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Friday, September 26, 2008
NBBP Members Subjects of Police Brutality In NY: RBG Documentation and Action Alert
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEW PANTHERS IN COURT FRIDAY!
On Friday, September 26th, two of the five members of the New Black Panther Party who faced arrest after the police attack on Sunday’s Harlem Day Parade, will be in court to answer the charges they have been faced with.
They will appear at 100 Centre Street, Part F, in Manhattan at 9a.m.
“The community should pack the court for these young warriors who put themselves on the line in their defense,” insisted Sis. Khadijah X of the Party’s Brooklyn chapter.
Sis. Khadijah’s son, Hannibal, was among those arrested and will be in court on Friday.
This past Sunday, the New York City Police Department, in a reckless and outrageous expression of police abuse,senselessly attacked the New Black Panther Party’s contingent in the highly regarded annual Harlem Day Parade. The incident resulted in five members of the Party being arrested and several officers sustaining injuries.
The appears to have been set off by the unwarranted pushing of a Panther who was doing nothing more than keeping his contingent in line as they were marching in formation up 135th Street by a police officer. The behavior of the police infuriated participants and spectators alike and could have easily degenerated into a full-fledged riot where scores of people could have been hurt on both sides. The five Panthers arrested, whom the community is now calling the ‘Harlem 5,’ are now facing charges ranging from disorderly conduct to assaulting a police officer.
This coming Sunday, September 28th, there will a community-based critical review of the incident at the Harlem chapter’s weekly meeting. This will take place at the National Black Theatre, on the corner of 5th Avenue and 126th Street at 12 noon , and there will be a speak out on the streets immediately afterwards in front of the Harlem State Office building after Sunday’s meeting about 2p.m.. They are being guided every step of the way by their national chairman attorney Malik Zulu Shabazz and have vowed to continue to “raise hell,” in his language. Any witnesses to the incident are especially encouraged to come out and participate in the dialogue.
For more information, please call 917-420-8662…
They will appear at 100 Centre Street, Part F, in Manhattan at 9a.m.
“The community should pack the court for these young warriors who put themselves on the line in their defense,” insisted Sis. Khadijah X of the Party’s Brooklyn chapter.
Sis. Khadijah’s son, Hannibal, was among those arrested and will be in court on Friday.
This past Sunday, the New York City Police Department, in a reckless and outrageous expression of police abuse,senselessly attacked the New Black Panther Party’s contingent in the highly regarded annual Harlem Day Parade. The incident resulted in five members of the Party being arrested and several officers sustaining injuries.
The appears to have been set off by the unwarranted pushing of a Panther who was doing nothing more than keeping his contingent in line as they were marching in formation up 135th Street by a police officer. The behavior of the police infuriated participants and spectators alike and could have easily degenerated into a full-fledged riot where scores of people could have been hurt on both sides. The five Panthers arrested, whom the community is now calling the ‘Harlem 5,’ are now facing charges ranging from disorderly conduct to assaulting a police officer.
This coming Sunday, September 28th, there will a community-based critical review of the incident at the Harlem chapter’s weekly meeting. This will take place at the National Black Theatre, on the corner of 5th Avenue and 126th Street at 12 noon , and there will be a speak out on the streets immediately afterwards in front of the Harlem State Office building after Sunday’s meeting about 2p.m.. They are being guided every step of the way by their national chairman attorney Malik Zulu Shabazz and have vowed to continue to “raise hell,” in his language. Any witnesses to the incident are especially encouraged to come out and participate in the dialogue.
For more information, please call 917-420-8662…
RBGStreetScholar Postscript
Thursday, September 25, 2008
THE MURDER OF FRED HAMPTON (1971) A Documentary Film and RBG Commentary
What's the most efficient way to deal with a 'freedom fighting revolutionary' who has a growing following? That's easy. Kill him! Unfortunately, we're not discussing some old Rambo knock-off, but instead a riveting b&w documentary that focuses on the short life of Fred Hampton, the founder of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, who, at the age of 21, was assassinated by a FBI-organized unit of the Chicago Police Department as he lay face down in his bed. The charismatic young activist's life and work is a powerful revolutionary lesson, as he rallied the people to rebel against the oppressive power structure and educates supporters that if a "pig" gets in their way, simply pull your gun and "blow him away."
Chairman Fred and the Panthers establishing free clinics and pre-school 
meals in poor neighborhoods, setting up a mock trial, discussing politics, being accused of an ice cream truck robbery (which led to a 25-year prison sentence for Hampton!), arming themselves in case of attack, and happily celebrating when cops are shot during a raid on their HQ. Hampton's death occured in the pre-dawn moments of December 4, 1969, when the police fired 99 rounds into his apartment. We witness footage of the crime scene, Fred's blood-soaked mattress, bullet-riddled walls, plus Hampton's funeral, even as the police claim that the occupants shot first (though there isn't one bullet hole in their direction to prove it) and the corporate media mindlessly regurgitates this propaganda. Although doctors, experts, reporters, eye witnesses, and even the physical evidence refute all of these police "facts," a piece of shit State's Attorney named Edward V. Hanrahan commends the cops for their use of deadly force and pigheadedly stands by every lie. Gosh, I'm surprised the guy isn't part of the Bush administration nowadays. Sure, it's biased, but with damned good reason. This scalding, thought-provoking, 89-minute film opens viewers' eyes to a socio-political movement rarely covered fairly by the media and demonized by the government and police. And unbeknownst to anyone at the time, one of the Panther's own members, William O'Neal, was actually a traitorous FBI informant who helped coordinate Hampton's murder. An open-minded portrait of the Black Panther Party. Chairman Fred provided an intelligent and passionate voice to our people during the height of times when our voice was unheard and ignored.
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