#gk
Glen Krell testimony
A: He(Hinman) was very close to a Ph.D. in political science at U.C.L.A. ,,, He was very firm, and I believe he would have stood by his convictions to the point of death, and he had very firm political beliefs.
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Now I don't think Gary's politics were the motive for his murder, though that may have contributed to Charlie's dislike of Hinman generally. To me the most interesting thing is the way both Manson and the LASO seemed to want to avoid this topic altogether.
There is a good possibility that the Gary Hinman name may have come to the attention of the various government agencies --the LAPD, the FBI, the CIA, Army Counter-Intelligence--due to his radical leftist beliefs. Especially if he was an activist, and especially if he associated with the Black Panthers, who were being intensely surveilled.
It should be noted the Nicherin Shoshu Buddhist Temple that Gary had joined was bugged by the FBI at the Rancho Cucamonga main temple(for their anti-nuclear weapons stance).
Were the powers-that-be worried that going down this road would expose a sensitive national security operation that consisted of illegally keeping files on US citizens based solely on their political beliefs? Could Gary Hinman even have been under surveillance by these agencies in July of '69?
