A leader of the Black Panther party has been arrested in Harlem, NY after cops found him carrying an illegal gun.
Maruse Heath, a member of the Philadelphia chapter of the Black Panthers, was arraigned last night for gun possession, according to the NY Post.
The man who has a “kill whitey” tattoo on him was held on $75,000 bail after leaving a Black Panthers meeting in the Big Apple, where they had planned a 15th anniversary Million Man March for September 7th.
The site reports:
Heath was unjustly “jumped” by cops as he left the meeting and walked near Seventh Avenue, said his lawyer, Brad Foster, in arguing unsuccessfully for low bail.
“It is no crime to belong to the Black Panther Party,” the lawyer argued. The group does, “charity work within the local community, outreach to the homeless, and works with at-risk youth who are at risk of becoming criminals.”
“I don’t believe there’s any justification for the stop,” he added. “It’s very dark, 10:30 at night,” he said of cops’ decision to stop Heath for allegedly wearing a bulletproof vest. “They grabbed him by the shoulders and cuffed him and he was in custody.”
Damn! Sounds like some conflicting stories here. Hopefully justice is fairly served.
