Gulf Coast Civil Rights Leaders React To Baltimore
Freddie Gray died in the back of a police car after sustaining a severe spinal cord injury.
“Young black men are being shot down or being taken into a van and mysteriously hurt and die. So there’s got to be a conversation about that. And of course rioting and robbing people is not the way to do it,” said James Crowell of the Biloxi NAACP.
Riot video shows Baltimore residents attacking and throwing stones and bricks at police. An action some believe is targeted at the wrong people.
“I think probably they’re taking their aggression out maybe on the wrong people. I think it started off, it appeared it started off peaceful, the way it should have. And I guess it just escalated. People’s emotions flare,” said Biloxi Police Chief John Miller.
Civil rights leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. preached nonviolence when standing up against adversity. While some may see that as passive way to stand up for your rights, civil rights leaders in Biloxi believe it’s quite the opposite.
“Well I think overall, nonviolence is the answer, but a lot of people mistake nonviolence for being passive and for just letting things happen when that’s not the case,” said Gordon Jackson of the Biloxi NAACP.
“I think we have great race relations here on the coast, I know. And not just in Biloxi, but up and down the coast. We seem to get along very well. I don’t know if that’s maybe from maybe some of things we had to suffer with in the past years,” said Chief Miller.
“Young black men are being shot down or being taken into a van and mysteriously hurt and die. So there’s got to be a conversation about that. And of course rioting and robbing people is not the way to do it,” said James Crowell of the Biloxi NAACP.
Riot video shows Baltimore residents attacking and throwing stones and bricks at police. An action some believe is targeted at the wrong people.
“I think probably they’re taking their aggression out maybe on the wrong people. I think it started off, it appeared it started off peaceful, the way it should have. And I guess it just escalated. People’s emotions flare,” said Biloxi Police Chief John Miller.
Civil rights leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. preached nonviolence when standing up against adversity. While some may see that as passive way to stand up for your rights, civil rights leaders in Biloxi believe it’s quite the opposite.
“Well I think overall, nonviolence is the answer, but a lot of people mistake nonviolence for being passive and for just letting things happen when that’s not the case,” said Gordon Jackson of the Biloxi NAACP.
“I think we have great race relations here on the coast, I know. And not just in Biloxi, but up and down the coast. We seem to get along very well. I don’t know if that’s maybe from maybe some of things we had to suffer with in the past years,” said Chief Miller.
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