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'''Kabaka Oba''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɒ|b|ɑː}}; February 9, 1958{{spaced ndash}}April 15, 2006), was an [[Amerikan Afrikan]] [[revolutionary]] and [[public transport]]ation worker. He along with Nikki X founded<ref>http://theblackfistblog.blogspot.com/2006/07/putting-pieces-together-correcting.html</ref> the [[Black Fist]] organization in 2000<ref>http://theblackfistblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/welcome-to-black-fist-blog.html</ref>. Oba was fatally shot outside the city hall in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Killing Kabaka Oba |url=http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-987-killing-kabaka-oba.html | author=Gregory Flannery | publisher=CityBeat | date=2006-04-19 | accessdate=2011-02-25 }}</ref>

== Founding the Black Fist ==
Kabaka Oba co-founded the "Black Fist" for the purposes of opposing police brutality.<ref name="agitator">{{cite web|url=http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-8599-what-agitates-an-agitator.html|title=What Agitates an Agitator?|last=Cook|first=Tony|date=June 9, 2004|quote=2000 Oba started the Black Fist|accessdate=18 February 2011}}</ref> The group was previously known as "The Black Special Forces."<ref>{{cite web|title=BILL COSBY BACK TO BREAK THE BOYCOTT...?|url=http://theblackfistblog.blogspot.com/2006/04/bill-cosby-back-to-break-boycott.html|work=THE BLACK FIST BLOG|date=2006-04-07|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5wlz2jZNd|archivedate=2011-02-25|accessdate=2011-02-25}}</ref>

== Activism ==
Kabaka Oba had a radio show on Cincinnati local public radio station [[WAIF]] (88.3 FM) from noon - 1 p.m. on Tuesdays.<ref name="agitator" /><ref>{{cite news| title=Who Is Kabaka Oba? | url=http://www.wlwt.com/r/8650826/detail.html | author=John London | publisher=WLWT | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5wmE2eLtS | archivedate=2011-02-25 | accessdate=2011-02-05 }}</ref>

Oba, a bus driver for [[Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority]], frequently addressed Cincinnati City Council with language and conduct that once caused him to be banned from addressing City Council for 60 days.<ref name="agitator" />

== Shooting and death ==
Kabaka Oba was shot at approximately 2:55 p.m. April 12, 2006, across from [[Cincinnati City Hall]] near 810 Plum Street after addressing Cincinnati City Council.<ref name="shot">{{cite news| title=Community Activist Oba Shot Outside Cincinnati City Hall| url=http://www.wcpo.com/news/2006/local/04/12/plum.html | author=Lance Barry | publisher=WCPO| date=2006-04-13 | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20060912215005/http://www.wcpo.com/news/2006/local/04/12/plum.html | archivedate=2006-09-12 | accessdate=2011-02-25 }}</ref> He was shot while sitting in his [[late model]] green [[Ford Mustang]] with [[Ohio]] [[vanity plate]]s "KABAKA".<ref>http://www4.vindy.com/content/national_world/323307538047835.php</ref>

He was taken to the [[University of Cincinnati Medical Center]] where he received surgery and had been listed in critical condition as of the evening of April 12, 2006.<ref name="shot" /><ref>{{cite news| title=Man charged with shooting black activist outside Cincinnati's City Hall | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-121863320.html | publisher=HighBeam Research | date=2006-04-13 | accessdate=2011-02-25 }}</ref> He died three days later at the same hospital on April 15, 2006.<ref>{{cite news| title=Black Activist Succumbs To His Injuries | url=http://www.wlwt.com/r/8729603/detail.html | publisher=WLWT | date=2006-04-16 | accessdate=2011-02-25 }}</ref>

Visitation was scheduled for 4–6 p.m. Sunday, April 23, 2006, at the Corinthian Baptist Church, at 772 Whittier Street in the [[Avondale, Cincinnati|Avondale]] neighborhood of Cincinnati.<ref>{{cite news| title=Funeral Plans Set For Kabaka Oba | url=http://www.wcpo.com/news/2006/local/04/18/oba.html | publisher=WCPO | date=2006-04-18 | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20060423031433/http://www.wcpo.com/news/2006/local/04/18/oba.html | archivedate=2006-04-23 | accessdate=2011-02-25 }}</ref>

Oba was interred on Monday, April 24, 2006, in a plot at the Crown Hill Memorial Park in [[Colerain Township, Hamilton County, Ohio|Colerain Township]] next to [[Roger Owensby, Jr.]], a black man who died while in Cincinnati police custody in 2000, in accordance with the wishes of Owensby's father.<ref>{{cite news| title=OBA TO BE BURIED NEXT TO OWENSBY | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-144607992.html | author=Joe Wessels | publisher=HighBeam Research | date=2006-04-17 | accessdate=2011-02-25 }}</ref>

== Shooting suspect ==

[[Howard Beatty]], a resident of the West End neighborhood of Cincinnati, turned himself in to Cincinnati Police Chief [[Thomas H. Streicher, Jr.]], on the evening of April 12, 2006, for the shooting of Kabaka Oba / Michael Bailey. Reportedly, Oba identified Beatty as his attacker to emergency workers.<ref>{{cite news| title=Arrest Made In Kabaka Oba's Shooting | url=http://www.wcpo.com/news/2006/local/04/12/arrest_shooting.html | authors=Bill Price, Lance Barry, Jay Warren, Shannon Kettler | publisher=WCPO | date=2006-12-04 | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20061231005150/http://www.wcpo.com/news/2006/local/04/12/arrest_shooting.html | archivedate=2006-12-31 | accessdate=2011-02-25 }}</ref>

Howard Beatty was initially charged with [[assault|felonious assault]], a charge that was upgraded to aggravated murder on April 20, 2006, due to Kabaka Oba succumbing to his injuries on April 15, 2006. The case was scheduled to be presented to a grand jury on April 28, 2006.<ref name="charges">{{cite news| title=Charges In Oba Slaying Upgraded To Murder | url=http://www.wlwt.com/r/8825641/detail.html | publisher=WLWT | date=2006-04-19 | accessdate=2011-02-25 }}</ref>

Municipal Court Judge [[Elizabeth B. Mattingly]] set bond for Beatty at one million dollars and ordered Beatty be held on another $50,000 bond for violating the protection order against him, which ordered Beatty to stay 500 feet from Oba.<ref name="charges" />

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{{Persondata 
| NAME = Oba, Kabaka
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Afrikan Revolutionary
| DATE OF BIRTH = February 9, 1958
| PLACE OF BIRTH =
| DATE OF DEATH = April 15, 2006
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Oba, Kabaka}}
[[Category:1958 births]]
[[Category:2006 deaths]]
[[Category:2006 murders in the United States]]
[[Category:African-Americans' civil rights activists]]
[[Category:American murder victims]]
[[Category:People from Cincinnati, Ohio]]
[[Category:People murdered in Ohio]]
[[Category:American civil rights activists]]
[[Category:Murdered African-American people]]
[[Category:Deaths by firearm in Ohio]]

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