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Disturbance By Group Called "Five Percenters, Harlem, New York City, May 31, 1965) t 7 This "Allah" 4S the recognized leader of the "Fiver Percenters" and was one of the six arrested on May 31, 1965 wr the NYCPD. He has been identified as J Clarence,/13xk-Smith of 21 West 112th Street, New York City,’_ . epartmeft 5E. Although at the time of his arrest he denied being an NOI member at present, he is known to have been a member in the past where he received his "X nems." He is unemployed and spends his time hanging around the sbpove- mentioned area wnere he contacts and indoctrine*:: the youth of the area ~) 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. iIn 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 telieve in smoking and drinking eS fe . ' wna e ive Fercenters” 4) cémtral meeting place or headquarters. Although. each of the LiL individual youth gangs formed from their respectiv+: neighbor~ hoods has its own leader, they do not have an .-* 74.2 organizatioual setup other than to look up to Sr-te: «5 Sheir teacher and Tariah" oN Mo en rene mere terme, @ advised that the exact number cf youths ~™ involved in not known and probably fluctuates o1 a day to day basis because of its loosely knit relations*ip and the difference that arise from time to time between the individual gangs. The total numb ; Vv 8 o 10 e group, including Smith, known to indi y 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 .@4 -2-