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Comrade Jihad, Minister of Spirituality for the Black Riders Liberation Party (BRLP), was kidnapped by state security agents (including FBI) while he was copwatching in deep E. Oakland, protecting the People from threats of human-rights abuse by local racist police agents, March, 2013. After having a year of his life taken from him in prison, Comrade Jihad was immediately re-incarcerated upon release, facing 2 more charges atop the original, and the state, with it's inhumane "3-strikes" sentencing law, promise to take a many more years of life away from our People's Comrade!!!
Currently (2014-06), he is out on bail, and back in the community that he protected, but at any moment, while the people await the verdict of the state overseers at the court, the fascist agencies may attack again! DEFEND JIHAD, COMRADE OF THE PEOPLE!!
Defend the BRLP [link]
Message from Muhammad, posted 2014-05-29 at [www.facebook.com/GUERILLAZINTHATRUNKENT7]:
Tired of being a slave to this. ..#getfreeordietrying
OFF TOO COURT TO FIGHT THE FASCIST AND CAPITALIST in the morning.
ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T FEAR FREEDOM
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REPRESSION IS REAL...
THA FASCIST OFFERED ME 17 YEARS
Who knows a great political lawyer?
June 4th, 2014, Minister of spiritual affairs, Comrade Jihad Mujahid Muhammad is back on the streets...
Pushing community programs at the REVOLUTIONARY CAFE SUNDIATA...
"COME SEE US MEET THE UNIQUE PEOPLE IN THE WHO ARE ALL ABOUT THE UPLIFTMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY"
BULLET PROOF LOVE AND SOLIDARITY TO ALL THA COMRADES AND SUPPORTERS
Black Riders Repression Report for 2013-06-25
by E Da Ref:
On March 21, 2013 Comrade Jihad Mujahid Muhammad of The Northern California Chapter Oakland Branch was vamped on, assaulted and arrested by the Oakland Pigs. A week before the incident, he launched a major Watch-a-Pig operation that got the whole community involved. He was letting the people know their rights when the pigs raided the neighborhood harassing everyone. In fear of the resistant spirit growing within the community, the pigs had the whole spot under surveillance. Later on that week a tracking device was discovered on the car of a close associate of his from the area.
This is right down the street from where 4 years ago, on this same very day, the warrior Lovelle Mixon corrected four pigs in a gun battle in response to the average aggressive police terrorist harassment and racial profiling by the Oakland Pigs, just months after Oscar Grant was brutally murdered execution style by the Bart Pig Johannes Meserle on the Bart platform while he was hand cuffed laying on his stomach. He defended his life with his life and made the ultimate sacrifice to resembling an act of resistance. This day plays a reminder in the minds of these pigs that they bleed just like we bleed!
He later gained Intel that some pigs were staked out in the area so he went to go take recognizance in a militant manner. As soon as he came out to the open he was bombarded by plainclothes and military camouflage fatigued pigs armed with AR-15 Assault Rifles and other high powered weapons. He was a threat because he has the ability to use his street ties to create unity amongst the warring rival tribal factions in the community with the potential to organize educate and unify them against the common oppressor, the fascist pigs. When they arrested him they taunted him with comments like, “Who do you think you are, Lovelle Mixon?” “Talk That Black Panther shit now!”
When he was incarcerated in Alameda County Jail (North County) we received an anonymous call saying that Comrade Muhammad was assaulted in Santa Rita jail. This turned out to be false information because he was not fully processed and transferred to Santa Rita yet. He was still in the North County jail because he was still going through the court process. This was a COINTELPRO Tactic to make us react off impulse and emotion. Although they made it extremely difficult to locate him so we can communicate. We still were able to contact him and he's doing just fine. They quickly transferred him out of Santa Rita county Jail where he now is incarcerated in San Quentin State Prison. The charges and sentencing information will be withheld for legal purposes.
“I Send my bullet proof love and solidarity to all my fellow lumpen proletariats (god willing) all is well for The Black Riders. I am now being held captive in San Quentin state prison/colony/hidden university. There is so much repression here, especially for those of us who are conscious and spiritually aware” – Comrade Jihad Mujahid Muhammad.
FREE EM ALL!!!
