Hey Dad, Cool It With the Whitey Stuff, OK?

By Matt Wood in News on Sep 29, 2006 1:33PM

Nasir Farrakhan, son of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, probably didn't count on his name recognition getting him too far in court on Wednesday. After all, when your dad has spent his career using the term "white devil" like most of us say, "Hello, how are you?" you can't expect much leniency from a federal jury. The younger Farrakhan was ordered by the jury to pay $814,399 to a Gary couple after causing a rear-end collision three years ago on the Indiana Toll Road that left the woman with chronic pain. He's going to have to sell a lot of bean pies to cover that.

Farrakhan had accepted responsibility for the crash but refused to pay the money because he insisted the woman was already suffering from the pain before the crash. He had already plead guilty to criminal recklessness in the crash.

We didn't mention this last week, but apparently the Minister is also seriously ill. Suffering from what may be a recurrence of the prostate cancer he battled in 1998, he has handed over the reigns of the Nation to its executive board. In a letter printed in the Final Call, Farrakhan called his illness a test, and blamed it on the Jews.