[Mpls] A death threat against Don Samuels? NAACP connections

[Socialist2001 at cs.com]

Minneapolis Council member claims threat by TV commentators 
Terry Collins and David Chanen, Star Tribune May 19, 2005

Minneapolis City Council Member Don Samuels filed a complaint with police 
Tuesday about perceived threats stemming from comments made on a cable-access TV 
show hosted by two black community activists [Al Flowers and Booker Hodges].

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"... people like Council Member Samuels ... you know it's simple," Hodges 
said. "We as a people, one in Minneapolis, have to unite. And we have to learn 
from, like, [slave rebellion leader] Nat Turner's mistake, and we have to kill 
the house-[epithet]. We got to kill them."And that's what we're doing on this 
show -- we trying to kill a house-[epithet]." 

[Full text at]
http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5411650.html 

Not mentioned in the strib article: Booker Hodges is the 2nd vice president 
of the Minneapolis NAACP branch. Flowers and Hodges are cousins. Hodges is 
employed by Al Flowers.  Four of the other 6 Minneapolis NAACP branch officers 
have close ties to Flowers: The first vice president (mother), secretary (wife), 
assistant secretary (niece and employee), and assistant treasurer (sister and 
employee).

In September 2003 Al Flowers was arrested and beated by Minneapolis police, 
and then suspended from the NAACP for 2 years on the basis of a false 
allegation by NAACP officers that Flowers disrupted an NAACP meeting, engaged in 
threatening behavior, etc. The NAACP also pressed charges. Findings by the Court 
that Flowers had not engaged in the complained of behavior put Flowers in a good 
position to sue the NAACP for physical injuries, damage to his reputation, 
etc. But he did get members of his extended family (and employees) installed as 
NAACP branch officers.

-Doug Mann, King Field
Candidate for 8th ward city council
http://educationright.com
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