October 26, 2016
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Contract with Police
lic deserve the opportunity to
weigh-in under new leadership
he should be the one negotiating regarding the terms of a new
it.
contract. We shouldn’t have to
The Mayor-Elect and the pub- wait six years to have an impact
C ontinued from p age 7
the next contract since it hasn’t
expired. This contract is a big
money giveaway without any
public benefit. The elimination
of the 48-hour rule looks good
as a talking point but this is out-
weighed by replacing it with leg-
islation that ensures it will take
longer than 48 hours for officers
to both review the video and write
their reports because they will be
able to wait to review body-cam
video. With no timeline in place
this rule is worse than the 48 hour
People in Power Who Do Not Want Us to Vote
C ontinued from p age 6
Arizona, Indiana, Kansas, Missis-
sippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire,
Ohio, Rhode Island, South Caroli-
na, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and
Wisconsin.
It’s no accident that the states
most likely to pass new voting
restrictions were those with the
highest African-American turnout
in 2008, those with the highest
Hispanic population growth be-
tween 2000 and 2010, and those
formerly covered under Section 5
of the Voting Rights Act before it
was struck down by the Supreme
Court in Shelby County v. Holder.
Of the 11 states with the highest
African-American turnout in 2008,
six have new restrictions in place.
Of the 15 jurisdictions previously
covered by Section 5, nine have
new restrictions in place and four
of them enacted restrictions direct-
ly after the Shelby County deci-
sion: Alabama, Mississippi, North
Carolina, and Texas.
rule it will replace. We the public
expect and deserve better public
access, oversight and influence
on this policy.
JoAnn Hardesty is president
of the NAACP Portland Chapter
1120.
Make no mistake, there are
people in power who do not want
African-Americans, young people,
senior citizens and other vulnera-
ble populations do vote. We cannot
let them stop us.
Marc H. Morial is president
and chief executive officer of the
National Urban League.
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