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Quanell X, community leader and head of the New Black Panthers, is probably a good ally to have on your side if you're a crime victim. After all, the man quite obviously knows how to grab headlines. His innate showmanship -- that keen ability to lure in the media -- is what helps him bring attention to cases that aren't as visible in the first place. (SNIP) But in the other case -- the rape of an 11-year-old Hispanic girl by a group of 21 African-American men in Cleveland, Texas, in 2011 -- the young girl was very much the...

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in Houston on Monday to protest against the acquittal of George Zimmerman, but what started as a peaceful rally turned terrifying for one woman who claims she was assaulted while trying to get her daughter to the hospital. “I looked up and I see all the protesters, they’re everywhere,” said Georgia, who asked Click 2 Houston that her last name not be used. “So, we got into the traffic and they’re stopping us and not letting us go.” Police told the station that protesters spilled into the road, blocking traffic for about 15...

Michael Jackson's Doc office in Houston being raided as we post. DEA and HPD. Crowd gathering. QX should be there any minute. (sarcasim)

EAST COUNTY - Activist Quannell X and dozens of supporters converged Sunday on a Porter neighborhood where on Nov. 29 Gary Southworth, a white property owner, shot and killed Rodney Shamlin, a black man. Advertisement They arrived in Porter around 3 p.m. in SUVs, on motorcycles and on horseback, gathering at a nearby school before following Quannell X down West Hammond Drive to the property where Southworth shot Shamlin in the chest. Quannell walked with Rodney Shamlin's father, Lenard, and widow, Trina, to the property, where the crime scene tape was still strung. "Brother Rodney Earl Shamlin was not some...