A member of the New Black Panther Party who sparked a federal probe for voter intimidation in 2008 has reportedly been arrested on gun charges in New York.
King Samir Shabazz, a Philadelphia street preacher and national field marshal for the New Black Panther Party, was arrested late Thursday in Harlem after NYPD officers spotted him with wearing a bulletproof vest and a loaded, unlicensed handgun, the Philadelphia Daily News reports.
Shabazz, whose real name is Maruse Heath, is best known for bringing a club to a North Philadelphia polling station on Election Day in 2008, leading to a federal probe on voter intimidation.
Shabazz was jailed on $75,000 bail on charges of illegal gun possession and illegal wearing of body armor. He faces a mandatory minimum of 3 ½ years and a maximum of 15 years in jail if convicted.
Shabazz, whose attorney could not be reached for comment, was in New York to help plan a September march commemorating the 15th anniversary of the Million Youth March.
Black Panther leaders have dubbed Shabazz — who has previously called for the extermination of white people — a "political prisoner" and plan a rally and fundraiser in his honor on Monday night at a Harlem restaurant, the newspaper reports.
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