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Charlotte Observer Online News Article http://www.charlotte.com/observer/local/naacp.htm
dealing with drugs. How about the officer? Was he a good officer? Did he do a good
job? We'd like to know that as well. We don't know nothing at all. Only thing we know
is that an officer shot him. My name's Mitchell Smith. I went to the police academy. I
was a police officer in Charlotte, North Carolina.
AUDIENCE: (Applauding.)
DEPUTY CHIEF MOWREY: There's certain information that we're restricted by law
from providing. But, as far as in this case, the good conduct of the officer, the officer
was an outstanding or is an outstanding police officer. But, that is not ~ and you're
correct ~ that was not put in the information.
SPEAKER: Yes. My name is Sheila Robertson, and I have a couple of questions I want
to ask. Number one, do you think James Wille's murder was justified, because he had no
weapon on him? The second question I have to ask, why didn't the officer ask James
Willie Cooper to freeze before shooting? And the next question that I have to offer,
when does the police officer have the right to shoot someone without probable cause?
AUDIENCE: (Applauding.)
MOWREY: First, the justification of shooting, that is made by the District Attorney's
office. In my previous statement, if there was a justification in that, the information is
going to be completed in the investigation. And that'll be presented to the District
Attorney. And that's a decision to be made at that point. The second question? I'm sorry.
SPEAKER: Why wasn't James Willie Cooper asked to freeze before this man starts
shooting up the car?
MOWREY: And that, I can't answer at all. The officer was there. The situation
occurred just within split seconds. A decision was made. Whether the officer could have
said that at that point, 1 can't answer that.
SPEAKER: It wasn't stated on the press release statement.
MOWREY: Well, there's a lot of information that's not in that. But, he was told to get
back in the car. One thing you want to do as much as you can is to ~ is control and
neutralize the situation as quick as possible. And that was a means that the officer was
using to do it.
SPEAKER: Thank you.
SPEAKER: My name is Gary Alexander, and I have a few questions. What I want to
know is why it's always black people that get shot down? Why come I never heard of
white people getting shot. And I'm a person that I've been in situations with the law
myself. They've stopped me. They have harassed me because I was black. I went to a
lawyer's office. You know what they said? You ain't got no money. We can't help you. If
I didn't have God on my side, I would be gone today, too, because I know what some of
these people going through. And we didn't ask to be born black. We was born black.
Why? You know, why? You know, every time something happens, it's always a black
person that they shoot down, you know. You don't never hear tell of them shooting
white people down like that. I mean, you know, I'm afraid to go out of the house any
more, simply because I'm black. You know, I ain't got to do nothing. The first they say
to us, they did it because they black. But, that's a lie. Every black person don't do
nothing wrong. I want to know why it's always got to be like this. Why? It's even on the
jobs, not only out here on the streets, you know, where ~ it's always like this wherever
you go. If you black, they want to put you down or do something to you. And a lot of
them, what they do is covered up. There's something going on every day, every day.
AUDIENCE: (Applauding.)
MOWREY: I think part of it, you mentioned the job, it's societal things that this
organization is, in fact, addressing. From the standpoint of the police officer and the
situations the officers are in, it has been on the other side. We know that. But, on the
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Object Description
| Title | Task force [2 of 2] |
| Series | Series 2, NAACP, Charlotte |
| Subseries | Subseries 4, Committees |
| Digital Collection | Kelly Alexander, Sr. papers concerning the NAACP, 1948-1998 |
| Creator | Alexander, Kelly M. |
| Date Created | 1989, 1993, 1996-1997 |
| Series Description | This series contains material related to the work of the NAACP in Charlotte, North Carolina and the Alexander family's involvement in the organization over the course of several decades. There is a wide variety of topics covered in the documents, including voting discrimination; the Freedom Fund; Youth Council activities; and correspondence with notable figures throughout the Charlotte area, including Alfred Alexander and Julius Chambers. |
| Collection Description | This collection documents the activities of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), with an emphasis on the work and correspondence of Kelly Alexander, Sr. and his sons Kelly Alexander, Jr. and Alfred Alexander in Charlotte, North Carolina. The collection contains minutes, correspondence, reports, speeches, press releases, membership records, and a few photographs. Topics covered include school segregation, housing and employment discrimination, police misconduct, and the Charlotte Area Fund. |
| Subjects--Names |
Alexander, Kelly M. Alexander, Kelly M., Jr., 1948- Alexander, Alfred L., 1952- |
| Subjects--Organizations |
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charlotte Branch. |
| Subjects--Topics |
African Americans--North Carolina--Charlotte African Americans--Civil rights--North Carolina African Americans--Political activity--North Carolina--Charlotte Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Charlotte Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Charlotte African Americans--Housing--North Carolina--Charlotte Racism--Political aspects--North Carolina--Charlotte Race discrimination--North Carolina--Charlotte Police brutality--North Carolina--Charlotte Police misconduct--North Carolina--Charlotte |
