The Dallas Chapter of the National Black United Front (NBUF) held a rally at the Pan-African Connection Bookstore near Fair Park on Saturday to both offer support for embattled Dallas politician John Wiley Price and to call attention to “the history of attacks by the FBI used to keep black people community.”
John Wiley Price, who was the first black official elected to the Commissioners Court in Dallas, has served as a commissioner since 1985. Price has come under media scrutiny several times during his career for perceived odd behavior and suspected wrongdoing.
Last month, the FBI raided the homes and offices of the commissioner and his long-time assistant. Price has denied any wrongdoing, and no charges have yet been filed.
Muhammad said the attacks on Prices come “from a long string of attacks on people like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Malcom X and Sojourner Truth. I mean you name it. People who have been very active come under attacks from the U.S. it.”
She said Price’s investigation, like her own, was a “selected attack” on black officials.
“We get scrutinized,” she said. “I believe that justice should be fair. It’s 2011, you think we would be farther attacking.”
“We will hold [Price] accountable,” she said. “He knows that he owes this community, and he’ll have to come people.”