CONGRESS AGAINST RACISM & CORRUPTION IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
Press Release – 20 July 1999
MATTHEW FOGG CALLS FOR A PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW TO ANNOUNCE THE REINSTATEMENT OF TWO AFRICAN AMERICAN FAIRFAX COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES AND FOR A CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT
CONGRESS AGAINST RACISM & CORRUPTION IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
P.O. Box 30956
Washington, D.C. 20030-0956
(301) 423-9855/Office – (301) 899-8153/Fax
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Email: u.s.marshal@writeme.com
Contact: Matthew Fogg
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR CONGRESS AGAINST RACISM AND CORRUPTION IN LAW ENFORCEMENT (CARCLE) AND A CHIEF DEPUTY U.S. MARSHAL, MATTHEW FOGG, IS CALLING FOR A PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW TO ANNOUNCE THE REINSTATEMENT OF TWO AFRICAN AMERICAN FAIRFAX COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES AND FOR A CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
FORMER DEPUTY SHERIFFS ROBERT CUTTS AND JABAR SHABAZZ WERE RETURNED TO THEIR PREVIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT POSITIONS JULY 6, 1999 AFTER THE FAIRFAX COUNTY CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION FOUND THAT BOTH TERMINATIONS HANDED DOWN ON NOVEMBER 20 AND DECEMBER 3, 1998, RESPECTIVELY, WERE FACTUALLY UNSUBSTANTIATED WITH THE FACTS.
FAIRFAX COUNTY SHERIFF, CARL PEED FIRED BOTH MEN FOR ALLEGEDLY VIOLATING THREE DEPARTMENT STANDARD OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES (SOP 016b), LISTED BELOW:
1. Making any public statement or taking any action which might impair the efficiency or reputation of the agency and its employees.
2. Releasing any information, statement, or article to the media for publication, or publishing or causing to be published any statement or article about the agency without first obtaining approval from the sheriff or other official of the sheriff’s office.
3. Knowingly make false statements or misrepresentation of facts.
BLACKS IN GOVERNMENT (BIG) AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE (NAACP) HAVE ALSO BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS ISSUE. MEMBERS OF ALL THREE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE MADE OPEN STATEMENTS OF REBUKE AGAINST PEED’S DECISION TO FIRE CUTTS AND SHABAZZ, FOLLOWING THEIR ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE MISCONDUCT AND PERVASIVE RACISM INSIDE THE RANK AND FILE OF THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT.
FOGG SAID, “THIS RULING BY THE FAIRFAX CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION TO REVERSE SHERIFF PEED’S DECISION, COUPLED WITH PREVIOUS RACIAL ALLEGATIONS BY THESE GOOD AND COMPETENT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IS A CLEAR INDICATION THAT RACIAL PROBLEMS EXIST THROUGHOUT THE RANK AND FILE OF THE FAIRFAX SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT. IF WE WHO ARE SWORN TO SERVE AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE VIGOROUSLY FIGHTING AGAINST “BIGOTS WITH BADGES” WORKING WITH US INSIDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS, THEN IMAGINE WHAT INJUSTICE CITIZENS WILL RECEIVE WHEN CONFRONTED BY THESE SAME “BIGOTS WITH BADGES.”
FOGG WHO IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE BIG LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE AND NAACP FEDERAL SECTOR TASK FORCE SAID, “ALL THREE ORGANIZATIONS ARE AGGRESSIVELY WORKING TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF BOTH SHERIFF DEPUTIES AND MANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS OF ALL RACES WHO ‘BLOW THE WHISTLE’ ON RACISM BEHIND A BADGE IN AMERICA.”
POLICE BRUTALITY AND MISCONDUCT STARTS WITH-IN THE RANK AND FILE OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND THEN FILTERS TO THE STREETS. GOOD AND JUST LAW OFFICERS WORKING ON THE INSIDE MUST BE WILLING TO SPEAK OUT, AGAINST ALL ODDS, AND WORK DILIGENTLY TO REMOVE BAD OFFICERS THAT WILL TAINT AND CORRUPT THE ENTIRE FORCE, IF LEFT UNABATED. JUST LOOK AT NEW YORK CITY’S POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE ASKING CITIZENS AND POLICE OFFICERS TO ATTEND THIS PRESS CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF OUR EFFORTS TO TEAR DOWN “THE BLUE WALL OF SILENCE.”
IN 1998, FOGG WON A FOUR MILLION DOLLAR LANDMARK TITLE VII RACE DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION VERDICT AGAINST JANET RENO AND THE UNITED STATES MARSHAL SERVICE. THE WASHINGTON D.C. BASED JURY ALSO FOUND ALL US MARSHAL OFFICES NATIONWIDE TO BE A RACIALLY HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL OF IT’S BLACK LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS.
THE PRESS CONFERENCE WILL ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1999, AT 1:00 PM IN FRONT OF THE FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 4110 CHAINBRIDGE RD IN FAIRFAX COUNTY VIRGINIA. PLEASE CONTACT THE LISTINGS ABOVE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND/OR VISIT THE WEB-SIGHT > WWW.MULTIRACIAL.COM/
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