ACLU, Concerned Citizens Meet, Town Officials Say Allegations Have No Merit
As many as seven different organizations were represented at a meeting sponsored by the Concerned Citizens of Flora Thursday, April 24 in Flora. The discussion centered on efforts to better organize and combat alleged racial profiling by law enforcement in Madison County.
Allegations once again arose regarding the Town of Flora. However, town officials say that their performance with respect to law enforcement and judicial conduct is laid out in state law, and strictly followed.
Representatives of the Mississippi ACLU, the National ACLU’s Campaign Against Racial Profiling, Canton Concerned Citizens, and the NAACP were in attendance at the Town and Country Place Restaurant on Highway 22. Other groups; the Mississippi’s Immigrant Rights Alliance, workplace rights group MPOWER, and Catholic Charities, were also represented.
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King Downing, National Coordinator for the ACLU's Campaign Against Racial Profiling, addresses the crowd of around 30 people on hand at the Town and Country Place Restaurant in Flora on Thursday April 24. The forum was held to develop strategies to combat alleged racial profiling in Flora and Madison County. Downing instructed the group on how to legally resist overreach of law enforcement, build coalitions among organizations, and jumpstart community service initiatives and outreach programs. (Photo by B. Keith Plunkett/The Flora Harvester)
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