OCEAN CITY — Leaders of state and local NAACP branches completed a Freedom Bus tour of the Eastern Shore with a rally in front of City Hall in Ocean City on Monday evening.
The tour began In Annapolis and included stops in Easton, Cambridge, Salisbury and finally Ocean City. The final destination was chosen for the rally in peaceful protest following perceived excessive force by resort police officers against young African-American males in separate incidents on the Boardwalk in June.
Those incidents have been the subject of an internal investigation by the police department. It’s important to note snippets of those incidents went viral on social media but the videos only showed fractions of larger events on the Boardwalk that escalated when the individuals involved reportedly did not comply with officers’ orders.
On Monday, as the crowds from the Freedom Buses gathered in front of City Hall, NAACP leaders met inside with Mayor Rick Meehan and other city officials.
While the details of that closed meeting have not been made public, the coalition’s leadership said it was productive when they came out for the rally.
Yawn, task completed.
Next!
If you follow the rules, there will be no trouble. If you are not going to follow the rules, be prepared to be arrested. Or better yet, stay home
Tell your “young black men” to obey the law, not challenge police officers or authority figures, and be polite and compliant in public.
Of course if this occurred, there would be no reason for the NAACP
I think they should descend on Baltimore city although it will never happen that’s where the problem is!!
Has anyone ever noticed that people who don’t resist never get arrested?
Ocean City Police should have locked everyone of them up. Did they get permits?
Has the NAACP purchased WMDT TV station?
A much needed visit to Ocean City, MD by the freedom tour bus since Ocean City does not believe in freedom!
When these “fine young men” are taught at home, the importance of respecting authority and obeying law enforceent officers, they won’t have these problems, I see where the OC Police did nothing wrong with the tussle on the boardwalk. Resist arrest, get your ass busted possibly and rightfully so.