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- Posted: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 05:46:10 +0000
-Calls ‘Terrorist’ Police ‘Descendants Of The KKK’
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WXIA reports:
ATLANTA (WXIA) — By its nature police work is dangerous business. And police say the atmosphere has gotten downright ugly since the killings, by police, of young African American men in Ferguson Missouri and New York City. Det. Ken Allen says good cops now feel targeted. “And I think what that has done is taken away from the men and women who are heroes every day that come out to protect our citizens,” said Allen, who is also president of IBPO Local 623.
But “hero” is not the word used by the folks behind an Atlanta based group called the coalition to combat police terrorism. “They’re the descendants of the Ku Klux Klan,” said Dhoruba bin-Wahad, a former leader of the Black Panther party, at a news conference Monday. “They’re the descendants of the militias that used to go hunt slaves and run them down. That’s how they police our community.”
Former congresswoman Cynthia McKinney is one of the group’s leaders. She bristled when we asked her if the group had a responsibility to show restraint —in light of the ambush killings of two New York city policemen.
“It’s not against police officers in general,” said McKinney, who once ran for president with the Green Party. “But it certainly is against those who use excessive force, who use the opportunity that they have to protect the community to terrorize the community.”
McKinney’s father, the late state Rep. Billy McKinney, was one of Atlanta’s first post-integration African American police officers.
Det. Allen says police deserve scrutiny but not condemnation. Both he and McKinney say they want a public dialogue to ease the tension.
ATLANTA (WXIA) — By its nature police work is dangerous business. And police say the atmosphere has gotten downright ugly since the killings, by police, of young African American men in Ferguson Missouri and New York City. Det. Ken Allen says good cops now feel targeted. “And I think what that has done is taken away from the men and women who are heroes every day that come out to protect our citizens,” said Allen, who is also president of IBPO Local 623.
But “hero” is not the word used by the folks behind an Atlanta based group called the coalition to combat police terrorism. “They’re the descendants of the Ku Klux Klan,” said Dhoruba bin-Wahad, a former leader of the Black Panther party, at a news conference Monday. “They’re the descendants of the militias that used to go hunt slaves and run them down. That’s how they police our community.”
Former congresswoman Cynthia McKinney is one of the group’s leaders. She bristled when we asked her if the group had a responsibility to show restraint —in light of the ambush killings of two New York city policemen.
“It’s not against police officers in general,” said McKinney, who once ran for president with the Green Party. “But it certainly is against those who use excessive force, who use the opportunity that they have to protect the community to terrorize the community.”
McKinney’s father, the late state Rep. Billy McKinney, was one of Atlanta’s first post-integration African American police officers.
Det. Allen says police deserve scrutiny but not condemnation. Both he and McKinney say they want a public dialogue to ease the tension.
