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FIRST ON FOX: Washington, D.C., activist Malik Shabazz, whose past controversial statements have included antisemitic and anti-White rhetoric, is calling on gang members and “hardcore men” to unite in opposition to the Trump administration’s crackdown on crime in the nation’s capital city.
In an August Facebook post, Shabazz, who is an attorney and one of the leading figures resisting the Trump administration’s crackdown, called on gang members to come to a ceasefire and “see the real enemy.”
“We are calling on all GANG MEMBERS and hardcore men in the community to a CEASE FIRE against each other; and to see the real enemy; and now come to the table. We are the men you can trust.”
Shabazz is the former chairman of the New Black Panther Party and founder of Black Lawyers for Justice, a law firm that has pledged to sue National Guard troops and officers from the Washington Metropolitan Police for “illegal activities” participating in the Trump administration’s crackdown, according to local outlet ABC 7 News.
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Washington, D.C., activist Malik Shabazz is calling on gang members and “hardcore men” to unite in opposition to the Trump administration’s federal takeover of the nation’s capital city. (Todd Maisel/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
The outlet reported Shabazz claiming that “the Constitutional rights and human rights of D.C. residents are being routinely violated by National Guard and MPD officers seeking to carry out President Trump’s illegal orders.”
“The 4th Amendment is being trampled upon daily at these illegal checkpoints and other random locations by these rogue guardsmen and officers. Black Lawyers for Justice is calling on the public to step forward and seek legal help,” the outlet reported Shabazz saying.
According to another Facebook post, Shabazz is holding a “legal rights/community meeting on the National Guard” in D.C. on Thursday evening.
“Tonight’s Meeting at the Anacostia Library is Tactical,” Shabazz wrote on Facebook Thursday. “We must have a United Front to meet the threat in DC and Maryland and we need Allies and Leaders with the skills to handle this threat.”
In another Thursday post, Shabazz expressed disdain over an unidentified group allegedly calling on him to “meet with Donald Trump or his officials.” His post continued by quoting the Bible, which said, “Get Thee Behind me Satan,”…
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