MEDIA ALERT:

PLEASE HOLD FOR RELEASE AFTER 11:00 AM, OCTOBER 25, 2011 For Additional Information Contact:
Rev. Cardes H. Brown 336-273-5579 Rev. Gregory T. Headen 336-379-1133 Rev. Nelson N. Johnson 336-230-0001

Clergy to Meet with District Attorney Henderson to Urge Criminal Indictment of an Assistant Greensboro Police Chief
A Media Conference Will Be Held on Tuesday, October 25, 2011, 11:00 AM, at Bethel AME Church, 200 Regan St., in Greensboro, to Report on Meeting with DA Several Greensboro clergy members will meet with the media to share the results of their recent meeting with the District Attorney, requesting him to act on a complaint filed with the DAs Office more than three (3) weeks ago, documenting a violation of criminal law by an assistant police chief of Greensboro.
Clergy members contend that the criminal complaint before the DA is one of many complaints of violations of policy and criminal law by the leadership of the Greensboro Police Department (GPD), which have been covered up by an extremely flawed investigative process or simply not investigated at all. Current estimates are that more than 20 percent of the current GPD leadership is implicated in the violation of police policy and/or criminal law. In the last 14 months, five (5) African American and Latino police officers have been terminated for whistle blowing. In addition, there currently exist 39 EEOC-related legal cases brought by police officers, along with more than 12 racial profiling or discrimination cases filed by private citizens against the GPD with the US Department of Justice. The clergy and many in the community have alleged a pattern of corruption and double standards within the GPD. According to one of the pastors, the Rev. Gregory T. Headen, we are struggling for professionalism and accountability in our police department. Some of the clergy persons involved with this community initiative include:
Rev. Eric Baldwin Rev. Cardes H. Brown Rev. James Fisher Rev. Johnny Freeman Rev. Michael Frencher Rev. Gregory T. Headen Rev. Nelson N. Johnson Rev. Alphonso McGlen Rev. Benjamin Mittman Rev. Eva Ratliff Rev. Clarence Shuford Manasseh Baptist Church New Light Missionary Baptist Church St. Paul Baptist Church United Institutional Baptist Church Trinity AME Zion Church Genesis Baptist Church Faith Community Church Bethel AME Church East White Oak Baptist Church Guiding Light Ministries St. Phillip AME Zion Church

Rev. M. Ruth Smith Rev. James Woodson Rev. William F. Wright

First AME Church St. James Home of Fresh Start Ministries New Zion Missionary Baptist Church

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