Quanell X

Quanell X (/ˈɛks/; born Quanell Ralph Evans; December 7, 1970) is the leader of
Quanell X
the New Black Panther Partyin Houston, Texas.

Contents
Early life
Entry and ejection from the Nation of Islam
Community activist
Joe Horn protest
2008 to 2010
After 2010
See also
References
External links

Quanell X at Joe Horn protest,

December 2, 2007
Early life Born Quanell Ralph Evans
Quanell Ralph Evans was born in Los Angeles, California. Both parents were December 7, 1970
Nation of Islam converts. When they divorced, Evans moved to Houston to live with Los Angeles,
his mother and younger brother in the South Acres neighborhood, where he attended California, U.S.
Worthing High School.[1] Quanell was a drug dealer in the Sunnyside community Nationality American
located in southern Houston, Texas.[2] Quanell served jail time for selling crack
Occupation Activist
cocaine in the Sunnyside and Acres Homes subdivisions in Houston, Texas, in the
1980s. Organization New Black Panther
Party, Nation of
Islam
Entry and ejection from the Nation of
Islam
In September 1990, Quanell Evans was inspired by a Louis Farrakhan speech at Sam Houston Coliseum and joined the Nation of
Islam against his parents' wishes. The newly dubbed Quanell X quickly became a spokesman in the ganization.
or [3]

In July 1992, Quanell X found his brother Quinten Evans dead in his apartment with three others, all with bullets to their heads. In
August 2009, three incarcerated men were charged with capital murder in the killings.[4] Around this time Quanell X met State
ilson as an aide for a short while.[1]
Representative Ron Wilson (D-Houston); he would eventually work for W

Angered by Jewish protests over a conference dedicated to "the black Holocaust", in 1995, Quanell X was quoted in the New York
Daily News as saying,

I say to Jewish America: Get ready … knuckle up, put your boots on, because we're ready and the war is going down.
… The real deal is this: Black youth do not want a relationship with the Jewish community or the mainstream white
community or the foot shuffling, head-bowing, knee bobbing black community. … All you Jews can go straight to
hell.[5]
On January 28, 2008, after taking a tour of the Holocaust Museum Houston, Quanell said he became enlightened and apologized for
his past statements onJews.

I seek the forgiveness of every survivor who has heard the words I've said. I did not say them in the proper manner to
make the point I was trying to get across. I can see and understand how they might be utterly paranoid (of) a person
such as myself.[6]

Quanell X was forced out of the Nation of Islam for publicly inciting violence with his televised, and highly publicized, exhortation
to Houston-area blacks:

[i]f you feel that you just got to mug somebody because of your hurt and your pain, go to River Oaks and mug you
some good white folks. If you're angry that our brother is put to death, don't burn down your own community, give
these white folks hell from the womb to the tomb.[7]

After leaving the Nation of Islam, Quanell X joined a paramilitary group named MFOI, an acronym for Mental Freedom Obtains
Independence. The new faction was not designed to attract significant exoteric membership.[8] After the MFOI removed Quanell, he
joined the New Black Panther Party under the leadership of Khalid Abdul Muhammad and is now a local leader of the
organization.[3]

Community activist
Since becoming a leader of the New Black Panthers, Quanell X has made himself and his views heard through public demonstrations
and assistance with the surrender of outstanding suspects to law enforcement agencies.

In 1999, at the trial of John William King for the 1998 slaying of James Byrd, Jr., Quanell X and his entourage briefly disrupted
proceedings.[9]

Jeffrey Battle served as a bodyguard for Quanell X in Houston during the late 1990s. Battle was notable as one of thePortland Seven,
a group of American Muslims who tried to aid the Taliban in Afghanistan following the events of September 11, 2001. In October
2002 Quanell X traveled toPortland, Oregon, to attend a court hearing for October Lewis, Battle's ex-wife. Lewis was released at the
[10]
hearing. Battle was convicted of sedition, and is currently serving an 18-year prison sentence.

On March 30, 2004 Quanell X took the podium at a Houston City Council meeting and demanded that reparations for slavery be put
on the council agenda. This demand had previously been denied by mayor Bill White. The exchange escalated enough that Houston
.[11]
police were called to remove Quanell forcibly from the chamber

In June 2004 Quanell X was charged with evading arrest. He was on the phone with a Houston Police Department assistant police
.[12]
chief (Charles R. McClelland- now the HPD chief since 2010) when arranging the surrender of cop shooter Derrick Forney

Quanell X is credited with helping officers with the investigation of the March 2007 murder of Texas A&M University student
Tynesha Stewart.[13] He helped obtain a confession from Timothy Wayne Shepherd, the suspect in the murder.[14] He also criticized
the Harris County sheriff's decision not to search for Stewart's body in a Humble, Texas area landfill. Stewart's body was later
discovered to be unrecoverable due to suspect burning remains in twobarbecue pits.[3][15]

