We need to have a serious conversation about the individual known as Paul Birdsong. At a time when our community is focused on our own specific interests and lineage, this individual has emerged as a dangerous liability. I applaud everyone not allowing him to slither in, but there are too many foolish people at risk of falling for someone talking a certain way.
He was too out there with it, but there are others trying to form other lil groups and want us to be a part of it. Not just to help them fight, but also to popularize their brands like Destination Smokehouse, and social media platforms like TikTok who exploit our culture. So it's not just this dangerous Birdsong clown who isn't lining up a bunch of Hispanics while he's talking crazy to law enforcement. It wouldn't surprise me if the dudes standing alongside him are agents from a branch of law enforcement.
A Brotha by the name of Moses McCormick got split up from his brother, Mark, when they were going after the Ohio government for corruption. A honeypot split them up, she's a tether with ties to the FBI and Moses is dead under mysterious circumstances. His brother saw his body and said he had blood everywhere, which doesn't line up with someone having a damn heart attack.
So you have to be careful out here. Things can happen in a point in time where you think it's cool and then you look back on it wondering how you could be so blind towards such a ridiculous play. Just like this situation, how in the hell did someone like a damn Birdsong end up leading the pack when it came to those Black men and that bootleg Black Panther Party? How? It doesn't smell right does it? They'll line you up, get the credit to use for future aspirations like Kamala, shit on your people and then ask you to vote for them. Vote for them while they say "Nooooooooooooooooooooooo" to our reparations, hoping the cosplay would be good enough. Don't be a fool for the devil.
Paul Songbird was using the name of the Black Panther Party as a shield to push an agenda that is not ours. While he claimed the mantle of a Panther in Philly, he tried using that platform to prioritize other communities and issues—specifically protesting ICE and immigration—while using FBA symbols to do it. We did not give him permission to use our history as a "Trojan Horse" to put us on the front lines for everyone else but ourselves. The NAACP and the Congressional Black Caucus are doing the same with these groups meant for our betterment. What does that smell like?
This isn’t just about Philly. We have seen this man move from state to state, changing his story and his affiliations like a costume. He's a veteran cosplayer.
- In Lansing, Michigan: He was on the news claiming street affiliations and naming specific corners. We know that the streets don't move that mouthy on camera because it puts their lives and freedom at risk. Birdsong would know that was a no no if he was really out there like that because it would make the block all the way hot. Them folks would've snatched him up awhile back with the way he was talking, along with the people he was basically lining up for RICO charges. Do you smell the stench yet? I don't know who those dudes are up in Philly, and I don't know anybody up there who knows them.
- In California: He was reportedly run out for the same type of "cosplaying."
Now, he has suddenly rebranded as a "Black Panther" national chairman? A person who jumps from gang culture to political revolutionary overnight is not a leader; they are a liability and if it was true that he made that shift for real, it would still be risky. His past would affect the present of the Black Panthers because these White Supremacist demons would try to put his past on all the Panthers.
Songbird’s behavior—daring law enforcement to "do something" and making aggressive threats on camera—is not how we protect our people, and he isn't one of our people. FBA are arrested even when we are innocent; to have someone talking crazy to police while standing near Black people is a clear setup. Does he do that around anyone else? Who are his people? This feels like a deliberate attempt by a political entity or an agent to spark a conflict, justify martial law, or mark FBA individuals for law enforcement targeting. If you stand with him, you are marking yourself for a loss of freedom or life. Don't be a fool.
The Newton family has already spoken out: they were pursuing legal action because he is not a Panther and I see he switched up the name. I would still pursue legal action because he demonized the Panthers during his time cosplaying as a national chairman. Enough of us know that Paul Songbird is NOT FBA, but do enough of us care while trying to lead the pack of something related to us? He is an outsider who does not respect our community and he should not be able to make any moves within our community. If he were doing business so that we could benefit from his community just like they benefit off ours, it would be different because that's an avenue to generate legit income. Not this BS he's pushing here, this is something else.