THE DAY OF JIHADS ARREST (Video from PNN) [www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm0zApe-HcA]:
(Note: PNN interviews a Lady in pink who mentions Oscar and Anita. Both are victims of police murder from years past. She is making a reference to the potential for another extra-judicial murder during this incident)
Defend Jihad, Minister of Spiritual Affairs for the BRLP! DONATE HERE [http://www.youcaring.com/other/defend-jihad-/156844]. *UPDATE* Thanks to the support of dedicated comrades like you we have come up with $2,000, enough to get him out. BUT HE MUST COME UP WITH ANOTHER $5,7000 TO PAY THE BONDSMAN IF HE WANTS TO STAY OUT. He has a minimum monthly payment of $250. PLEASE KEEP DONATING GENEROUSLY TO KEEP THIS BROTHER OUT OF JAIL FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE! Help keep this brother out of jail, he must come up with another $5,700 to finish paying off his bail!
As many of you know, comrade Jihad Mujahid Muhammad, Minister of Spirituality for the Black Riders Liberation Party, was scheduled to be released last week after being held captive for a year in San Quentin and Folsom Prison. On the day he was supposed to be release, he was transferred to Santa Clara county and arraigned on new trumped up charges. This incident continues the repression comrade Jihad has faced for his organizing. Jihad is a political prisoner/prisoner of war and an unrelenting advocate for the brothers and sisters off the block. He is being targeted for his work with the Black Riders Liberation Party, his influence in the community and his devout Muslim faith.
Comrade Jihad flourished within the ranks of the BRLP, with a fearless go hard or go home attitude when it comes to confronting the pigs!!! He was arrested on the 4th anniversary of Lovell Mixon Day, on the same block where Lovell Mixon was killed after killing four pigs in a gun battle. He put himself and his freedom on the line for Black people, always willing to accept the most dangerous missions without hesitation. He has been a shining example to a lot of brothers off the block of what political education, street smarts, discipline and scientific strategy can do to change the direction of the lumpenproletariate from self destruction to Revolutionary Afrikan Inter-Communalism.
One example of this is when comrade Jihad along with comrade Askari had to break up a fight and prevent a riot at Fremont High. While the teachers stood by and called the pigs, Jihad and Askari intervened to stop the fight. When the pigs arrived and attempted to illegally detain a young Xicano student, the comrades informed the youth of his rights which he demanded until the pigs reluctantly released him. The anger of the young people then turned toward the Occupying Army (OPD), and they hurled insults at the pigs until they were forced to retreat. The comrades along with over 150 students armed with knowledge and heart drove the pigs away.
During Comrade Jihad’s incarceration in San Quentin he had a stroke. He was involved in the Prisoner Hunger strike. He organized watch-a-pig operations with the pod workers to observe the COs when they would raid and thrash prisoner’s cells to search for contraband. Since it is the pod workers who would usually end up cleaning the mess left over from the COs raids, they were in the perfect position to make it extremely difficult for the COs to smuggle/plant any contraband on prisoners.
These actions of organizing and mobilizing led him to getting transferred to New Folsom State Prison where he would serve the rest of his time. He said they had him isolated for a while but they put him in general population. He was getting a lot of good studying in and sharpening his spiritual philosophy. He was doing a lot of training and getting his health up to par. He said he was around a lot of African revolutionary politically, spiritually and culturally conscious brothers.
On Friday March 21st 2014 he was supposed to be released but the California Department of Corrections claimed they made some kind of “miscalculation” of his release date and that he would be released Wednesday on March 26th 2014. On the second attempt to pick him up on his release date they said he was released to the Alameda County Sheriff and put a hold on his release because of a warrant for some unidentified trumped up charge. He was later transferred to Santa Clara County Jail for his arraignment for a felony burglary charge and some unidentified prison charge. He is possibly facing his 3rd striked. His bail is set at $110,000, but with a bond we can get him out for $7,700. The Black Riders Liberation Party seeks Legal & Financial support, access to independent media outlets, and solidarity.
PLEASE DONATE GENEROUSLY TO HELP GET THIS BROTHER OUT OF JAIL AND BACK ON THE STREETS, FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM FOR HIS PEOPLE! ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T FEAR FREEDOME!!!!!!!!! FREE EM ALL!!!!!!!
UPDATE: APRIL 10th
The BRLP have had a successful fundraising drive, and the community has responded to the call of KEEP JIHAD FREE!!! The BRLP writes, "Thanks to the hard work and generous donations of dedicated comrades all over, folks have come up with $2,000, enough for a downpayment on a bond. BUT WE MUST COME UP WITH AN ADDITIONAL $5,700 TO KEEP THE BROTHER OUT OF JAIL, OR ELSE HE CAN BE REMANDED BACK INTO CUSTODY!!! We can't let the brother down now, let's keep this fundraiser going til his bond is paid in full!! All power to the people who don't fear freedom!!" Send solidarity here [http://www.youcaring.com/other/defend-jihad-/156844].
