NAACP leader calls for economic boycott of Ocean City, Md. after arrest video
WJLA, ABC7, June 16, 2021.
WASHINGTON (7News) — "If Ocean City doesn't want the money of young Black men, and they want to spend their time attacking them, using MMA moves on them when they're on the ground, handcuffed, then maybe we shouldn't spend our money in Ocean City."
That's what Willie Flowers, the president of the Maryland State Conference of the NAACP, said Wednesday at an Annapolis press conference addressing a viral arrest video filmed Saturday.
The NAACP already demanded in a statement Monday that the officers involved in that arrest be removed from their posts and that a thorough investigation be conducted.
"This incident along with other videos show a consistent pattern of assaults on African Americans and sends a message that African American tourist dollars are either not respected or wanted," the statement said...
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