The Islamists Who Run LA

The Nation of Islam, above the law:

Delgadillo, no doubt in consultation with others in city government, apparently felt that a criminal trial featuring Tony Muhammad in the starring role would be more of a spectacle than he was prepared to endure. Given Mr. Muhammad’s fondness for publicity and his penchant for provocative antics, surely there is a risk that any such trial would devolve into farce, but any talk of “insufficient evidence” is nothing more than legalistic cover for a political decision. Worse, the decision only paves the way for the next confrontation between an emboldened Muhammad and the police. When you give a rat a cookie, don’t be surprised when it comes back looking for a glass of milk.

The incident occurred in south Los Angeles last August 25, when Muhammad and his entourage attended a street vigil for a gang member who had been shot to death in the same neighborhood two days earlier. They double-parked their two SUVs on a residential street and refused to move them when asked to do so by a pair of LAPD officers. The heated exchange that followed was tape recorded when one of the officers pressed the transmit button on his portable radio. An officer can be heard warning Muhammad not to walk behind him. Muhammad replies by shouting, “Make me!”

And make him they did. About 100 cops from all over south Los Angeles and beyond responded to the ensuing melee, during which two police officers and Muhammad himself were slightly injured. Two police radios were stolen, and one officer had the pocket flap of his uniform shirt ripped off. Muhammad and two of his bodyguards were arrested and taken to the 77th Street police station, where soon was gathered an angry crowd demanding their release. While confined in a holding cell, a tearful Muhammad was consoled by an LAPD deputy chief, a move that did not sit well (and still doesn’t) with the officers involved in the altercation. Muhammad had been struck in the face during the struggle but refused an offer of ice packs, preferring to appear as bruised and swollen as possible after posting bail and addressing his admirers and the press.

“This is why we need a movement, because ain’t nothing’s changed in 40 years,” Muhammad said after his release. “We’re at the bottom, and we might as well stand the hell up today, and so my family for this nation of black people, I’m with you, I ain’t going nowhere. Power to the people.”

And all they asked him to do was move his car.

Remember this before snickering at the Brits' impending dhimmitude.