For the past 18 months, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division (“DOJ”) has been meeting with Police Chief Settingsgaard, NAACP President Donald Jackson, unnamed community representatives and city officials. The group has under gone DOJ mediation, which was originally borne out of NAACP complaints alleging police brutality and racial profiling.
The result of the mediation, was the recent approval given by the NAACP to the Peoria Police to do racial profiling in "hot spots" and the rebirth of the Police-Community Relations Commission.
The result of the mediation, was the recent approval given by the NAACP to the Peoria Police to do racial profiling in "hot spots" and the rebirth of the Police-Community Relations Commission.
The Commission’s newly appointed members are:
Steve Settingsgaard, Peoria Police Chief
Don Jackson, NAACP
Savino Sierra, first district
Sharon Draper, second district
Douglas Lindstrom, third district
Erica Baird, fourth district
Howard Williamson, fifth district
Larry Ivory, at-large representative
Agbara James Bryson, at-large representative
Whitney Lawson, under-25 age group representative
George Azouri, under-25 age group representative
Scott Moore, City Manager
Eric Turner, at-large council member
Sgt. Greg Collins, District 150 representative
Bill Ordaz
Steve Settingsgaard, Peoria Police Chief
Don Jackson, NAACP
Savino Sierra, first district
Sharon Draper, second district
Douglas Lindstrom, third district
Erica Baird, fourth district
Howard Williamson, fifth district
Larry Ivory, at-large representative
Agbara James Bryson, at-large representative
Whitney Lawson, under-25 age group representative
George Azouri, under-25 age group representative
Scott Moore, City Manager
Eric Turner, at-large council member
Sgt. Greg Collins, District 150 representative
Bill Ordaz
In January of this year, the City of Peoria donated property located at 101 N. MacArthur Highway, to the NAACP, Peoria Branch, which has helped the NAACP establish a much needed presence in the community. Prior to that, NAACP work was handled out of NAACP, President, Donald Jackson's law office, which is located at 456 Fulton Street.
Beginning in January, 2011, the DOJ will conduct workshops on racial profiling and cultural competency, specifically designed for the Peoria Police. The workshops will be led by the Civil Rights Division, which is the same division that mediated the talks that led to re-establishing the Police-Community Relations Commission.
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"was the recent approval given by the NAACP to the Peoria Police to do racial profiling"
And who is the NAACP to give approval to this racist practice?
Who is creating the "profiles"?
Who is defining "race"?
I suspect this is just a quid pro quo for the NAACP to get their new piece of property.
Kind of ironic that the commission came about as a result of complaints of racial profiling and then the first thing the commission does is say it is okay to do racial profiling.
it would be funny only its not. the Jacksons and friends get a building and we get to be racially profiled.
I am especially glad to see Sammy, Erica, and Larry on the list. Kcdad does ask some good questions. The overriding issue has to be restoring safety to neighborhoods--as fairly as possible.
To kcdad I would say:
I guess this group gets to define race and the profiles.
The Mayor gave them that right when they were appointed to the commission.
This commission gets appointed tonight, so it hasn't even met yet...they weren't the ones that gave a "pass" for profiling to help reduce the summer violence.
As far as the building being donated...that was announced before or at the 2009 NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet last November.
everyone who doesn't know me seems to think I am black, anyway, so I am upset about this.
No one gave the PPD "permission to racially profile." I don't know how you define profiling, but here is what Wikipedia says:
"Racial profiling refers to the use of an individual’s race or ethnicity by law enforcement personnel as a key factor in deciding whether to engage in enforcement (e.g. make a traffic stop or arrest)."
There was an obvious problem area of shootings and murder in the Southend. The PPD's task force blanketed that area. 90+% of the people who live in the area are African American, so I can only imagine that 90+% of the people stopped by police would also be African American.
Profiling (to me) is when someone is stopped simply because he is of a particular race. Like: "Hey, that black guy looks out of place in this white neighborhood -- let's stop him."
I don't think the NAACP looked the other way on an abusive or unethical police practice. I think they saw that this was a neighborhood in trouble that needed some serious intervention. And it seems to have worked.
Say What:
I was just going by what Mr. Jackson said in the pjstar...
Jackson said while attending the NAACP's national convention in Kansas City, Mo. "We are sort of giving them a pass on racial profiling..."
Well, then Jackson was wrong, too. It isn't racial profiling to stop black people in a black neighborhood.
Say what?
"90+% of the people who live in the area are African American, so I can only imagine that 90+% of the people stopped by police would also be African American."
Do you actually believe that? There are 28,000 blacks living in Peoria. 78,250 whites. The rest are of various groups, (Hispanic, Asian, Native American, etc)
The areas of the 'most' shootings was the Sheridan McClure area, and just below Bradley. Of those areas, 61602, 03, 04 and 05 only within zip code 61605 does the black population out number the white population and guess what that number is? About 55%-40%. So on average, whites make up 70% of the population of the other areas.
Don't believe me? Look it up.
http://www.city-data.com/zips/61605.html
http://www.city-data.com/zips/61602.html
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