[Black Lion]

NC Black Youth Under Attack Please Help
Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 12:07:01 +0000

Shalom Shalom Brothers and Sisters,

As some of you may know, my city Durham NC, has been
portrayed in the national media as being "gang
infested." While we do face the same challenges as
other cities with youth violence, this issue has been
overblown and exploited by politicians, the media and
those who stand to make a profit from the funds that
are generated under the guise of "fighting gangs."

Some politicians in North Carolina have been trying to
make this bill into law since 2003, when it was called
the "Street Gang Terrorism Bill". Last year it was
called the "Street Gang Prevention Bill" and this year
they are calling it the "Street Gang Suppression
Bill."

Every year the bill gets shot down because of its
failure to define what is a "gang member" and its
constitutional violations. So every year, they try to
sneak it in without the public (especially those most
effected) knowing about it. However, with the
unfortunate murder of Eve Carson, the white student
body president of the University of NC, last winter,
this time, the bill passed unanimously by the NC
Senate and is scheduled to go before the NC House,
soon. Even though, there is no evidence that themurder
was "gang related."

It is no secret that young black men are stereotyped
everyday in this country so it should be no surprise
at whom this proposed law will be targeted.

I am sure that this is going on in other areas across
the country, so I am reaching out to Brothers and
Sisters across the country to help me spread the word
about this legislation.

You can help by:

1) Reading my post about the bill that I wrote last
year.
No Warning Shots Fired !: Mayberry Revisited
2) Posting information under the article about whether
this is happening in your city.
3) Study the House Bill 274 and take notice to the
budget and who is really going to make money from the
demonization of our youth.

H274 [Filed]
The Budget:
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/F.../HIN0274v4.pdf

4) If you know of any Brothers and Sisters in NC,
please ask them to get involved.

5)Circulate thi s email on your blogs and email lists.

6) Contact the NC media and let them know that you
oppose this bill.

heraldsun.com: staff directory

newsobserver.com | Contact Us

7) For the Hip Hop artists, please make a song about
the bill and circulate it on Mp3.

In no way, do we condone criminal behavior nor the
destruction of our communities. However, we know that
there are those who will use this law for their own
agenda and that fact will not hit home until your son
or daughter (or maybe even yourself) gets thrown in
jail because someone sees a tattoo and assumes that he
or she is a gang member.
Let us be proactive.

Thank you,

Min. Paul Scott
Messianic Afrikan Nation
Durham NC
(919) 451-8283