Why The Leader Of Detroit's New Black Panther Nation Is Supporting A White Man For Mayor

Why A New Black Panther Nation Leader Supports A White Candidate For Mayor
Rev. Jeffrey Baker of the St. Paul AME church in Delray, Mich., a supporter of a proposed new bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, left, tangles with Rev. Malik Shabazz of the New Black Panther Movement after the Republican-led Senate Economic Development Committee defeated a measure to authorize the bridge Thursday Oct. 21, 2011 in Lansing, Mich. Two Republicans supported the measure and three opposed it. Democrats abstained from voting because the bill didn't include provisions aimed at protecting residents in the southwest Detroit neighborhoods that would be affected by the new span. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Dale G. Young) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT
Rev. Jeffrey Baker of the St. Paul AME church in Delray, Mich., a supporter of a proposed new bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, left, tangles with Rev. Malik Shabazz of the New Black Panther Movement after the Republican-led Senate Economic Development Committee defeated a measure to authorize the bridge Thursday Oct. 21, 2011 in Lansing, Mich. Two Republicans supported the measure and three opposed it. Democrats abstained from voting because the bill didn't include provisions aimed at protecting residents in the southwest Detroit neighborhoods that would be affected by the new span. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Dale G. Young) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT

DETROIT, MI - A decade ago, Detroit activist Malik Shabazz would not have supported a white man running for mayor in a city that's 83-percent black.

"Hell no," he said, laughing.

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