Quanell X: Dallas police shooter was excused from Houston group years ago

On "The Matt Patrick Show" on Houston's KTRH 740AM, New Black Panther Party leader Quanell X said he excused deceased Dallas police shooter Micah Johnson years ago from that group over dangerous rhetoric, Monday, July 11, 2016. less On "The Matt Patrick Show" on Houston's KTRH 740AM, New Black Panther Party leader Quanell X said he excused deceased Dallas police shooter Micah Johnson years ago from that group over dangerous rhetoric, ... more Photo: HONS Photo: HONS Image 1 of / 86 Caption Close Quanell X: Dallas police shooter was excused from Houston group years ago 1 / 86 Back to Gallery

On Monday morning's "The Matt Patrick Show" on KTRH 740AM, New Black Panther Party leader Quanell X said he excused deceased Dallas police shooter Micah Johnson years ago from that group over dangerous rhetoric.

In a six-minute interview, the community activist told Patrick he believed that Johnson had Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among other mental health issues and that he was a "ticking time bomb" in many ways.

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Johnson had apparently worked a security detail for the group but he was excused after about six months.

Quanell X said Johnson was young and immature and espoused rhetoric that was dangerous. Patrick asked why he didn't report the young man to the police, but X said that he didn't say anything that he thought was that inflammatory.

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X said that he wasn't the first person who had talked crazy like that and had tried to join their ranks. It's almost impossible to get something done for these people, he added.

"I can only stop what I know. This I could not know," X said. The group was also worried that Johnson might infect other younger, more impressionable members of the group with his rhetoric.

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Johnson didn't approve of the New Black Panther Party's tactics and frequently questioned them, asking why they hadn't been buying more arms and ammunition. He wanted to take the fight to the enemy.

"I told him this is not Afghanistan. See a therapist," X said. "We are an organization that has a paramilitary chain of command. He ignored that chain of command."



X said that members hadn't seen Johnson in nearly 2 1/2 to three years since he was excused.