| Subjects--Locations |
Charlotte (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century Charlotte (N.C.)--Politics and government--20th century |
| Coverage--Place |
Charlotte (N.C.) Mecklenburg County (N.C.) |
| Box Number | 10 |
| Folder Number | 2 |
| Language | eng |
| Object Type | Text |
| Digital Format | Displayed as .jp2, uploaded as .tif |
| Genre | manuscripts (document genre) |
| Finding Aid | https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/701 |
| Original Collection | Kelly Alexander, Sr. papers concerning the NAACP |
| Digital Collection Home Page | http://digitalcollections.uncc.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16033coll20 |
| Repository | J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) |
| Digital Publisher | J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) |
| Rights | These materials are made available for use in research, teaching and private study. The digital reproductions have been made available through an evaluation of public domain status, permissions from the rights' holders, and authorization under the law including fair use as codified in 17 U.S.C. section 107. Although these materials are publicly accessible for these limited purposes, they may not all be in the public domain. Users are responsible for determining if permission for re-use is necessary and for obtaining such permission. Individuals who have concerns about online access to specific content should contact J. Murrey Atkins Library. |
| Location of Original | J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) |
| Grant Information | Digitization made possible by funding from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources. |
| Identifier | naacp-ms508-0210002 |
| Date Digitized | 2016-02-10 |
| Rating |
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| Title | naacp-ms508-0210002-065 |
| OCR Transcript | Charlotte Observer Online News Article http://www.charlotte.com/observer/local/naacp.htm dealing with drugs. How about the officer? Was he a good officer? Did he do a good job? We'd like to know that as well. We don't know nothing at all. Only thing we know is that an officer shot him. My name's Mitchell Smith. I went to the police academy. I was a police officer in Charlotte, North Carolina. AUDIENCE: (Applauding.) DEPUTY CHIEF MOWREY: There's certain information that we're restricted by law from providing. But, as far as in this case, the good conduct of the officer, the officer was an outstanding or is an outstanding police officer. But, that is not ~ and you're correct ~ that was not put in the information. SPEAKER: Yes. My name is Sheila Robertson, and I have a couple of questions I want to ask. Number one, do you think James Wille's murder was justified, because he had no weapon on him? The second question I have to ask, why didn't the officer ask James Willie Cooper to freeze before shooting? And the next question that I have to offer, when does the police officer have the right to shoot someone without probable cause? AUDIENCE: (Applauding.) MOWREY: First, the justification of shooting, that is made by the District Attorney's office. In my previous statement, if there was a justification in that, the information is going to be completed in the investigation. And that'll be presented to the District Attorney. And that's a decision to be made at that point. The second question? I'm sorry. SPEAKER: Why wasn't James Willie Cooper asked to freeze before this man starts shooting up the car? MOWREY: And that, I can't answer at all. The officer was there. The situation occurred just within split seconds. A decision was made. Whether the officer could have said that at that point, 1 can't answer that. SPEAKER: It wasn't stated on the press release statement. MOWREY: Well, there's a lot of information that's not in that. But, he was told to get back in the car. One thing you want to do as much as you can is to ~ is control and neutralize the situation as quick as possible. And that was a means that the officer was using to do it. SPEAKER: Thank you. SPEAKER: My name is Gary Alexander, and I have a few questions. What I want to know is why it's always black people that get shot down? Why come I never heard of white people getting shot. And I'm a person that I've been in situations with the law myself. They've stopped me. They have harassed me because I was black. I went to a lawyer's office. You know what they said? You ain't got no money. We can't help you. If I didn't have God on my side, I would be gone today, too, because I know what some of these people going through. And we didn't ask to be born black. We was born black. Why? You know, why? You know, every time something happens, it's always a black person that they shoot down, you know. You don't never hear tell of them shooting white people down like that. I mean, you know, I'm afraid to go out of the house any more, simply because I'm black. You know, I ain't got to do nothing. The first they say to us, they did it because they black. But, that's a lie. Every black person don't do nothing wrong. I want to know why it's always got to be like this. Why? It's even on the jobs, not only out here on the streets, you know, where ~ it's always like this wherever you go. If you black, they want to put you down or do something to you. And a lot of them, what they do is covered up. There's something going on every day, every day. AUDIENCE: (Applauding.) MOWREY: I think part of it, you mentioned the job, it's societal things that this organization is, in fact, addressing. From the standpoint of the police officer and the situations the officers are in, it has been on the other side. We know that. But, on the 5 of 19 11/24/96 12:21 PM |
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