I received an email from a reader of ElectionLawCenter.com noting that Tim Reid, the actor who has played Venus Flytrap on WKRP in Cincinnati may be a New Black Panther.

I don't know the answer.  One thing is for sure, the head of the New Black Panther Party, Malik Zulu Shabazz, organized a "National Black Power Conference"  complete with plenty of participants such as noted anti-Semite Leonard Jeffries, stacks of New Black Panther Members such as Divine Allah and Queen Sheena Sheba Africa. Reid was a speaker also.  I don't know if Venus has a uniform and is a member, but his appearance at this sort of event comes as a surprise