Jihad, out on bail, with E da Ref. "POWAHHH - Bro Jihad Free from Tha Plantation- the best part of this very hard day - Ase!", photo by Lisa Tiny Gray-Garcia
"At tha people's Garden in Fruitvale", photo by Lisa Tiny Gray-Garcia, with folks from Healthy hoodz repping DeGentrification Zones (DGZ), A CityWide Plan for Decolonization! [Facebook.com/DeGentrificationZones]
Free Jihad Fundraiser & film screening.
Live Performances, raffle prizes, free food, and guest speaker
at Qilombo liberated zone, 2313 San Pablo Ave., Oakland CA 94612
April 5th, 7pm to 12 midnight
- Film screening of BRLP documentary "LET UM HEAR YA COMING"
- Music and performances by Ras Ceylon, Shango Abiola, E Da Ref, Ms. Incredible, Fly Benzo, and more!
Special message from the BRLP:
WE NEED DONATIONS BECAUSE OF THE HIGH PRICE BAIL AND TO GET A LAWYER.
THE MORE MONEY WE RAISE, THE MORE THE COMRADE CAN GET OUT AND WORK ON PROVING HIS INNOCENCE. THIS FELONIOUS CHARGE COULD BE HIS 3RD STRIKE!!!
"Most of today's black convicts have come to understand that they are the most abused victims of an unrighteous order." - The Great General George Jackson.
ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE! AS ALOT OF YOU KNOW ALREADY, OUR MINISTER OF SPIRITUALITY, COMRADE JIHAD MUJAHID MUHAMMAD, WAS CAPTURED BY THE OAKLAND POLICE ON 77TH AND BLACK ARTHUR (AKA MACARTHUR) ON MARCH 21ST, 2013, WHICH ALSO HAPPENS TO BE THE 4 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF LOVELLE MIXON DAY, A DAY THAT LIVES IN INFAMY, TO NOT ONLY THE RESIDENTS OF OAKLAND, CA, BUT TO BLACK PEOPLE ALL OVER THE U.S. WHEN HE CORRECTED 4 PIGS IN A GUN BATTLE ON THE SAME BLOCK COMRADE JIHAD WAS ARRESTED ON.
("The Ghosts of March 21", a new documentary film reexamines the evidence about the death of Lovelle Mixon, a warrior of New Africa [link]. The film is on tour across the nation, and will be sponsored by Minister of Information JR Valrey, host of Block Reportin' radio.)
COMRADE JIHAD WAS TARGETED FOR HIS INFLUENCE IN THE COMMUNITY, BEING A DEVOUT MUSLIM, AND HIS ORGANIZING AS A MEMBER OF THE BLACK RIDERS LIBERATION PARTY. AS A FORMER PARTICIPANT IN SELF-GENOCIDE, COMRADE JIHAD IS A SHINING EXAMPLE TO ALOT OF OTHER BROTHERS OFF THE BLOCK OF WHAT POLITICAL EDUCATION, STREET SMARTS, DISCIPLINE AND SCIENTIFIC STRATEGIES CAN DO TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF THE LUMPEN PROLETARIAT FROM SELF DESTRUCTION TO REVOLUTIONARY AFRIKAN INTER-COMMUNALISM.
COMRADE JIHAD INSTANTLY FLOURISHED IN THE RANKS OF THE B.R.L.P. WITH A FEARLESS "GO HARD OR GO HOME" ATTITUDE WHEN IT COMES TO BANGING ON PIGS! HE HAS PUT HIMSELF AND HIS FREEDOM ON THE LINE FOR BLACK PEOPLE ALL OVER THE BAY AREA, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA... ALWAYS WILLING TO ACCEPT THE MOST DANGEROUS MISSIONS WITHOUT HESITATION.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE ONE TIME HIM AND COMRADE SGT. ASKARI HAD TO BREAK UP A FIGHT AND PREVENT A RIOT AT FREMONT HIGH, SOME OF THE TEACHERS WERE QUICK TO CALL THE POLICE AND SIT BY, HANDS OFF ON THE SIDE OF THE SCHOOL, WHILE THE MISGUIDED YOUTH ATTACKED EACH OTHER. AFTER BREAKING UP THE FIGHT, THE COMRADES THEN HAD TO PROCEED TO CONFRONT THE FASCIST OAKLAND PIGS WHO WERE TRYING TO ILLEGAL DETAIN AND ARREST A YOUNG CHICANO STUDENT. THE COMRADES INSTANTLY SPRUNG INTO ACTION INFORMING THE YOUNGSTER OF WHAT TO LEGALLY SAY, TO FIND OUT IF HE WAS BEING ARRESTED OR DETAINED AND IF NOT, TO INFORM THE POLICE THAT THEY NEED TO LET HIM GO.
