Warren Kimbro, a former Black Panther shown in this 1974 photo, saw himself as proof that prison works.
Warren Kimbro’s coffin was covered by an American flag. Wafts of hot, steamy air enveloped the sanctuary room where the coffin lay, in the Beulah Heights First Pentecostal Church on Orchard Street. A video screen showcased pictures — fragments of his life as a father, an activist, a Black Panther.
Warren Kimbro, who spent decades giving back to the community he so famously stirred after killing a fellow Black Panther and prompting the headline-grabbing New Haven Black Panther trials, died late Tuesday at Yale-New Haven Hospital. He was 74 and lived in Hamden.
