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Black Panther Party. and Pearson International Airport

Pearson International Airport: Freeman returned home from the United States Wednesday night, more than a year after a judge ruled he was wrongly labeled a terrorist and unfairly linked to the now-defunct Black Panther Party. , according to Hamilton Spectator. The former Toronto librarian assistant arrived at Pearson International Airport, hours after he received word that he was granted a temporary resident permit after several unsuccessful attempts. After years of legal turmoil, Douglas Gary Freeman is finally back in the arms of his family in Mississauga. His homecoming marks another chapter in a 45-year saga that began when he was a teenager. Now a grandfather, his ordeal includes living decades as a fugitive, almost four years behind bars in Toronto Don Jail as he fought extradition to the U.S., and nearly seven years of fighting to return to Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.