Update: Stop NAACP Support of Rapists
A woman is brutally raped and tortured for hours in Dunbar Village by 10 teenagers. Her son is also tortured, and to make it worse, the woman is forced to perform oral sex on her own son. Four of the assailants have been arrested, but there are still six running free. Civil Rights leaders remain curiously quiet about this horrific crime. Now, however, the Reverend Al Sharpton and the West Palm Beach branch of the NAACP have decided to take action.
Rev. Sharpton and the branch of the NAACP are demanding that the police put more effort into apprehending the six other rapists.
Oh wait. That’s not right.
Rev. Sharpton and the branch of the NAACP are demanding that the four apprehended criminals be punished to the fullest extent of the law.
Oh damn. I got it wrong again.
No, Rev. Sharpton and the West Palm Beach branch of the NAACP have decided to defend the four rapists, claiming that it is wrong to not offer them bail. Why? Because some white rapists in Boca Raton were offered bail and so the black kids should be offered bail too. Um, NO! This is wrong on so many levels I can’t even begin to fathom the height of wrongness and stupidity and bullshit that this is, but here’s a few thoughts:
A) The white rapists didn’t deserve bail either. That’s the true injustice here.
B) The Dunbar Village rapists are NOT victims. I didn’t want to go there, but I think all those chemicals in Rev. Sharpton’s hair have seeped into his brain and done serious damage. How can you claim to stand up for black folks and then turn your back on black women victims?
C) Villager has the right idea:
I encourage all like-minded villagers to join in collective action against the NAACP and Al Sharpton’s NAN as a result of their misguided criminal advocacy in the Dunbar Village case. Perhaps it is time for right-thinking villagers to stop fueling the NAACP and NAN with our money and our volunteer activism until they stop trying to hinder the successful prosecution of this heinous crime down in Dunbar Village.
Perhaps it is time to ensure that the safety of Black women and children are non-negotiable. Here are some specific steps you can take:
- Share this post with others so they might have their conscience and concern raised as yours as been today.
- Demand an explanation from your local NAACP and NAN chapter about the Dunbar Village case.
- Cancel your membership to these organizations
- Write a letter explaining that you will return when they prioritize the public safety needs of Black women and children.
- Stop donating your time or money to these organizations; instead invest in other organizations that take the lives of Black women and children seriously.
Even if you do not belong to these organizations, call or write them to express your displeasure:
You can obtain more information about the direct action against NAACP and NAN from the Dunbar Village blog (BBR #494).
NAACP National Headquarters
4805 Mt. Hope Drive
Baltimore MD 21215
(410) 580-5777National Action Network
Rev. Al Sharpton
106 W. 145th Street
Harlem, New York 10039
(212) 690-3070
Yea man, Al needs to go somewhere with that mess. And I agree, if anything he needs to be advocating for those other boys to be locked up. Thats where the real injustice lies.
Thanks for posting about this, I saw the link at BFP’s. Also, I wish it were not under terrible-news circumstances but I was glad to get alerted to you posting again.
MK – that’s what I’m saying. For all the injustices that black folk experience, he thinks THIS is one of them. Hells to the no! Those boys should be locked up. Did it ever occur to him to wonder how knowing that these rapists are walking the street might effect the ACTUAL victims here? I’m over these fools.
Joan – yeah, I finally got my tech issues straightened out and I’m back. I wish that my first real post in over a month didn’t have to be about this as well, but unfortunately my vacation from the internets didn’t stop folks from acting foolish. *Sigh*