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When questioned on her association with the "Switchblade Sistas", Nasheed offered, "What the hell does that have to do with anything?"<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2011/04/maria_chapelle_nadal_jamilah_nasheed_threat.php|title=State Senator Accused of Threatening Missouri Rep. During Lil' Wayne Concert|author=Chad Garrison|date=April 11, 2011|work=Daily RFT}}</ref> Nasheed admitted her past history of youth gang involvement, saying, "I talk to kids about it all the time. I caution them against that lifestyle. I'm not ashamed."<ref name=":0"/>
When questioned on her association with the "Switchblade Sistas", Nasheed offered, "What the hell does that have to do with anything?"<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2011/04/maria_chapelle_nadal_jamilah_nasheed_threat.php|title=State Senator Accused of Threatening Missouri Rep. During Lil' Wayne Concert|author=Chad Garrison|date=April 11, 2011|work=Daily RFT}}</ref> Nasheed admitted her past history of youth gang involvement, saying, "I talk to kids about it all the time. I caution them against that lifestyle. I'm not ashamed."<ref name=":0"/>

===Jason Crowell accusations===
State Senator [[Jason Crowell]] (R-Cape Girardeau) called Nasheed (D-St. Louis) a "thug" and a "low life". Nasheed tweeted "U R the biggest THUG in the STATE of Missouri- CLOWN!!!!!" Nasheed told ''River Front Times'' that she regrets engaging with Crowell over Twitter and is not sure what sparked the exchange. "That was a conversation I should not have had with Senator Crowell on Twitter", she said. "I don't know what that was all about."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2012/09/jamillah_nasheed_jason_crowell_senate_twitter.php|title=Twitter Fight! Missouri Politicians Trade "Thug" Insults|author=Leah Greenbaum|date=September 6, 2012|work=Daily RFT|accessdate=October 22, 2014}}</ref>


===2014 arrest===
===2014 arrest===

Revision as of 07:34, 15 December 2014

Jamilah Nasheed
Member of the Missouri Senate
from the 5th district
Assumed office
January 2013
Preceded byRobin Wright-Jones
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives
from the 60th district
In office
January 2007 – January 2013
Personal details
Born
Jenise Williams

October 17, 1972 (1972-10-17) (age 51)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic Party
SpouseFahim Nasheed[1]
OccupationSmall business owner (Sankofa Books and Gifts)[1]

Jamilah Nasheed (born Jenise Williams; October 17, 1972) is an American politician from the state of Missouri. Nasheed represents the fifth district in the Missouri Senate, and formerly served in the Missouri House of Representatives. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

Early life and education

Born Jenise Williams, she was raised with her three brothers by their grandmother in a St. Louis housing project. Her father was shot dead in a drive-by shooting several months before she was born.[2]

She attended Roosevelt High School in St. Louis.[3] She later took classes at Florissant Valley Community College in 2012.[4] As an adolescent, Nasheed began visiting a mosque on Grand Boulevard. After two years of studying Islam, she converted to the religion.[5]

Political career

Nasheed ran for the Missouri Senate in the 2012 elections. A St. Louis Circuit Court judge ordered she be removed from the ballot because she did not live in the boundaries of the district at the time of the election, although district boundaries were to change through redistricting.[6] She appealed the decision to the Missouri Supreme Court, which allowed her to remain on the ballot. She defeated incumbent Robin Wright-Jones and fellow State Representative Jeanette Mott Oxford in the Democratic primary,[7] and won the general election. In December, she was chosen to chair the Missouri Black Legislative Caucus.[8][9]

Controversies

2008 text

Nasheed tweeted the following on August 20, 2014, during the St. Louis mayoral primary:

"If you don't like Slay because he is white-vote for Jimmy (sic) Matthews because Reed is no different then (sic) Slay!"[10]

2011 Lil' Wayne concert

In April 2011, while attending a Lil' Wayne concert in St. Louis, Nasheed accused a fellow legislator, Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal, of threatening to stab her. The two politicians had been at odds for several weeks after Chapelle-Nadal criticized a bill sponsored by Nasheed which would give the governance of the St. Louis Police Department back to the city. Chappelle-Nadal said that any black politician that would support the bill was nothing more than a "house slave". Nasheed responded by calling Chappelle-Nadal "mentally unstable."[11][12][13]

