nrflaith (Observer
December 12. 2007
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L aw & J ustice
Civil Rights Lawyer Leads NAACP Drug Charge Nets
Tackles national
inequality issues
J o h n P a y to n , an a tto r n e y
know n for his successful record
in som e o f the m ost im portant and
v isible c iv il-rig h ts cases in the
U nited S tates, has been nam ed
D irecto r-C o u n sel and P resident
o f the N A A C P Legal D efense
Fund.
P ayton brin g s a w ealth o f e x
p e rie n c e ,
in c lu d in g
cases
brought before the U.S. Supreme-
C o u rt, in lead in g the legal d e
fense group in its fight for racial
and social ju stice .
John Payton
“T his is both a very ex citin g p ro d u c e d so c io lo g ic a l stu d ies
and a very h u m bling m om ent for d o cu m en tin g how a d iv erse c a m
me. I have alw ay s adm ired T he pus e n h a n c e s th e e d u c a tio n a l
L egal D efense Fund: it is an h is and long-term life ex periences for
toric o rg an izatio n w ith an im p o r all stu d e n ts.”
tant m issio n ,” said Payton. "R a
In his new p o sitio n , Payton
cial ju stic e and eq u ality are is h o p es to raise aw aren ess o f the
sues that I d eep ly care ab o u t."
grow ing disparities am ong A m eri
A s lead co u n sel for the U n i ca n s.
“T o d ay , o u r co u n try has p er
v ersity o f M ichigan, P ayton a r
gued the a ffirm ativ e-ac tio n -ad haps its h ig h est rate o f w ealth
m issions case su ccessfu lly b e and incom e in e q u ality , w hich is
fore the trial co u rt, ap p eals court ex a cerb ated w hen race is taken
and u ltim ately before the S u into account. T he L o w er Ninth
W ard in N ew O rlean s w as a d i
prem e C ourt.
T he New York Tim es described sa ster befo re K atrina. T h ere are
the case as one that "g alv an ized m any o th e r L ow er N inth W ards
affirm ative-action advocates who acro ss the c o u n try ,” said Payton.
Gang Co-founder
Federal prosecutors say drug dealing has finally caught up with
a man who is an adm itted co-founder o f a gang called “304.”
Deon W illiams, 28. was recently sentenced to lO years in federal
prison for possession with the intent to distribute 50 gram s or more
o f crack cocaine.
On Sept 14, 2005, Portland Police officers with the Tactical
Operations Di vision and G ang Enforcement Team arrested W illiams
based upon inform ation they developed that he was selling drugs.
Inside the car he was driving, officers initially found 25.6 gram s
o f crack cocaine. G ang enforcem ent officers followed up by execut
ing a state search warrant at W illiam s' residence. Inside the home,
officers found an additional 193.9 grams o f crack cocaine, cash, drug
packaging m aterial, a scale and some marijuana.
Congressman Fights Traffic Charge
who believes in hard work and fo l lenge the ticket Dec. 28 in traffic
lows the rules.”
court. he said.
Davis. 66, said he was on his way
In 2005, Illinois state Sen. James
home from co-hosting his late-night M eeks, a popular black minister,
radio talk show, "Talking to the accused police o f racial profiling
People," and was driving with three after a white Chicago police officer
black passengers when he was stuck a gun in his face and repeat
stopped.
edly shouted at him to get back in
“ I know that I had not w eaved. his car during a traffic stop.
I m ean. I'm not senile," he told the
A report released earl ier this year
C hicago T ribune. "H ad I w eaved. by the Illinois Department o f Trans
I w ould have said 'I thought I saw p o rta tio n fo u n d th a t p o lic e
a p o th o le ,’ o r a snake, or so m e throughout Illinois stop minority
th in g ."
drivers for traffic violations in larger
Davis said he has been inter percentages than driver population
viewed by an investigator from the numbers would suggest, and mi
office that looks into misconduct in norities were much more I i kely to be
the police department. He will chal- searched than whites.
Says he was
victim of
racial profiling
Police released surveillance video to help identify two suspects
accused o f being associated with an assault o f a 71-year-old
man at a Max station in Gresham.
M ax Riders Tied
to Beating Case
G resham pol ice have released
T riM et su rv eillan ce video in
hopes o f identifying tw o people
associated w ith a teen ag er w ho
w as arrested in the Nov. 3 b eat
ing o f a 71-year-old m an at a
M ax station in G resham .
Police said the m ale and fe
m ale riders had been on the
M ax train w ith A bel A ntonio
C h av ez-G arcia before C havez,
15 beat L aurie C hilco te w ith a
baseball bat.
Police said C hilcote was wait-
ing for a bus w hen C havez
an d tw o o th e r p e o p le a p
proached him. Police said they
follow ed C hilcote o ff the train
and taunted him by calling him
old.
A nybody w ith inform ation
as to the identity o f either
person in the video stills is
ask ed to call the G resham
Police tip line at 503-618-2719
or 1 -888-989-3505. M essages
to the tip 1 ine can be left anony
mously.
H ave you seen m e?
(A P) -- An Illinois congressm an
said he was a victim o f racial profil
ing when police gave him a traffic
ticket alleging he swerved over the
center line.
Rep. Danny Davis, who is black,
said he will go to traffic court to
challenge the $75 ticket given to
him Nov. 19 by tw o white officers.
“ I’m not one o f these people
w ho cry racism .” D avis told The
A ssociated Press. “ I’m a person
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