Who said the picket folks had anything to do with the community?
Well, the picketing and protests were organized and lead by a local black man who lives in Houston and goes by the name of "Quanell X".
His family converted to Islam, and joined Louis Farrakhan's "Nation of Islam". He became a local activist for them in the Houston area in the early '90's. However, he was eventually excommunicated by the Nation of Islam, after going on local TV so many times and trying to incite violence, and making hateful speeches that brought a lot of negative publicity. Here is an example of one of his statements he made back then in 1995:
"I say to Jewish America: Get ready … knuckle up, put your boots on, because we're ready and the war is going down. … The real deal is this: Black youth do not want a relationship with the Jewish community or the mainstream white community or the foot shuffling, head-bowing, knee bobbing black community. … All you Jews can go straight to hell."
After the Nation of Islam threw him out, he organized a Black paramilitary group that he called : Mental Freedom Obtains Independence. The group's purpose was to prepare for the coming war against whites and Jews. However, the organization became a complete failure.
He then joined the New Black Panther Party, and is now their local leader in Houston.
Here is a photo of him taken at the Joe Horn protest, with his New Black Panther Party bodyguards protecting him from the crowd:
It is ironic that the man who accused Joe Horn of being a racist, is probably really a racist himself.
Of course, there are some folks who claim that only white people can truly be racists.
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