A relative of late Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton is threatening legal action against a newly formed, Philadelphia-based faction claiming ties to the group.
Myesha Newton, the niece of the revolutionary activist, took to social media to issue a warning to Paul Birdsong, a member of a modern group using the name Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, The Grio reports. After Birdsong and the group drew attention in recent weeks for intervening to protect ICE protesters, Newton has spoken out, accusing the new Black Panther Party of tarnishing her late uncle’s legacy.
“My name is Myesha Newton. My father’s name was Walter Newton. He was the brother of Huey Percy Newton, who started the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California,” Myesha said at the start of her video. “I got birth certificate paperwork and a whole bunch of Newtons … listen, this goes out to the Black Panther Party, the New United Black Panther Party, whoever’s out there protesting with these Somalians? I’m about to get a cease and desist order against you, and I’m about to sue you. You are not going to defame my uncle’s name like that. We’re not doing that. See you in court, b-tches.”…