In an interview Public Enemy leader Chuck D says a government document was the inspiration behind the rap group name. Chuck said "The U.S. Constitution once considered black people to be three-fifth a human being" "If this is a public document obviously we must be the enemy, so that where the name "Public Enemy" came from." He went on to explain the logo for the group which shows a man in a b-boy stance in the crosshair of a gun sight. Chuck said "the crosshair logo symbolize the black man in America", he also said "a lot of people thought it was a state trooper because of the hat. The b-boy stance and the silhouette was more like the black man on target."