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Please sign in to post or comment.  Black supremacist leader: I’m no racistPosted by Johnny Edwards on December 26, 2008 - 3:54 AM Before marching through Cherry Tree Crossing with armed members of the New Black Panther Party – as an observing journalist, of course – I knew very little about the group. My covering the protest Monday happened spur of the moment. The day started with an assignment to cover the funeral of Justin Elmore, killed in a police shooting Dec. 14. There were about a half dozen men at the church in black uniforms. Later in the day, I got word of a press conference at the site of the shooting, which turned out to be a march of about 200 people led by those uniformed men. They had no permit and they hadn’t notified the city in advance. They marched carrying shotguns and assault rifles, alarming Cherry Tree Crossing residents and raising the ire of Richmond County Sheriff Ronnie Strength. The sheriff dispatched deputies in riot gear, and Panthers Augusta chapter Chairman Bobby Price, wanting to avoid a confrontation, had his people put away their guns and quickly wrapped up the demonstration. Back at the office that evening, under deadline pressure, a cursory Internet check of the New Black Panthers revealed they’re not part of the late Huey P. Newton’s leftist civil rights organization of the 1960s and 1970s. I called Mr. Price and confirmed that, even though his business card spells Panthers with an s, his group is part of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, a militant black supremacist group that formed in Dallas, Texas, in the late 1980s. More research the following day turned up some disturbing stuff. I found accounts of New Black Panther leaders spewing anti-Semitic, racist vitriol and inciting confrontations. These were the guys who attacked reporters outside former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney’s campaign headquarters after she lost in a 2006 runoff. Late National Chairman Khalid Abdul Muhammad called for genocide of whites and Jews. Both the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League consider the New Black Panthers a hate group, and the Huey P. Newton Foundation has called it illegitimate and denounced its hatred of whites. I interacted with Mr. Price a good deal on Monday and didn’t get a racist vibe from him. I called him again and asked more questions about the party. I read him a quote from Mr. Muhammad: “There are no good crackers, and if you find one, kill him before he changes.” “I don’t personally feel that,” Mr. Price said. “I understand that some offensive things have been said about whites and others, but that doesn’t define who we are.” Mr. Price said he wants to embolden poor blacks to emerge from the shadow of slavery and Jim Crow, and he doesn’t see where insulting whites and Jewish people fits into that. “I’m about opposing racism, and if I take flak from those who think that’s too soft, I’m OK with that,” Mr. Price said. To him, black supremacy doesn’t mean blacks are superior to other races, he said. It’s about teaching young blacks that their history goes back further than their ancestors’ arrival in slave ships, that black people founded the first human civilizations. He said he’s not anti-Jewish, but anti-Zionist because he believes in Palestine’s right to exist. Monday’s protest wasn’t about race, Mr. Price said. One of the deputies involved in the shooting is black. Mr. Price said he opposes anyone who oppresses black people. “It’s not about the color of the person’s skin,” he said. “We see it as a police brutality issue." Mr. Price said he’s been chairman of the Augusta chapter for about five years. It has seven members including him, all of whom took part in the march. New Black Panther groups often carry weapons in public appearances. The organization has staged protests over the dragging death of James Byrd in Jasper, Texas; in Jena, La., over the Jena Six controversy; and outside Duke University, where they demanded justice for a stripper who – it turned out – falsely accused three lacrosse players of rape. Hours later, as Mr. Price readied for the march, he expressed frustration with the Rev. Sharpton, accusing him of kowtowing to city and church leaders. Mr. Price said he was trying to give residents of Cherry Tree Crossing an outlet to vent their frustrations. “We’re trying to be an influence in a positive way. We’ve got to get people talking, debating the issues,” he said. “It’s giving a voice to the voiceless.” Submitted by dlively on December 27, 2008 - 4:10 AM.
“We’re trying to be an influence in a positive way. We’ve got to get people talking, debating the issues,” he said. “It’s giving a voice to the voiceless.” So... shotguns and rifles are positive, a part of talking and debating the issues? Then I guess the police were very positive with Mr. Elmore!! What you do speaks so loud I can't hear what you say, Mr. Price. Submitted by K6opsdmm on December 27, 2008 - 5:59 AM.
