Flyer Calls for "Jihad" Against the LAPD
September 1, 2005
 
By Eric Leonard
 
KFI NEWS has obtained a copy of a flyer that's been circulated in South 
Los
Angeles, calling on members of two violent street gangs to join the 
Nation
of Islam in a jihad, or holy war, against the LAPD.
 
The telephone number listed for the Nation of Islam's Los Angeles 
mosque
near 87th and Vermont has been disconnected, but a check of a reverse
directory reveals the phone number on the flyer is connected to the 
mosque
at the same address.
 
The NOI's Los Angeles leader Minister Tony Muhammad has claimed he was 
the
victim of an unprovoked attack by LAPD officers at the scene of a vigil 
for
a murdered gang member. 
 
The LAPD last week released an audio tape of some garbled radio
transmissions in which they say Muhammad can be heard challenging 
officers.
 
The photograph on the flyer appears to have been taken at a news 
conference
held just after Muhammad was released from jail. 
 
Muhammad and the Nation of Islam have not returned calls for comment.
 
It's unclear who created the flyer so the LAPD has declined to comment,
other than saying officers have been aware of them for several days.
 
"This is deeply disturbing," Los Angeles Police Protective League 
President
Bob Baker told KFI in an e-mail (the LAPPL is the LAPD officers' 
union).
 
"Quite frankly, this is a case in which I hope our mayor, our Police
Commission and our community leaders can step in to remind everyone of 
our
shared priorities," Baker said.