Nasheed was attending the concert as the guest of a lobbyist with AT&T. During the concert the two legislators made contact in a private suite belonging to utility company Ameren UE. While mingling amongst the lobbyists in a private suite, Chappelle-Nadal and Nasheed had a disagreement that ended with Chappelle-Nadal reportedly telling Nasheed that "if she had a knife, she would cut my fucking throat." Nasheed "tweeted" the comment from Chappelle-Nadal to her followers that night. Chappelle-Nadal did not deny an encounter took placed but denied she threatened to shank or stab anyone. She reported to the Daily RFT, "I was trying to enjoy the concert, but she kept harassing me... Finally she cornered me. I never said I would cut her throat, though I did mention a stabbing. I said that if I were really as unstable as she says I am, I would have stabbed someone by now, like the time she stabbed someone when she was with the 'Switchblade Sistas' -- a high-school gang." Chappelle-Nadal said of Nasheed, "She has a different background than I do — less-civilized, I guess ... We have two different backgrounds. One is a little bit more cordial. And one is a little bit more street and aggressive."[14][2]

When questioned on her association with the "Switchblade Sistas", Nasheed offered, "What the hell does that have to do with anything?"[15] Nasheed admitted her past history of youth gang involvement, saying, "I talk to kids about it all the time. I caution them against that lifestyle. I'm not ashamed."[15]

2014 arrest

See also: 2014 Ferguson unrest

Nasheed was taken into police custody on October 20, 2014, in front of the Ferguson, Missouri police station. News reports indicated she was in possession of a firearm at the time of her arrest.[16] She was criticized for possessing a weapon after having sponsored anti-gun legislation.[14]

Another protester said Nasheed refused to get off the street even after police gave instructions to the protesters to do so. After police smelled alcohol, they prompted her to take a breathalyzer, which she refused to do.[17]

Attempted carjacking

On November 22, 2014, Nasheed reported to the police that a black male, 20–25 years of age and 5'2" - 5'3" tall, held a gun to her head outside her home and demanded the keys to her vehicle. Nasheed refused to comply and the young man returned to his vehicle and drove away.[18]

References

  1. ^ a b Profile, votesmart.org; accessed November 25, 2014.
  2. ^ a b Jamilah Nasheed profile, riverfronttimes.com; accessed November 25, 2014.
  3. ^ Profile, aopavotes.org; accessed November 25, 2014.
  4. ^ Profile, kre8tiveinspired.com; accessed November 25, 2014.
  5. ^ Nasheed's conversion to Islam, themissouritimes.com; accessed November 25, 2014.
  6. ^ Jake Wagman (May 16, 2012). "Judge orders Jamilah Nasheed removed from state Senate ballot". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  7. ^ Kevin Killeen (August 7, 2012). "Jamilah Nasheed Wins State Senate Contest". CBS St. Louis.
  8. ^ "Jamilah Nasheed elected Caucus Chairman". St. Louis American. November 21, 2012.
  9. ^ Virginia Young (November 8, 2012). "Nasheed to head Legislative Black Caucus". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  10. ^ Nasheed's Twitter re Francis Slay, freerepublic.com; accessed November 25, 2014.
  11. ^ "Senator Opposing Local Control "Mentally Unstable"". CBS Local St. Louis. April 8, 2011. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
  12. ^ Chad Garrison (April 11, 2011). "State Senator Accused of Threatening Missouri Rep. During Lil' Wayne Concert". The Riverfront Times blog. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
  13. ^ Jake Wagman (April 7, 2011). "Mo. Senator compares local control supporters to "house slaves"". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
  14. ^ a b [1], theblaze.com, October 21, 2014; accessed November 25, 2014.
  15. ^ a b Chad Garrison (April 11, 2011). "State Senator Accused of Threatening Missouri Rep. During Lil' Wayne Concert". Daily RFT.
  16. ^ "Protester: 'All Hell is Going to Break Loose' if Darren Wilson Isn't Indicted". CBS News. October 21, 2014.
  17. ^ Lee Enterprises (October 21, 2014). "State Sen. Nasheed freed from jail, explains her 'symbolic' arrest". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  18. ^ State Senator Nasheed alleges armed man tried to carjack her, fox2now.com, November 25, 2014.

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