a1198: For Immediate Release (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Martine Caze <MCaze@nchr.org>


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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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> 			Contact:  Dina Paul Parks
> 			                212-337-0005
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> Police Commissioner to Speak at HAITIAN COALITION town meeting on
> police/community relations
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> NEW YORK, March 12, 2002 -  Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly will be one
> of the featured speakers at a symposium organized by the National
> Coalition for Haitian Rights (NCHR) from 5 to 8 pm on Wednesday, March 13,
> 2002.  The symposium will be moderated by David Ushery, WABC-TV7 news
> anchor, and held at Ingersoll Hall, Room 2310, on the Campus of Brooklyn
> College.  Other panelists include Norman Siegel, former Executive Director
> of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Frederick Patrick, Deputy
> Commissioner for Community Affairs, Basil Wilson, Provost at John Jay
> College of Criminal Justice and Vladimir Rodney, an attorney in private
> practice.
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> "We are very delighted that Commissioner Kelly recognizes the importance
> of reaching out to the community and addressing these issues,"  said Dina
> Paul Parks, NCHR's Acting Director.  "The February 28th decision by the
> 2nd US District Court of Appeals overturning the Louima verdicts shines a
> new spotlight on the salient issues at hand.  In our ongoing commitment to
> strengthening relations between the Haitian community and the NYPD, NCHR
> is pleased to provide this venue for all stakeholders to come, listen and
> learn."
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> In addition to examining some of the broader implications of the court's
> ruling, the symposium will also take a look at some of the police
> procedures that were implemented in the wake of the Louima case -- as well
> as the deaths of Amadou Diallo, Patrick Dorismond and Georgy Louisgene --
> and what additional measures may be needed.
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> Martine Caze
> Office Administrator
> The National Coalition for Haitian Rights
> 275 Seventh Avenue, 17th Floor
> New York, NY 10001
> (212) 337-0005 Ext:10
> (212) 741-8749 Fax
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