On Saturday, August 8th, 2015, a group of six Black Liberation Movement
activists were violently attacked at a downtown Atlanta hotel. The group
included members of the Free The People Movement, including their
coordinator, Kalonji Jama Changa, members of The Nation Of Gods And
Earths and Dhoruba Bin Wahad, the internationally recognized former
Black Panther Part Leader and political prisoner for nineteen years.
10 days after the incident The National Central Committee Of The New Black Panther Party released this statement.
August 18, 2015
Greetings and Black Power,
This
letter is to serve as an official statement from National Central
Committee of the New Black Panther Party for Self Defense from the
office of the National Chair Krystal Muhammad.
It
has come to the attention of the NBPP and the Nu Afrikan community that
an Elder Black Panther, Dhoruba Bin Wahad , Kalongi Jama Changa and
several other activist were subjects of assault on August 8, 2015 in
Atlanta, Ga.
during
a Black Power event hosted by Hashim Nzinga. We do not condone the use
of excessive force on any Nu Afrikan or human being ESPECIALLY an
elder.
For
the record Malik Zulu Shabazz is not the leader of the New Black
Panther Party as of October 2013 when he resigned his post as NBPP
National Chair and called for the election of a new National Central
Committee of the NBPP. A national summit was then called for Nov 30 –
Dec 1, 2013 in Atlanta, Ga.
Days
after Malik's resignation he then got on public blogtalk radio and
called for martial law on the NBPP and for calling off the elections. He
then went on to say he was appointing Hashim Nzinga as National Chair
and a few other officers as owning the NBPP into perpetuity. Despite
Malik’s counter-revolutionary declaration , a national NBPP Summit was
convened November 30 – Dec 1, 2013 in Atlanta, Ga . The NBPP leadership
and rank and file members held an Nu Afrikan democratically centered
election. As a result , Krystal Muhammad was elected as National Chair
and a new National Central Committee.
As
stated previously , we the New Black Panther Party for Self Defense do
not condone the use of excessive force on any New African or human being
ESPECIALLY an elder . Furthermore none of the members of our formation
were involved or present during this unfortunate incident. Black Power!
Sincerely,
Krystal Muhammad, NBPP National Chair
Bobby Johnson, NBPP National Minister of Defense
Sharif Amenhotep, NBPP National Field Marshall
Nat Turner, NBPP National Minister of Information
Leonardo Muhammad, NBPP National Spokesman
David X, NBPP National Minister of Communication
Queen Sheena, NBPP National Director of Community Programs
Khadijah Shakur, NBPP National Minister of Health
Keisha X, NBPP National Minister of Finance
Jumoke Ifentayo, NBPP National Minister of Culture
Queen Azania, NBPP Deputy National Field Marshall
Zayid Muhammad, NBPP National Minister of Culture, Emeritus
