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 9 a.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…

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