Old Texan
08-03-2007, 07:59 AM
Perusing the article about the prison transfer of 60's radical H. Rap Brown now known as Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, makes me wonder how close these people are to the likes of say, al-Quaeda? Brown/Amin's history is one of great dissension for the "system" and declarations such as "violence is as American as cherry pie."
This man was part of the protest generation's Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committe of the 60's-70's and his following, though not as apparent and vocal, is still alive and well, as evidenced by: He later emerged as a leader of one of the nation's largest black Muslim groups, the National Ummah. The movement, which has formed 36 mosques around the nation, has been credited with revitalizing poverty-stricken pockets such as Atlanta's West End, where Al-Amin owned a grocery store.
"They" have always said "it can't happen here....", but when you have grassroots organizations led by men like H. Rap Brown you better be wary. bin Laden has done most of his recruiting from Islamic student disidents that lack any ambitions but to change the world to their slanted perspectives and Brown/Amin's followers very well fit the mold, they just gettheir money from the street rather than from rich oil endowments.
It would be interesting to hear the "truth" from Nancy Pelosi and John kerry for instance on how they view Brown and his like today. Maybe even hear what Jane Fonda and her ex Tom Hayden have to say. They all shared many of the same principles of Revolution back in the day, I wonder how many of those principles remain????
Here's the whole article:
1960s Militant Moved to Federal Custody
Published: 8/3/07, 10:25 AM EDT
By GREG BLUESTEIN
ATLANTA (AP) - A 1960s black militant sentenced to life for killing a deputy in 2000 has been transferred into federal custody because his high-profile status presented "unique issues," Georgia corrections officials said.
State officials decided they were no longer equipped to handle Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, who gained fame when he was a Black Panthers leader known as H. Rap Brown, corrections spokeswoman Yolanda Thompson said Thursday.
She said nothing specific triggered the move. "We assess our inmate population daily, and we assess the needs of our inmates," Thompson said. "This is an ongoing case, involving the best interest of our overall population. And he's a very high-profile inmate."
Al-Amin, 63, was taken to the Federal Bureau of Prisons' transfer center in Oklahoma on Wednesday, said Felicia Ponce, a bureau spokeswoman. He remained there Friday.
Al-Amin is serving a life sentence without parole for the March 2000 shooting death of Fulton County Sheriff's Deputy Ricky Kinchen.
Kinchen, 38, was killed and his partner, Aldranon English, was wounded when they went to serve a warrant to Al-Amin. The warrant was for failing to appear in court to face charges of driving a stolen car and impersonating a police officer.
Al-Amin was captured in Alabama four days later. He was convicted in 2002.
His family and friends have claimed that state prison wardens mistreated Al-Amin. Two years ago, supporters protested outside the prison system headquarters, claiming that Al-Amin was being subjected to solitary confinement 23 hours a day and forced to submit to humiliating strip searches in front of female guards.
A state prison spokesman had said Al-Amin was under lockdown because of his security risk level, which is based on an inmate's criminal history and behavior in prison. The spokesman denied that Al-Amin would be subjected to strip searches in front of female guards.
Many still know Al-Amin as H. Rap Brown, the radical who served as a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. In 1967, he famously said that violence was "as American as cherry pie."
Brown changed his name when he converted to the Dar-ul Islam movement in the 1970s while serving a five-year sentence for his role in a robbery that ended in a shootout with New York police.
He later emerged as a leader of one of the nation's largest black Muslim groups, the National Ummah. The movement, which has formed 36 mosques around the nation, has been credited with revitalizing poverty-stricken pockets such as Atlanta's West End, where Al-Amin owned a grocery store.
This man was part of the protest generation's Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committe of the 60's-70's and his following, though not as apparent and vocal, is still alive and well, as evidenced by: He later emerged as a leader of one of the nation's largest black Muslim groups, the National Ummah. The movement, which has formed 36 mosques around the nation, has been credited with revitalizing poverty-stricken pockets such as Atlanta's West End, where Al-Amin owned a grocery store.
"They" have always said "it can't happen here....", but when you have grassroots organizations led by men like H. Rap Brown you better be wary. bin Laden has done most of his recruiting from Islamic student disidents that lack any ambitions but to change the world to their slanted perspectives and Brown/Amin's followers very well fit the mold, they just gettheir money from the street rather than from rich oil endowments.
It would be interesting to hear the "truth" from Nancy Pelosi and John kerry for instance on how they view Brown and his like today. Maybe even hear what Jane Fonda and her ex Tom Hayden have to say. They all shared many of the same principles of Revolution back in the day, I wonder how many of those principles remain????
Here's the whole article:
1960s Militant Moved to Federal Custody
Published: 8/3/07, 10:25 AM EDT
By GREG BLUESTEIN
ATLANTA (AP) - A 1960s black militant sentenced to life for killing a deputy in 2000 has been transferred into federal custody because his high-profile status presented "unique issues," Georgia corrections officials said.
State officials decided they were no longer equipped to handle Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, who gained fame when he was a Black Panthers leader known as H. Rap Brown, corrections spokeswoman Yolanda Thompson said Thursday.
She said nothing specific triggered the move. "We assess our inmate population daily, and we assess the needs of our inmates," Thompson said. "This is an ongoing case, involving the best interest of our overall population. And he's a very high-profile inmate."
Al-Amin, 63, was taken to the Federal Bureau of Prisons' transfer center in Oklahoma on Wednesday, said Felicia Ponce, a bureau spokeswoman. He remained there Friday.
Al-Amin is serving a life sentence without parole for the March 2000 shooting death of Fulton County Sheriff's Deputy Ricky Kinchen.
Kinchen, 38, was killed and his partner, Aldranon English, was wounded when they went to serve a warrant to Al-Amin. The warrant was for failing to appear in court to face charges of driving a stolen car and impersonating a police officer.
Al-Amin was captured in Alabama four days later. He was convicted in 2002.
His family and friends have claimed that state prison wardens mistreated Al-Amin. Two years ago, supporters protested outside the prison system headquarters, claiming that Al-Amin was being subjected to solitary confinement 23 hours a day and forced to submit to humiliating strip searches in front of female guards.
A state prison spokesman had said Al-Amin was under lockdown because of his security risk level, which is based on an inmate's criminal history and behavior in prison. The spokesman denied that Al-Amin would be subjected to strip searches in front of female guards.
Many still know Al-Amin as H. Rap Brown, the radical who served as a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. In 1967, he famously said that violence was "as American as cherry pie."
Brown changed his name when he converted to the Dar-ul Islam movement in the 1970s while serving a five-year sentence for his role in a robbery that ended in a shootout with New York police.
He later emerged as a leader of one of the nation's largest black Muslim groups, the National Ummah. The movement, which has formed 36 mosques around the nation, has been credited with revitalizing poverty-stricken pockets such as Atlanta's West End, where Al-Amin owned a grocery store.