Letter to the Editor: Kinston Lenoir County NAACP

In the wake of all our eyes have seen and our ears have heard over the past two weeks, we find ourselves confronted with the relevant question, “Where do we go from here?”

The Kinston Lenoir County NAACP’s response to this question is as follows:

1. We go to prayer.

2. We go to police reform.

3. We go to policy changes.

4. We go to changes in the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights.

5. We go to a national registry for all law enforcement.

6. We go to diversity.

7. We go to the polls and vote.

8. We go to the City Council meetings, County Commissioners meetings and other meetings.

9. We go to transformed minds.

10. We go to banning choke and knee holds.

11. We go to unity.

Together we can enact real change and we, the Kinston Lenoir County NAACP, continue to be here to serve and we are at the art of strategic communication and action. We are at work because we can’t continue as we are or where we are. In order not to stay where we are, we must leave discrimination, systemic racism and police brutality.

Submitted on the behalf of the Kinston Lenoir County Branch of the NAACP by NAACP President Eldress Barbara Sutton.