Monday, August 24, 2015

Support Dhoruba Bin Wahad Medical Fund


Dhoruba Bin Wahad, former political prisoner, original black panther party leader, author and global civil and human rights activist was recently injured during a brutal and unprovoked attack at a political event in Atlanta on August 8th, 2015. http://www.gofundme.com/DhorubaMedicalFund
This campaign is to help raise funds to cover the the 71 year old freedom fighters extensive medical and household expenses.  
http://www.gofundme.com/DhorubaMedicalFund

Bin Wahad was surrounded and severely beaten by a large group of men after he and another activist rose from the audience during the presentation and casually walked toward the stage to address the speaker during a question and answer session.  
http://www.gofundme.com/DhorubaMedicalFund

During the attack, Bin Wahad was choked from behind, pulled to the floor and savagely kicked, stomped and beaten by a crowd of between 25 to 30 men. A description of this incident can be seen below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhOxNowpIVo

After the attack, he sustained several serious injuries including a severe concussion, ecchymosis of both eyes, deep lacerations, and a broken jaw (in three places) that required an operation to wire his jaw and insert a titanium plate to stabilize the bone.   See pic.
Black Activists Clash In Atlanta when Malik Zulu Shabazz ordered NBPP members to remove Dhoruba Bin Wahad, former Black Panther Party political prisoner from meetinghttp://buff.ly/1EezfPt


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