Show tit i c 1 w. w aIr i t rr Il 1 f. f their h. h H. H 0 t Ii If r iV 1 S i J Liss to J oJ J f feelings elings Frank Penman Contributing Writer HE variety that is America T THE was made very evident last Monday at the mass meeting of the NAACP NAACP NAACP-an an organization with 73 years of service to the community Salt Lake City branch president Alberta H. H Henry called the roll of the Board of P Directors ire c. c tor s. s The boa board r d dm members m pm her were wore asked to remain standing as their names where called When Henry was finished with the roll she asked Do liDo you see only blacks standing The rhe majority were not black Henry said that since the verdict of not guilty was read in old playing a game they call Robin King where four children were beating on one When the teacher asked where they got this game he was told that their mother said the it was okay for the police to beat on people was for the future of the children who had seen the Ki ti ngon tel on Chief of the police department He was hopeful l there will be justice us tie I Isaid said Ed Johnson chief o of f the me Rodney King case last Wednesday her office office office of of- fice had received over over calls from concerned people of all colors asking What can we do doto to help One caller a school pre-school teacher in Salt Lake City related related re- re the hJ story of five children four to five years Ed Johnson saw the same video while attending a conference in Washington DC D.C. with several other police chiefs Johnson said without exception exception exception ex ex- they were all devastated by byI bythe bythe I the verdict There mere was no doubt of the brutality of the the beating and he was hopeful when the Justice Department is through gh with the investigation tion there there will be justice Johnson planned additional addition addition- al training for police officers and encouraged people to report all instances of police r 3 I IY t J P. P o 0 I If IS f 0 Y 41 t- t jV Y r 4 Sr S- S e r li t 0 p t I W a r c I IQ Q 1 m M i I Photo by Ed Tile lile NAACP members speak at a mass meeting held on May 4 Members of the audience were also allowed to speak out their thoughts brutality immediately Th This is wont won't be tolerated here Johnson said A retired police officer stated Why does it take what we have seen to get the police chief and the FRT FBI to fn a meet meet- ing like this There is racism in inthe inthe inthe the locker room the patrol car and andon andon andon on the streets With all the training training training train train- ing how do you Director of the Salt Lake region FBI in the Eugene Glenn was optimistic optimistic optimistic op op- op- op about the Grand Jury about to be convened Glenn believes we need to get back Where do dowe dowe dowe we go from here commerce or conscience said Ron Coleman to basic respect in society society respect respect for each other before respect of law and property Staci Washington from the Black Student Union on the U of U campus felt ang anger r rand and despair She asked What can be done This decision was very very wrong A concerned reporter ex-reporter John Harrington complained about the ine- ine qualities of the demographics on Death Row K e i t h Wilder minorities advisor advisor advisor ad ad- visor to Governor Governor Governor Gover- Gover nor Norm Bangerter asked Where do we we go from here Young people need an outlet and to be part of society A lot lotof lotof lotof of blacks are not registered to vote Vote get involved Make someone listen police listen police chief mayor governor or the news o le Ron Coleman said What I want to say not too many people want to hear The problems are not only in LA but right here In the we never addressed the real is is- is sues If we ve dont don't it will happen happen happen hap hap- pen over and over again Where do we go from here commerce or conscience W When hen the t trial ria I was moved to Simi Valley I was gravely disappointed said Rev France Davis The liThe next step is another view and Im I'm hopeful that thIngs have not been terminated We will have our day in court All Ali the people who spoke were as varied in their professions and personal backgrounds as in the color of their ther skin Though their o opinions pin i 0 san and d s solutions 0 ru t ion S varied on this day they united in their anger and disbelieve of the not guilty verdict given to the four white LA police officers in inthe inthe inthe the beating of one black LA mot K Vron |