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Lynching Threat Cleveland, Ohio |
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by Garlin Farris
Email: garling1baby (nospam) aol.com (unverified!) |
22 Aug 2001
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Cleveland man threatened with lynching on June 29. Complaint falls on deaf ears at the local chapter of NAACP!! Is the year 2001 or 1901????? |
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Dear Sir/Madam,
I was recently threatened with a lynching (Cleveland Life 7/18/01 edition). I took my complaint to the President of local NAACP. The Cleveland Life reporter (Richard Jones, Sr. 216-771-5054 ext. 119 ) did an interview with the local NAACP President and he stated that he didn't give adamn about the complaint. My question for you is how do I deal with the issue of local Black leaders legitimatising racism. I took a picture of the noose that the people threw over the side of the building after the foreman ofthe local contractor asked me & I quote; Do you want to get strung up and the shit beat out of you monkey?”
A little background about myself, I am a Union Carpenter out of local 212 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. I was participating in an informational picket that was sanctioned by the Ohio & Vicinity Regional Council of Carpenters. I was the only African American picketer on the site. It was my third day on the picket line when the foreman of the construction company, whom we were picketing against approached me. An editorial in the Cleveland Life 7/18 edition says either they were crazy or knew that there would be no legal price to pay.
Sir/Madam, what scares me the most is the silence from the local African American Leaders. What happened to a time not long ago when an injury to one was an injury to all? To think that this can still happen in the year 2001 is frightening. To have a picture of the noose and signed statements from witnesses and wall of silence follows is appalling. I know first hand what my ancestors felt like to be dehumanized.
I Remain
Son of a Great People
Garlin R Farris |
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This is a bad link? |
by ML
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Current rating: 0
22 Aug 2001
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I hope that it is more complicated than it appears from what is listed here. I know that the global IMC has had several stories posted today that tend to bring the NAACP into disrepute. I wonder if there is a connection, some siort of campaign against the NAACP going on?
I can tell you for sure that the link at the end of the story above takes you to some super-glitzy website that not only has nothing to do with the story, it looks like maybe it's an advertisement for some web services company. If this is nothing but an ad in some wierd disguise, it doesn't belong on IMC. The ad may lock up or crash your browser, probably due to all the audio and animation involved, so be forewarned before you click to go there.
If it really is a legitimate story, could some on-line links to confirming or relevant stories be posted so that we can all see the evidence? |
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Nno Bad Link |
by Garlin Farris
garling1baby (unverified) |
Current rating: 0
22 Aug 2001
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I assure that this incident in fact did happened. Call Cleveland Life Newspaper. Talk to the editor and Chief Eric Brewer. They were the first news service to break the story. Their phone number is 216-771-5054 |
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Nno Bad Link |
by Garlin Farris
garling1baby (unverified) |
Current rating: 0
22 Aug 2001
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I assure that this incident in fact did happened. Call Cleveland Life Newspaper. Talk to the editor and Chief Eric Brewer. They were the first news service to break the story. Their phone number is 216-771-5054 |
