May 10, 1999

Police Brutality in Minority Communities

Caucus members met to address the issue of police brutality. They heard testimonial accounts of brutality from a number of persons, and concluded with recommendations for solutions.

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Donna Christian-Green Congressional Delegate [D] Virgin Islands
James Clyburn U.S. Representative [D] South Carolina

Elijah Cummings U.S. Representative [D] Maryland
Ron Daniels Executive Director Center for Constitutional Rights
Danny Davis U.S. Representative [D] Illinois
Dorothy Elliot Resident Silver Spring, MD
Walter E. Fauntroy Director (Former) March on Washington
Matthew Fogg Chief Deputy U.S. Marshals Service
Ronald Hampton Executive Director National Black Police Association
Richard Hankinson Inspector General Department of Justice
Jesse Jackson Founder and President Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
Eddie Bernice Johnson U.S. Representative [D] Texas
Bill Lann Lee Assistant Attorney General (Acting) Department of Justice->Civil Rights Division
Gregory Meeks U.S. Representative [D] New York
Kweisi Mfume President and CEO National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Laura W. Murphy Director American Civil Liberties Union->Washington Legislative Office
Eleanor Holmes Norton Congressional Delegate [D] District of Columbia
Efia Nwangaza Activist Amnesty International
Hugh B. Price President and CEO National Urban League
Kenneth Roth Executive Director Human Rights Watch
Bobby Scott U.S. Representative [D] Virginia
Hilary O. Shelton Director NAACP->Washington Bureau
Raul H. Yzaguirre President and CEO National Council of La Raza

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Program ID:: 123167-1
Category:: Public Affairs Event
Format:: Forum
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: May 10, 1999 | 9:42am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Last Aired:: May 10, 1999 | 11:22pm EDT | C-SPAN 2

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May 10, 1999 | 9:42am EDT | C-SPAN 2
May 10, 1999 | 11:22pm EDT | C-SPAN 2

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