Tuesday, May 20, 2014

MAN WHO UTTERED RACIST COMMENT RESIGNS

Comrades,
It seems as if all the public pressure finally made former Police Commissioner Robert Copeland resign over calling President Obama a "fucking nigger." I contacted State Representative Matt Ritter who agreed to put a letter together on legislative letter head about Greater Hartford residents opposing the racial remark. Then we were going to have politicians, religious leaders,  local people et al. sign the letter-- then send it to officials in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire on Wednesday.

I also called the Town Clerk and left a polite message about activists coming to Wolfeboro if Copeland was still in office this week. I explained the peaceful protest outside their police station was planned to occur within a week or so; people called a posted number for the Town Clerk leaving similar messages. In any event Copeland seems to be out of office but his words hover over the heads of blacks like " the sword of Damocles."

" All thought that does not lead to action is a disease."-- Goethe

Cornell

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