New Black Panther Party Members Admit Planning to Kill Prosecutor, Blow Up Police Station

Two members of the New Black Panther Party who met in Ferguson during protests over Michael Brown’s death admitted to plotting to bomb a police station and kill the prosecutor involved in the case.

Olajuwon Ali Davis, 23, and Brandon Orlando Baldwin, 24, plead guilty to multiple explosive and gun related charges in federal court Tuesday.

Federal agents surveilled their phone conversations say they planned to target Robert McCulloch, the prosecutor who handled the Michael Brown grand jury, and Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson.

The plot involved blowing up cars using remotely triggered bombs and also using bombs to blow up a police station.

The men paid an undercover federal agent a total of $250 to purchase what they believed were three pipe bombs. Davis put up $100 and then paid another $150 three days later, when he met the agent to pick up his bombs. Baldwin said he was broke and needed to wait for his unemployment check to come in before he could contribute.

Davis and Baldwin were subsequently arrested last November, just days before Prosecutor McCulloch announced no charges would be filed against Officer Wilson in the death of Michael Brown. Their sentencings are scheduled for Aug. 31.