The group says it is a resurgence of the militant Black power group dating back to the 1960s, and has been trained by some of the original party’s surviving members. Several attended an anti-ICE protest Thursday at Philadelphia City Hall, carrying military-style weapons.
They say they’re legally permitted to carry firearms and are showing up as a response to violence from the Trump administration
The group has been holding regular weekly free food programs in North Philadelphia for several years, according to 39-year-old Paul Birdsong of West Philadelphia, who identifies himself as the Black Panther Party’s national chairman.
Birdsong and others attended the Philly protest one day after Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jonathan Ross shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis.
Mutual aid through free food programs, loudly criticising ICE and exercising their legal right to carry firearms. They sound unfathomably based to me (I’m not even from the US, I’m a Spaniard)
Sorry for the MSN link lmao but it’s the only link I found on duckduckgo, I saw the news on some other outlet but I couldn’t find it
As Minneapolis shooting stirs fears of state violence, several Black Panther Party members made their presence known in Philly
Mutual aid through free food programs, loudly criticising ICE and exercising their legal right to carry firearms. They sound unfathomably based to me (I’m not even from the US, I’m a Spaniard)