Cincinnati activist shot outside city hall (Reuters)

[Up2Late]

(I hope this is only an isolated incident. Very sad.)

Cincinnati activist shot outside city hall

Wed Apr 12, 2006 07:27 PM ET

CINCINNATI, Ohio (Reuters) - A black civil rights activist was shot and seriously wounded on Wednesday in what authorities said was a targeted attack outside City Hall, where he had been speaking.

Michael Bailey, a city bus driver who calls himself Gen. Kabaka Oba and leads a civil rights group called the Black Fist, was shot several times while in his car across from City Hall, Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory said.

"We do have a description of the individual involved. Whoever it was who shot Kabaka Oba, targeted him," Mallory said, without providing further details.

A few minutes before the shooting, Bailey had made one of his frequent speaking appearances before a City Council meeting during the body's public comment period. Witnesses said his comments were not unusual, consisting mostly of criticisms of the police.

(more at link)

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[leftchick]

1. CIA?

sorry, can't help it...

:tinfoilhat:

[alcibiades_mystery]

2. More riots in store for Cincinnati

Luckily, though, Bush got his phoney baloney photo op finished there, so he never has to go back.

[Blue_Tires]

5. +1

[Connie_Corleone]

8. There won't be any riots here.

[MadMaddie]

3. On one of the MSM stations they said the suspect and the victim

have been having confrontations for the past 6 months or so....the victim identified the shooter....

[salin]

4. any more details?

local MSM probably has more than any print (and internet) media.

[MadMaddie]

6. The police chief was giving a press conference...he really

didn't mention what the dispute was about....but he said they have been aware of the situation....

[lostexpectation]

7. long running beef

with a man named Howard Beatty, 52 who mthe general had a restraining order out on
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/12/AR2006041202006.html


could this be the guy http://www.empowercincy.org/overview.html

who is the general anyway

local black blog with report on him
http://blackcincinnati.blogspot.com/

and another sounds like idiot black supremist :/

http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/gov/2005/10/cincinnati-politics-primer-what-is.asp