The Black Panther Party says it deployed 17 of its members to area gasoline station convenience stores to protect them from theft in the hours before and after Hurricane Ike makes landfall.
Owners asked the group to provide private security for their property, said Major Kenyha Shabazz, chairman of Peoples Party No. 3, the Houston affiliate of the Black Panther Party.
"These are the places that service our communities with food, water and fuel,'' Shabazz said. "We don't want these places torn up.''>>>MORE
Friday, September 12, 2008
Hurricane Watch: Black Panthers standing guard at some gas stations
From the Houston Chronicle:
