NAACP Responds To Grand Jury Decision
From RRStar.com:
The following statement was released today by the NAACP in the case of Mark Anthony Barmore, an unarmed African American man fatally shot by two white Rockford, IL police officers in a church day care center.
“The NAACP is shocked and outraged by the Illinois State Police finding that the Rockford Police acted properly in shooting and killing Mark Barmore, who was unarmed” said Norma Joseph, President of the Rockford Branch NAACP.
The Rockford, Illinois branch of NAACP, along with community leaders, faith leaders and concerned citizens in the State of Illinois, have formed a coalition which is calling for an independent investigation by the US Department of Justice through the US Attorney General for the Northern District of Illinois into the incident. The community-based coalition has also called for the establishment of a citizen’s police review board with subpoena and disciplinary power.
“We are seeking accountability for the law enforcement officer’s actions,” explained Attorney Don Jackson, President of the Illinois State NAACP. “In only five years of service, one of the officers has been involved in four shootings, two of which resulted in fatalities.”
“It is a sad day in this country when two police officers with guns drawn can charge into a church day care center, terrorize children and staff and fatally shoot an unarmed man in the back with impunity,” stated Benjamin Todd Jealous, NAACP President and CEO.”
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I’TS A DAMN SHAME HOW WE AS BLACK PEOPLE CAN GET SO UPSET OVER OTHER FOLKS VIEWS AND MISTREATMENTS OF US BUT YET WE DO THE WORST CRIMES TO OURSELVES, BLACK ON BLACK CRIMES ARE AT THE MOST HIGHIEST POINT OF DESTUCTIONS,” SEE BUT DON’T TELL” (SNITCH) MAYBE THIS IS WHY OUR RACE HAVE NO VALUE AMONGST OHTHER RACES BECAUSE WE DON’T VALUE OURSELVES IN THIS SOCIETY, SO HOW ARE YOU GONNA CRY BRUTALLITY OF ANY FORM WHEN YOU CAN’T RECONIZE IT FROM SELF. WE EYE WITTNESS CRIMES BEING DONE EVERYDAY, BE IT (DEATH-ROBBERY-RAPE ETC.) WE SAY NOTHING BUT SOON AS A COP IS INVOLED WE CRYOUT BRUTALLITY. WAKE UP. CRIME IS CRIME, BY THEM OR BY US IT’S WRONG.
THERE HAS TO BE A COMMANDER IN CHIEF SOMEWHERE UP THE LINE OF COMMAND BECAUSE THESE POLICE OFFICERS WORK FOR THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN WHATEVER STATE THERE ARE ASSIGNED TO WORK. NOW, FURTHER UP THE LINE AS FAR AS CONGRESS, THERE HAS TO BE SOMEONE GIVING THESE ORDERS TO KILL BLACK PEOPLE AT WILL …JUST MY OPINION. I DO NOT THINK THESE COPS ARE ACTING ALONE ON A NATION-WIDE SCALE.
Police officers should be like judges and politicians and run for their jobs. I’d wager that fewer people would be shot by rogue cops if they needed the citizens approval to work in their communities.
We have to take care of our own families and commnunity. When we leave it up to the system this is how they deal with us. These white officers have no connection to us or the neighborhoods they “serve” and “proterct”. What angers me is how so many of us are shocked by this.