Philly Store Owners Sue Black Israelite Group Over Street Protests

Members of the Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge (ISUPK) conducted weekly protests outside of the Shops at Liberty Place in Center City. The group is based in Upper Darby and part of the Black Hebrew Israelites, a religious movement which believes African Americans are descendants of the Twelve Tribes of Israel.

The group has been labeled as “extremist” and “black supremacists” by several organizations, including civil rights group Southern Poverty Law Center.

The protests angered shop owners so they filed a lawsuit to try and stop them.

More reporting on this story: http://on.nbc10.com/DJDn16u

Also, NBC10 sat down with the group's leader in 2017. Watch that here: https://youtu.be/kGshT9jVHig

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