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Ed : . r : PRIN wre rt ROR on ener IT Ie” we 5 a nmentl oa MILI 3es ay er soe < . ‘ :: ott weabbattn, CAMTSELS hte wate pee teat woe Pe ate MOEN PEON pam 8 AUT een ce PNT AIEEE 8 Disturbance By Group Called "Five Percenters, Harlem, New York City, May 31, 1965(t) This "Allah" is the recognized leader of ‘the ' and was one of the six arrested on he NYCPD. He has been identified as fp? L ith of 21 West,.112th Street,. NewYork City /“ /.. epartmeht 58. Although at the time of his arrest he denied being an NOL member at present, he is known to have been a member in the past where he received his "X name." He is unemployed and spends his time hanging around the sbove- mentioned area where he contacts and indoctrinat=i3 the youth of the area -) "Biver Per Because of Smith's influence over these youths, they like to consider themselves "Muslims" and many of them shave their heads and take Arabic sounding names. In fact, none of them follow the tenets of the orthodox Islamic religion nor do they actually belong to or follow the teachings of the NOI. These youths do, however, claim to be the "five percent" of the folloyers of Elijah Muhammad who believe in smoking and drinking Aw) Se... --: that their investigation pe has dete at the "Five Percenters" do not have any central meeting place or headquarters. Although each of the individual youth gangs formed from their respectiv: neighbor-~ hoods has its own leader, they do not have an 2.74.2 organizational cetup other than to look up to su°t: as sheir teacher and "Allah" low i f Ee: «<<: that because of sas potential problem t e Percenters" could be, BSS and the Youth Division of the NYCPD will continue to closely follow this group. He advised that the exact number of youths ™ involved in not known and probably fluctuates on a day to day basis because of its loosely knit relationship and the difference that arise from time to time between the individual gangs. The total number is not believed to be more than 80 to 100 and the NYCPD has identified 48 of these who range in age from 12 to 19. The group, including Smith, are not known to individually own or have any cache of firearms or weapons. However, the youth gangs undoubtedly have or can easily make the various types of homemade weapons common to youth gangs throughout the city. - 2 o