Editing Charles Manson (section)

=== Crowe shooting ===
Tex Watson became involved in [[drug dealing]]<ref name="Waxman"/> and robbed a 22-year-old rival named Bernard "Lotsapoppa" Crowe. Crowe allegedly responded with a threat to kill everyone at Spahn Ranch. In response, Manson shot Crowe on July 1, 1969, at Manson's Hollywood apartment.{{sfn|Bugliosi|Gentry|1974|pp=91–96,99–113}}{{sfn|Sanders|2002|pp=147–149}}{{sfn|Watson|1978|pp=62-63}} Manson's belief that he had killed Crowe was seemingly confirmed by a news report of the discovery of the dumped body of a [[Black Panther Party|Black Panther]] in Los Angeles.<ref name="Waxman" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-16 |title=Down the Manson Rabbit Hole |url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/down-the-manson-rabbit-hole/ |access-date=2025-04-25 |website=Los Angeles Review of Books|last=Aguirre|first=Abby|url-status=live}}</ref>

Although Crowe was not a member of the Black Panthers, Manson concluded he had been and expected retaliation from the Panthers. He turned Spahn Ranch into a defensive camp, establishing night patrols by armed guards.{{sfn|Watson|1978|pp=63-64}}{{sfn|Sanders|2002|pp=151}} Watson would later write, "Blackie was trying to get at the chosen ones."{{sfn|Watson|1978|p=63}} Manson brought in members of the Straight Satans Motorcycle Club to act as security.<ref name="Waxman">{{cite web|last=Waxman|first=Olivia B.|url=https://time.com/5633973/last-manson-interview/|title=Why Did the Manson Family Kill Sharon Tate? Here's the Story Charles Manson Told the Last Man Who Interviewed Him|work=[[Time magazine]]|date=July 26, 2019|access-date=March 5, 2022|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924061655/https://time.com/5633973/last-manson-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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