I just read the accounts of the N.O. incident and now remember it vaguely--the Panthers then are Muslims, mostly or all?
No, the Muslims and the panthers were totally separate. The panthers were never that effective in New Orleans. In fact when they tried to establish themselves by doing security in the 9th ward housing projects, they did not last one night because the existing gangs, who were much tougher, ran them off.
The second shooter in the incident, whom I and many others thought we heard, was an active Muslim, and he was the mentor who really led Essex down the path to his insane hatred and explosive destructive rage.
By the way the TruTV account leaves out that there were some casualties among the police due to friendly fire in the chaos that occurred.