BATON ROUGE – Baton Rouge residents gathered Saturday afternoon to form the newest chapter of the New Black Panther Party.
The New Black Panthers arrived in Baton Rouge last Saturday to protest the officer-involved shooting death of 37-year-old Alton Sterling. Two videos of the shooting sparked national outcry and protests across Baton Rouge.
Jerald Justice said the group was approached by local residents like Edwin Smith to help establish a Baton Rouge chapter.
“It is time for new leadership and a new organization to step forward in Baton Rouge,” Smith said. “I feel like the New Black Panther Party is the organization that can bring new leadership to Baton Rouge.”
Founders met Saturday to formally establish the chapter as well as gather names for new members. WBRZ News 2’s Earl Phelps was able to briefly attend the event on the condition that he does not reveal the meeting’s location.
“With the help of the New Black Panther Party, these members should be able to handle any or everything in their city,” Justice said.
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5 comments:
They would be happier and more content by joining Bikers for Trump.
New black panthers are trying to intimidate communities. They didn't learn from the 60s failure so now they're bent on failing again. People aren't impressed with dissidence regardless of race.
Insight more hate - that's the WAY into one's heart.
Love sure is in abundance these days!
SHEESH!
Black Panthers are a terrorist organization.
From what I have read, most people are leaving Baton Rouge, and not the BP have given them one more reason to leave the area.
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