To him, black supremacy doesn’t mean blacks are superior to other races, he said. It’s about teaching young blacks that their history goes back further than their ancestors’ arrival in slave ships" Yes Mr. Price, You ignorant ignorant man, please teach the young blacks, how it was their ancestral tribesmen that enslaved and sold their on people into slavery. Teach them that they were slaves long before the White man ever come sailing by. Teach them to quite blaming the white man. Teach them that they will reap what ever is sown. Teach them the mindset that if laws are broken there will be consequences and repercussions. Teach them to be fathers. Teach them that 2/3 of all black children born today are born in to a single parent home. Mr. Price, fix you own before you march and complain about others. The new black panthers are a joke as are you friend. Submitted by bobbyflay on December 28, 2008 - 1:54 AM.
I want Mr. Price and his New Black Panther Party to march on Cherry Tree and every other neighborhood in this town every time a black kills a black. He get tired of marching! Unless of course he and his band of merry men (all seven) of them don't think black on black crime is a problem. Submitted by rocky2peaches on December 28, 2008 - 8:49 AM.
Mr Price is just showing his inherited ignorance. Yes it is true that blacks sold their own people first. The whites are not the cause of such sad consequences. This is the year 2008. Get on with your lives and be happy that you weren't the one who deals in drugs and sells your own children on the streets in to prostitution for your own drug habits like so many black and white of this city. The one who died did not care who he destroyed in the process of selling drugs. Go ahead and sell your kids into this financial slavery. Then ask the question of who might be in the wrong. Submitted by rocky2peaches on December 28, 2008 - 8:53 AM.
Mr Price is just showing his inherited ignorance. Yes it is true that blacks sold their own people first. The whites are not the cause of such sad consequences. This is the year 2008. Get on with your lives and be happy that you weren't the one who deals in drugs and sells your own children on the streets in to prostitution for your own drug habits like so many black and white of this city. The one who died did not care who he destroyed in the process of selling drugs. Go ahead and sell your kids into this financial slavery. Then ask the question of who might be in the wrong. Submitted by rocky2peaches on December 28, 2008 - 8:54 AM.
Mr Price is just showing his inherited ignorance. Yes it is true that blacks sold their own people first. The whites are not the cause of such sad consequences. This is the year 2008. Get on with your lives and be happy that you weren't the one who deals in drugs and sells your own children on the streets in to prostitution for your own drug habits like so many black and white of this city. The one who died did not care who he destroyed in the process of selling drugs. Go ahead and sell your kids into this financial slavery. Then ask the question of who might be in the wrong. Submitted by Justareader on December 28, 2008 - 12:28 PM.
Is there a reason rocky2peaches has the comment in as many times as she does. Rocky2peaches GROW UP. Augusta has enough racists and does not need your help keeping crap going . The New Year needs to be the YEAR of the WORLD uniting for PEACE . So all people need to keep anything negative to his or in this case herself...............Here is hoping for a PEACEFUL 2009 Submitted by nofrills on December 28, 2008 - 11:39 PM.
People of all races need to understand that we must all live together. It doesn’t matter if somebody with the same skin tone has committed a crime. Should all white people be judged because one white man does something wrong? This is a horrible trend that needs to be stopped! We must all learn to live together. Quit judging people by skin tone but judge them on their merit. I have met many white and black people who I wouldn’t give a glass of water if their lungs were on fire. I have met many white and black people who I enjoyed every minute of our time spent together. The world is hard enough on us that we need to stop putting road blocks up to hamper our journey. Somebody needs to make the first move and I for one will always extend my hand in friendship no matter what the skin tone is Submitted by loftypalmtree on December 29, 2008 - 12:43 AM.
It is the way that we speak that people judge. Not skin colour. Even Opra lost that course ethnic sound and improper word usage. Maybe Obama will be a speaking role model to the poorly spoken masses of black Americans. Submitted by joeAnne on May 25, 2009 - 1:08 PM.
He is lieing. He definitely needs to attend a drug treatment center if it is true that he is addicted to drugs. Anyway, this is what I have heard, so I am not stating this from official sources. |
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