Joe Horn protest

Quanell X led a rally in front of the Pasadena, Texas, home of Joe Horn on December 2, 2007. Horn had shot and killed two men,
Hernando Riascos Torres (AKA Miguel Antonio DeJesus) and Diego Ortiz, illegal immigrants and members of a burglary and fake
ID ring from Colombia. The pair had broken into a neighbor's house. Horn, against repeated requests of the 911 operator not to
confront the burglars, exited his home to confront them. On the 911 tapes Horn exclaims, "Move, and you're dead", followed by three
shotgun blasts.[16]
Quanell X, who thought the shootings may have been racially motivated, approached Horn's house to speak to the media. He was
overwhelmed by several hundred counter-protesters protecting Horn from Quanell X's accusations. The crowd of counter-protesters
included bikers revving their motorcycles, many of them chanting, "USA," "Go home," and "We love our country; what do you
love?" while waving placards, Texas flags, and US flags. Quanell X could not be heard over the noise, even when using a bullhorn,
and left the area about eight minutes later. He returned soon after with more supporters and attempted to speak again, but the counter-
protests continued. Riot police were readied in case of violence between the two groups. Quanell X believed that because Horn was
white and not black, he was not prosecuted. On June 25, 2008 the case was sent to a grand jury to decide whether or not Horn should
go to trial. On June 30, 2008 Horn was cleared by a Harris County Grand Jury in the deaths of Ortiz and Diego after two weeks of
testimony.[17][18] Quanell eventually made a speech on another street away from Horn's house. The speech included chants of "black
."[19]
power" and the exhortation for blacks to ignore "white law

2008 to 2010
Quanell X called for Chuck Rosenthal's resignation following the email scandal that showed that he had sent and received racist
messages, and organized a rally to take place outside the county courthouse January 24, 2008.[20] In October 2008, KTRK-TV
reported that Quanell X was paid $20,000 in "consultation fees" to arrange these protests and generate publicity during the related
Iberra trial.[21]

He was instrumental in having a murder suspect, Randy Sylvester Sr., reveal the locations of his missing children. After initially
giving Sylvester the benefit of the doubt, he was convinced otherwise when he went with Pasadena police and Sylvester to an
apartment he maintained separately from his family's that he called his "dog house." There, Sylvester engaged in drugs and
pornography. Quanell X would not go into detail, but other things he learned in that apartment changed his mind about Sylvester. He
convinced the suspect to "Do the right thing" and lead Quanell X and police to a location just outside Pasadena, Texas in Houston,
where the charred remains were located.[22][23][24][25]

After 2010
In March 2011 Quanell X traveled to Cleveland, Texas to support 18 men allegedly involved in the gang rape of an 11-year-old girl.
Quannell X spoke out against the victim, claiming she did not do enough to prevent herself from being gang raped. He later went on
to claim the girl's parents were also responsible for her assault: "It was not the young girl that yelled rape. Stop right there --
[26]
something is wrong, brothers and sisters." and "Where was the mother? Where was the father?"

On August 1, 2011, Quanell X pleaded with the residents of inner city neighborhoods to stop the "No Snitching" policy that institutes
a bias of those who provide information to police after a series of crimes and murders have plagued the Third Ward area in recent
weeks. He said, "The no-snitch policy does not work when you have having [sic] our elders and our women and our children live like
hostages."[27]

In July 2013, Quanell and others protested and effectively blocked Texas State Highway 288 over the acquittal in the shooting death
of Trayvon Martin.[28] Protesters on Highway 288 blocked and assaulted an elderly woman who was rushing her granddaughter to
the hospital after an allergic reaction to medication.[29] A large protest was also held in the affluent River Oaks neighborhood.[30]
Reports varied as to whether there were just under 1,000[30] or more than 1,000[31] people attended the River Oaks demonstration
[32][33]
and a counter-demonstration drew an estimated crowd of 80 people. Despite threats of violence, both sides kept their peace.

See also
History of the African-Americans in Houston

References
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4. Lezon, Dale (2009-08-12). "Quanell X Gets Closure of His Own".Houston Chronicle. pp. B1, B4.
5. "Quanell X statement, October 17, 1995".New York Daily News. October 17, 1995.
6. Tolson, Mike; Lezon, Dale (29 January 2008). "New View of the World / Visiting Holocaust museum, activist
apologizes for his past hate-filled remarks about Jews / Quanell X seeks to make amends" (http://www.chron.com/lif
e/houston-belief/article/Quanell-X-seeks-to-make-amends-for-remarks-about-1768481.php) . Houston Chronicle.
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Txas community" (http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/03/14/texas.a
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28. Glenn, Mike (2013-07-15)."Houstonians rally against Zimmerman acquittal"(http://www.chron.com/news/houston-te
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peace/). newsfixnow.com. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
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External links
https://www.qx4justice.com
McVicker, Steve (2000-06-29). "Hanging with Mr. X: Quanell comes on strong at Graham's execution, then
vanishes". Houston Press. Retrieved 2007-12-26.

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