Quanell X

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Quanell X (born Quanell Abdul Muhammad on December 7, 1970 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the New Black Panther Party and a community activist in Houston, Texas. His parents were both Nation of Islam members from Los Angeles. After his parents' divorce, Quanell moved to Houston with his mother and younger brother.

In May 1989, Quanell spent a brief time in jail and received 10 years probation for possessing and dealing crack cocaine.

In September 1990, Quanell was inspired by a Louis Farrakhan speech at Sam Houston Coliseum, and joined the Nation of Islam. The newly dubbed Quanell X rose quickly to become a spokesman in the organization.[1] In July 1992, Quanell found his brother Quinten dead in his apartment with three others, all with bullets to their heads. It was here that he met State Representative Ron Wilson (D-Houston).[2] Quanell was kicked out of the Nation of Islam for publicly inciting violence with his televised, and highly publicized, exhortation to Houston-area blacks that “[i]f you feel that you just got to mug somebody because of your hurt and your pain, go to River Oaks and mug you some good white folks.”[3][4]

Quanell joined the New Black Panther Party under the leadership of Khalid Abdul Muhammad.[5] In June 2004, Quanell was charged with evading arrest. He was on the phone with Executive Assistant Chief Charles A. McClelland of the Houston Police Department when arranging the surrender of cop shooter Derrick Forney. Quanell was convicted on a lesser charge of 'running from a police officer', a class-B misdemeanor in the State of Texas; on December 1, 2006, the State of Texas First Court of Appeals overturned the conviction. The term high-tech lynching has been used to describe this event.[citation needed] Quanell X is credited with helping officers in the March 2007 murder investigation of Texas A&M University student Tynesha Stewart.[6] He helped obtain a confession from Timothy Wayne Shepherd, the suspect in the murder.[7] He also criticized the Harris County Sheriff's decision not to search for Stewart's body in an Humble, Texas area landfill.[8][1]

[edit] Trivia

  • Some of Scarface's early music videos ("A Minute to Pray, A Second To Die") featured community activist Quanell X in supporting roles.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Freemantle, Tony. "Vitriolic Visionary", Houston Chronicle, 2001-03-01, pp. 33.
  2. ^ Patterson, Randall. "Would You Buy a Revolution From This Man?", The Houston Press, 1997-04-03. Retrieved on 2007-03-24.
  3. ^ Courrèges, Owen. "Who is Quanell X?", ChronicallyBiased, June 15, 2004. Retrieved on 2007-03-28.
  4. ^ "Quanny just looking out for the children", Hambone, March 31, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-03-28.
  5. ^ Courréges, Owen (2004-06-15). Who is Quanell X?. Chronically Biased. Retrieved on 2007-03-04.
  6. ^ Measley, Travis. "Students, friends mourn loss of Houston native", The Battalion, 2007-03-29. Retrieved on 2007-03-29.
  7. ^ Crowe, Robert. "Officers Grateful to Quanell X", The Houston Chronicle, 2007-03-23, pp. B5. Retrieved on 2007-03-24.
  8. ^ Hewitt, Paige, Villafranca, Armando. "Agony, Anger Over Decision Not to Hunt for Teen's Body", Houston Chronicle, 2007-03-23, pp. A1.
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