Posted on 06/23/2013 1:39:19 PM PDT by NotYourAverageDhimmi
A New Black Panther Party leader with the words kill whitey tattooed on his face has been busted for allegedly carrying a loaded and unlicensed gun, according to the New York Post.
Maruse Heath, also known as King Salim Shabazz, the head of the New Black Panther Party Philadelphia chapter, was arrested in New York City Thursday night after police spotted him allegedly wearing a large ballistic vest. Officers then allegedly found the .25-caliber gun.
Heath, 41, had been leaving a New Black Panther Party planning meeting, the Post reported. A source told the newspaper his first phone call in custody was to New Black Panther Party national leader Malik Zulu Shabazz.
Heath was the New Black Panther Party member wearing a paramilitary uniform and carrying a baton in the infamous 2008 election video shot in front of a Philadelphia polling place.
During Heaths arraignment Friday, his attorney argued that police jumped him without justification as he was leaving the meeting.
It is no crime to belong to the Black Panther Party, attorney Brad Foster said, according to the newspaper. He added that the New Black Panthers do charity work within the local community, outreach to the homeless, and works with at-risk youth who are at risk of becoming criminals.
But the prosecutor said Heath was stopped because he was wearing a large, obvious ballistic vest.
He was stopped, and a loaded handgun was taken from his pocket, prosecutor Christopher Ryan said.
Heath faces a minimum three-and-a-half-year sentence if convicted of possessing the gun. Hes due back in court June 26 to find out if hell face charges of gun possession and illegally wearing body armor, the Post reported. He is being held in lieu of $75,000 bail.
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He’s only 5’4”, 125lbs. He’s too small to hold a man’s gun.
He suffers from bandy rooster syndrome as well as an uncontrollable hatred for anything white.
Its called lifetime parole. If you don't like the sentencing for crime, work to change the laws. There is no such thing as paying ones debt via being in prison. Anyone who commits a violent crime is likely a danger to others the rest of their lives, or so the recidivism tables tell us.
I didn’t know wearing a bullet proof vest was a crime.
Is that just a NYC thing? Where the heck did that come from?
So is wearing a ballistic vest a crime in NYC?
“works with at-risk youth who are at risk of becoming criminals.
Racist thugs working with at risk youth, sure, that will keep them out of jail.
You mean this nice young fellow was arrested?!
The left promotes this kind of hate.
To paraphrase Patton, "Only a pimp from a cheap New Orleans whorehouse would carry a .25 Auto"
This is a joke! With an SKS, one of the most notoriously inaccurate “rifles” in world history? This is Holder’s “citizen militia?” ROTFL!
This is probably “an opinion” according to liberals. It would be hate speech if certain other groups targeted and did the targeting.
“Go get a KILL WHITEY tat on your noggin and see how quick youre found guilty of a hate crime.”
my exact thought.
And Paula Deen is being crucified for saying the “N” word in the privacy of her own home.
And it appears, many decades ago.
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