Ben Jealous

Mr. Jealous, NAACP President, told David Gregory, Sunday, on Meet The Press- that Sanford, Florida

has a huge Ku Klux Klan presence.

That could explain some of the reluctance toward reasonable enforcement by the Sanford police

department.

If a city has that many black citizens in a town with a large Klan following, how do police operate

honestly? Essentially they could be policing a powder keg.

That department shouldn't ever be operating without at least one federal authority in their

offices. They definitely need outside oversight, because the Florida laws are not clear about

when the police departments' hands are tied. And police don't seem to want the responsibility

of exercising fair and equal justice as it regards the Sanford  minority community.

Whether the department is right or wrong becomes a footnote in the reality of whether or not

the department can be effective regarding riots in the streets, or protecting the community as

a whole.

This department, and others like it around the country need help navigating through these

disgusting new laws,especially in places, where backgrounds of community populations are in

flux.

We will compound a great many tragedies if we continue to ignore the fact that these laws give

attackers the right to say whether or not they are subject to laws meant to restrict violence.