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STATEMENT OF ALFRED L. ALEXANDER
President, Charlotte Mecklenburg Co. NAACP
November 25, 1996
Mayor and members of the City Council, the record clearly shows that
since April 1 of 1989 the frequency of police use of deadly force involving
members of the African American community has increased. The existing
policies governing how we investigate; how we regulate the use of deadly
force are inadequate. The NAACP accordingly proposes that the Council
consider the adoption of the following ordinance on the use of deadly force.
USE OF DEADLY FORCE BY CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG POLICE
I. The Chief of Police shall be held accountable to the City Council for the
use of firearms and other means of deadly force by officers of the
Charlotte Mecklenburg Co. Police Department.
II. The Chief of Police shall promulgate administrative directives that clearly
delineate the circumstances under which officers of the police department
may display or discharge firearms or employ other means of deadly force.
HI. The administrative directives required by Section II shall prohibit officers
of the police department from discharging firearms except when, in the
absence of any other means to do so, it is necessary to defend officers or
other innocent persons against the use or imminent use of unlawful deadly
force by another person (or when, in the absence of any other means to do
so, it is necessary to destroy a dangerous or hopelessly injured animal).
iv. The administrative directives required by Section II shall prohibit officers
of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Co. Police Department from discharging
firearms at or from moving vehicles. A moving vehicle is not a form of
unlawful deadly force.
V The administrative directives required by Section II shall prohibit officers
of the police department from discharging firearms as warnings.
VI The administrative directives required by Section II shall prohibit officers
of the police department from discharging firearms in order to summon
assistance.
VII. The administrative guidelines required by Section II shall include
specification of internal police investigative and review procedures for all
instances in which officers of the police department discharge firearms or
employ other means of deadly force.
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 |
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| Title | naacp-ms508-0210002-129 |
| OCR Transcript | STATEMENT OF ALFRED L. ALEXANDER President, Charlotte Mecklenburg Co. NAACP November 25, 1996 Mayor and members of the City Council, the record clearly shows that since April 1 of 1989 the frequency of police use of deadly force involving members of the African American community has increased. The existing policies governing how we investigate; how we regulate the use of deadly force are inadequate. The NAACP accordingly proposes that the Council consider the adoption of the following ordinance on the use of deadly force. USE OF DEADLY FORCE BY CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG POLICE I. The Chief of Police shall be held accountable to the City Council for the use of firearms and other means of deadly force by officers of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Co. Police Department. II. The Chief of Police shall promulgate administrative directives that clearly delineate the circumstances under which officers of the police department may display or discharge firearms or employ other means of deadly force. HI. The administrative directives required by Section II shall prohibit officers of the police department from discharging firearms except when, in the absence of any other means to do so, it is necessary to defend officers or other innocent persons against the use or imminent use of unlawful deadly force by another person (or when, in the absence of any other means to do so, it is necessary to destroy a dangerous or hopelessly injured animal). iv. The administrative directives required by Section II shall prohibit officers of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Co. Police Department from discharging firearms at or from moving vehicles. A moving vehicle is not a form of unlawful deadly force. V The administrative directives required by Section II shall prohibit officers of the police department from discharging firearms as warnings. VI The administrative directives required by Section II shall prohibit officers of the police department from discharging firearms in order to summon assistance. VII. The administrative guidelines required by Section II shall include specification of internal police investigative and review procedures for all instances in which officers of the police department discharge firearms or employ other means of deadly force. |
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