ChicagoAvenger
05-16-2010, 08:14 AM
Quanell X Clarifies Harsh Warning
Updated: Thursday, 13 May 2010, 6:30 PM CDT
Published : Thursday, 13 May 2010, 6:30 PM CDT
BELLAIRE, Texas - "If you shoot one more black man in cold blood, your city will go up in flames."
The harsh warning from community activist Quanell X rang out during Wednesday's protest outside the Bellaire Police Department.
The words quickly made their way to the internet, sparking a lot of debate within the community, and now Quanell is explaining what he meant.
"I am not a foolish man," he said. "I wouldn't make such a direct threat like that."
Quanell says his words were meant to warn, not threaten, the community of Bellaire.
"If they don't do something to stop the issue of police excessive force, misconduct and brutality involving black and brown men, the word on the street that I'm getting from so many young brothers is that they're ready to take it to the streets," he said.
It was in Bellaire back on December 23, 2008 that Sgt. Jeff Cotton, a 10-year police veteran, shot a young, black aspiring baseball player.
Robbie Tolan, the son of a former major leaguer, was shot in his parents' driveway, after police mistakenly thought he was rummaging through a stolen car.( What is the entire story?)
On Tuesday, a Harris County jury cleared cotton of all criminal wrong doing in connection with the shooting.
Quanell says the "not guilty" verdict has enraged many in the black community.
"I'm warning the young brothers not to do it (retaliate) because we're burning down our own communities. We're destroying our own stores. Let's not do it that way. Let's do it a better way," Quanell said.
Even if he had meant to threaten the community, FOX 26 legal analyst Chris Tritico says, legally, Quanell didn't do anything wrong.
"What Quanell said is really protected by the first amendment because he didn't call for immediate action," Tritico said.
While the words, "your city will go up in flames," seem jarring, this community activist insists, they were meant to call attention to a problem that's brewing.(What if a White community activist made a statement
as: "If nigger crime does not stop, your hoods will go up in flames?)
"If you look at the L.A. riots, if you look at the riots in St. Louis, in Miami and Detroit, the warning signs are all over the place here in Houston," he said.
Regardless of how anyone interprets this radical nigger boy's
statement, I consider it a threat!
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/local/100513-quanell-x-clarifies-harsh-warning
Updated: Thursday, 13 May 2010, 6:30 PM CDT
Published : Thursday, 13 May 2010, 6:30 PM CDT
BELLAIRE, Texas - "If you shoot one more black man in cold blood, your city will go up in flames."
The harsh warning from community activist Quanell X rang out during Wednesday's protest outside the Bellaire Police Department.
The words quickly made their way to the internet, sparking a lot of debate within the community, and now Quanell is explaining what he meant.
"I am not a foolish man," he said. "I wouldn't make such a direct threat like that."
Quanell says his words were meant to warn, not threaten, the community of Bellaire.
"If they don't do something to stop the issue of police excessive force, misconduct and brutality involving black and brown men, the word on the street that I'm getting from so many young brothers is that they're ready to take it to the streets," he said.
It was in Bellaire back on December 23, 2008 that Sgt. Jeff Cotton, a 10-year police veteran, shot a young, black aspiring baseball player.
Robbie Tolan, the son of a former major leaguer, was shot in his parents' driveway, after police mistakenly thought he was rummaging through a stolen car.( What is the entire story?)
On Tuesday, a Harris County jury cleared cotton of all criminal wrong doing in connection with the shooting.
Quanell says the "not guilty" verdict has enraged many in the black community.
"I'm warning the young brothers not to do it (retaliate) because we're burning down our own communities. We're destroying our own stores. Let's not do it that way. Let's do it a better way," Quanell said.
Even if he had meant to threaten the community, FOX 26 legal analyst Chris Tritico says, legally, Quanell didn't do anything wrong.
"What Quanell said is really protected by the first amendment because he didn't call for immediate action," Tritico said.
While the words, "your city will go up in flames," seem jarring, this community activist insists, they were meant to call attention to a problem that's brewing.(What if a White community activist made a statement
as: "If nigger crime does not stop, your hoods will go up in flames?)
"If you look at the L.A. riots, if you look at the riots in St. Louis, in Miami and Detroit, the warning signs are all over the place here in Houston," he said.
Regardless of how anyone interprets this radical nigger boy's
statement, I consider it a threat!
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/local/100513-quanell-x-clarifies-harsh-warning