Post by Logan on May 10, 2016 3:48:16 GMT -6
NAACP calls for full federal investigation of Harnett County Sheriff’s Office
Lillington -- The North Carolina chapter of the NAACP has asked U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to send federal officials to Harnett County to protect residents from the deputies sworn to protect them.
The NAACP cites an News & Observer investigation, “Deadly Force,” in its request for federal intervention. The series highlighted several incidents in which residents say they have been battered or harassed by Harnett sheriff's deputies. Two men died; others have been shot with Tasers, sprayed with toxic pepper spray, punched and kicked.
“This means the problem is systematic,” Rev. William J. Barber II, state president of the NAACP, told a crowd of media and relatives of those who lost loved ones at the hands of Harnett County law enforcement. The NAACP held a press conference at the county courthouse in Lillington Monday morning.
“Who polices the Sheriff’s Office?” Barber asked.
Read more here: www.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article76491972.html
Being poor is not a crime. The police need to strive harder to connect with the people that are charged to serve and protect rather than to harass and harm them.
Lillington -- The North Carolina chapter of the NAACP has asked U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to send federal officials to Harnett County to protect residents from the deputies sworn to protect them.
The NAACP cites an News & Observer investigation, “Deadly Force,” in its request for federal intervention. The series highlighted several incidents in which residents say they have been battered or harassed by Harnett sheriff's deputies. Two men died; others have been shot with Tasers, sprayed with toxic pepper spray, punched and kicked.
“This means the problem is systematic,” Rev. William J. Barber II, state president of the NAACP, told a crowd of media and relatives of those who lost loved ones at the hands of Harnett County law enforcement. The NAACP held a press conference at the county courthouse in Lillington Monday morning.
“Who polices the Sheriff’s Office?” Barber asked.
Read more here: www.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article76491972.html
Being poor is not a crime. The police need to strive harder to connect with the people that are charged to serve and protect rather than to harass and harm them.