Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: MONDAY, July 9, 1990 TAG: 9007090194 SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A/2 EDITION: EVENING SOURCE: DATELINE: LOS ANGELES LENGTH: Short
The bill is needed to restore rights that were "kidnapped by the conservative majority on the current U.S. Supreme Court," NAACP Executive Director Benjamin Hooks said Sunday in a speech opening a five-day meeting of the nation's oldest and largest civil rights group.
The bill would reverse several U.S. Supreme Court decisions made last year regarding the employment rights of women and minorities.
In a news conference before the meeting, Hooks complained that black elected officials have been subjected to selective prosecution, and he called for uniform enforcement of the law.
He was particularly critical of the federal government's drug sting of Washington Mayor Marion Barry using a woman with whom he had an affair to lure him to her hotel room.
Hooks emphasized that the NAACP does not condone misconduct by public officials but charged that black officials have been unfairly targeted for prosecution.
- Associated Press
by CNB