THE YOUTH REPEATED AFTER THE COMRADES, AND THE FRUSTRATED PIGS RELUCTANTLY RELEASED THE YOUNG MAN.
AS COMRADE ASKARI SPOKE TO THE YOUTH, COMRADE JIHAD STOOD POSTED UP AT READY, IN CASE THE PIG DIDN'T COMPLY. THE YOUTH WHO WERE JUST FIGHTING EACH OTHER 5 MINUTES AGO NOW TURNED THEIR RAGE TO THE ENEMY OCCUPYING ARMY (OAKLAND POLICE) AND WERE HURLING INSULTS AND TELLING THE POLICE " WE DON'T WANT YOU ON OUR CAMPUS"!
THE COMRADES, BACKED BY OVER 150 STUDENTS ARMED WITH KNOWLEDGE AND HEART, DROVE THE PIGS AWAY. THE SITE OF THESE NEW GENERATION PANTHERS' GENUINE CONCERN FOR THEIR WELL BEING INSPIRED COURAGE IN THESE YOUNGSTA'S THAT NORMALLY ARE NOT DIRECTED AGAINST THE POLICE. THE COMRADES THEN WAITED FOR THE DETAINED YOUNG MAN'S MOTHER TO ARRIVE TO INFORM HER OF WHAT HAPPENED. SHE THANKED THE COMRADES WITH TEARS IN HER EYES. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT ORDEAL WE HAD TO MOUNT UP AND MOBILIZE AT CITY HALL TO PROTEST THE HIRING OF KILLER BILL BRATTON'S AS A FASCIST CONSULTANT FOR THE OPD FOR 2 WEEKS AT $250,000. THIS WAS ALSO THE NIGHT OF THE 4 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE MURDER OF RAHEIM BROWN.
THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF OUR COMRADE JIHAD'S DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE LIBERATION OF AFRIKAN AND ALL OPPRESSED PEOPLE. WE HAVE MANY, MANY MORE. AND AFTER SERVING TIME IN SAN QUENTIN AND FOLSOM (YET AGAIN), HIS RESOLVE HAS NOT BROKEN. HIS LETTERS ARE STILL IN HIGH SPIRITS WITH FAITH IN ALLAH (GOD), THE STRUGGLE, AND THE PEOPLE!
HE IS NOW BEING HELD ON TRUMPED UP CHARGES OF BURGLARY AND AN UNIDENTIFIED PRISON CHARGE. THE WARRANT FOR THIS CHARGE WAS ISSUED ON HIS ORIGINAL DATE OF RELEASE FROM NEW FOLSOM MARCH 21ST, 2014. INSTEAD OF BEING RELEASED HE WAS TRANSFERED TO SANTA CLARA COUNTY WHERE HE IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD.
DURING HIS INCARCERATION, COMRADE JIHAD PARTICIPATED IN THE AUGUST HUNGER STRIKE WHILE HE WAS BEING HELD AT SAN QUENTIN, BEFORE BEING TRANSFERRED TO NEW FOLSOM
WE NEED SUPPORT, IN NOT JUST DONATIONS AND FUNDRAISING SUPPORT, BUT LOGISTICS FOR FUNDRAISING, AS WELL.
IF YOU CAN HELP WITH THIS ENDEAVOR, WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT IN ADVANCE. LETS SHOW COMRADE JIHAD THAT THE MOVEMENT SUPPORTS AND TAKES CARE OF ITS OWN, AND THAT WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT HE AND THE B.R.L.P. ARE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS NOT CHARITY, THIS IS AN INVESTMENT IN THE END TO BLACK ON BLACK VIOLENCE COMPLETE LIBERATION FROM KKKAPITALIST OPPRESSION. BY SUPPORTING COMRADE JIHAD, WE OUR SUPPORTING OURSELVES BECAUSE HE IS A PROVEN LEADER AND FREEDOM FIGHTER, AND WE WILL SURELY CONTINUE THE FIGHT REGARDLESS OF THE OBSTACLES. THE ONLY ANTIDOTE TO THE MENTAL SICKNESS OF "BLACK ON BLACK" TRIBALISM IS BULLETPROOF BLACK ON BLACK LOVE AND AFRIKAN INTER-COMMUNALISM THROUGH UNITARY CONDUCT AND REVOLUTIONARY INTER-COMMUNAL SOLIDARITY.
