Black Activist Dies Days After Being Shot Outside City Hall

w/picCAPTION: Emergency medical personnel tend to shooting victim Michael Bailey, a Cincinnati Metro bus driver who goes by the name Gen. Kabaka Oba, after he was shot several time and wounded outside of City hall last Wednesday in Cincinnati. It appeared Bailey was targeted, not a victim of a random shooting, Police Chief Thomas Streicher Jr. said. AP Photo/The Cincinnati Enquirer, William Bonner II.Compiled From Seattle Medium News Sources Michael Bailey, known as General Kabaka Oba, one of Cincinnati’s most prominent Black activists died last Saturday at University Hospital after being shot three times was shot last week outside city hall shortly after testifying before the City Council. The 48-year-old Oba was active in a number of causes but most recently had been protesting against police brutality. He was the elder of a group known as the Black Fist and had been removed from city council chambers on several occasions for loud outbursts usually over issues related to the conduct of Cincinnati police and racial matters. “Not only has Cincinnati lost a great leader, I have lost my best friend,” said Ted Bailey, his brother. “My brother did fight a very, very valiant fight. He died with dignity.” Howard Beatty, 52, surrendered to police and was charged with felonious assault a few hours after the shooting. Oba and Beatty had reportedly had a long standing feud. Police have said Bailey, a Cincinnati Metro bus driver who went by the name Gen. Kabaka Oba, had a restraining order to keep Beatty at least 500 feet away, but the reason for the restraining order was not known. Beatty’s lawyer, Ken Lawson, has said Bailey threatened Beatty during or after a local TV appearance on April 9. Lawson said his client was acting in self-defense when he met Bailey by chance outside City Hall. Ted Bailey called for calm following his brother’s death. “Lay down your arms,” he said. “It’s in God’s hands now. If you are supporting me and my family, you are not going to pick up any arms and you are not going through this city tearing up anything. We stand for nonviolence.”