LeRoi Jones = Amari Baraka
Yes, and befriended by the Beats. When he was indicted for firearms violation (riding in the back seat of an open convertible with his handgun seen by police who stopped the driver during the 1967 Newark riots) the internationally famous poet Allen Ginsberg who was Jewish, came to his defense in court.
1960s LeRoi Jones quote: "....and suggesting that cops should be killed and have their 'tongues pulled out and sent to Ireland."
June, 1979 police came to intervene as he was beating his wife in a car. He then assaulted the police. He told a different story but the jury convicted him and he was sentenced to 90 days in Riker's Island prison.
.... it was noted by his lawyer that if he was kept in prison, "he would be unable to attend a reception at the White House in honor of American poets." Baraka's appeal continued up to the State Supreme Court.
His wife made statements on his behalf and stated "Fascism is coming and soon the secret police will shoot our children down in the streets."
The judge ruled against him but allowed him to serve in prison only on weekends and continue teaching college on weekdays. Sources, Wikipedia, law.justia.com, others under search for arrest and trial of leroi jones. Fascinating.