In an encounter that was recorded and has steadily spread across the internet, a popular Baltimore pastor with an international reach was confronted and told that he is no longer welcome on the city's streets, on Wednesday (May 28). Community organizer PFK Boom has been a regular at West Wednesdays, a weekly anti-police brutality engagement that was initiated by the family of Tyrone West [who died in police custody in 2013]; community pastor Jamal Bryant on the other hand, hadn't been to any of the 147 prior meet-ups, which was only one of the reasons Boom was incensed to see him. PFK's scorching of Bryant wound up being only half of the action, as fellow activist Shy Lady Heroin follows him up with a freestyle that accuses the pastor of selling the community out.
“The streets don’t want you here!” PFK Boom tells Bryant, charging him with working with "oppressors" and calling him out for allegedly having been absent from demonstrations and protests leading up to their face-to-face. “Don’t bring your a** down here no f**king more. I mean it yo. On my f***ing kids yo. You’s a f**king disgrace."
Boom, whose given name is Devon Neverdon, is noted for his contribution to ending Black on Black violence by organizing gangs to unify and take on social justice causes. Following the 2015 death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore police custody, Bloods and Crips moved to participate in the protests over the tragedy gained headlines with photos of them joining as one voice against police violence. PFK's organization, 300 Gangstas, was formed as a result of the truce. Speculation over Bryant's sudden presence at the 3-year-old West Wednesdays convergence, centered around him possibly attempting to usurp media attention in the aftermath of the recent acquittal of the officer who arrested Gray.
While Bryant agreed to never return, and basically walked away without returning a word, the head of the 12,000 member Empowerment Temple did take a shot at his detractors over social media. On Friday Bryant posted to Instagram with a photo splitting a group of armed young black men, with a picture of an Indian, an Arab and an Asian liquor store owner, that read "WE RUN OUR HOOD.... REALLY??"
“Don’t be confused a lot of people who claim strength … really don’t have any power! #inthesestreets,” the caption read.
Source: theblaze.com
