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originally posted by: shooterbrody
a reply to: Kharron
So the naacp gives awards that are meaningless?
Or is it just this one because sessions got it?
blog.al.com...
The civil rights movement in Mobile, like many Southern cities, suffers from a lack of proper perspective. Places like Mobile were the crucial battlegrounds where the true meaning of black equality was hammered out, away from news cameras and long after the violence in Birmingham, Montgomery and Selma abated.
originally posted by: shooterbrody
a reply to: Kharron
WOW
So the naacp is now NOT an authority on civil rights.
So what is the joke? the award or your post?
originally posted by: shooterbrody
a reply to: Kharron
its not like 2009 was ancient times
this should be pretty easy to prove or disprove
originally posted by: shooterbrody
a reply to: Kharron
You think he or his office is stupid enough to make up that award from 2009?
However, the above-displayed award has some curious aspects to it. For instance, we found no record of anyone else’s having received an “NAACP Governmental Award of Excellence,” nor were we able to locate any reports (from 2009 or otherwise) regarding the NAACP’s honoring Sessions with such an award.
When we reached out to the NAACP for more information about the award, a staffer confirmed to us that the national NAACP office does not give out an award by that name as part of their regular honors.
On 9 February 2017, the NAACP released a statement regarding Sessions’ alleged award, saying that they “have strong reasons to doubt that any such award was given to Senator Sessions”:
“The NAACP is composed of more than 2,000 local and state units around the country. Upon learning of the allegation that one of those units bestowed an award on Senator Jefferson Sessions in 2009, the National Office of the NAACP immediately undertook an investigation. While we already have strong reasons to doubt that any such award was given to Senator Sessions, we will continue our investigation until we are confident that we know all of the facts. What remains true and unchanged is the NAACP’s strong opposition to the nomination of Senator Sessions to become the next Attorney General of the United States. The NAACP’s position against Senator Sessions is based on his decades of conduct as a prosecutor and, later, U.S. Senator from the State of Alabama. In matters of civil and human rights, civil liberties, fair policing, voting rights, sentencing fairness, women’s rights, hate crimes and more, Senator Sessions has repeatedly demonstrated that he is clearly unsuited to perform the duties of an Attorney General in these crucial times.”
So far there is NO proof of the award existing, but the investigation will continue to see what happened.
Jimmy Gardner, the current mayor of Prichard who was president of the Mobile NAACP chapter at that time, said he believes the award was given by the Alabama state conference. "There were several governmental folks who were awarded for their work and what they had done," said Gardner, adding that he was unclear as to why Sessions was honored. "It was based on their work.
These accusations all center around the bruising judicial nomination process Sessions went through in 1986.
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Ultimately, the charges were no more than hearsay.
However, it's worth noting that Senator Ted Kennedy, on the Senate judiciary committee at the time, seemed heavily invested in tanking Sessions nomination.
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Sessions's actual track record certainly doesn't suggest he's a racist. Quite the opposite, in fact. As a U.S. Attorney he filed several cases to desegregate schools in Alabama. And he also prosecuted Klansman Henry Francis Hays, son of Alabama Klan leader Bennie Hays, for abducting and killing Michael Donald, a black teenager selected at random. Sessions insisted on the death penalty for Hays. When he was later elected the state Attorney General, Sessions followed through and made sure Hays was executed. The successful prosecution of Hays also led to a $7 million civil judgment against the Klan, effectively breaking the back of the KKK in Alabama.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: Snarl
This is awful. Sessions is the worst person for this job! I can't believe this fan of the Drug war is being celebrated for his nomination. Of course Trump picked him, therefore there is no need to question the choice right?
originally posted by: BlueAjah
These are some of the reasons that Sessions received the NAACP award:
In Alabama, Jeff Sessions Desegregated Schools and Got the Death Penalty for KKK Murderer
These accusations all center around the bruising judicial nomination process Sessions went through in 1986.
...
Ultimately, the charges were no more than hearsay.
However, it's worth noting that Senator Ted Kennedy, on the Senate judiciary committee at the time, seemed heavily invested in tanking Sessions nomination.
...
Sessions's actual track record certainly doesn't suggest he's a racist. Quite the opposite, in fact. As a U.S. Attorney he filed several cases to desegregate schools in Alabama. And he also prosecuted Klansman Henry Francis Hays, son of Alabama Klan leader Bennie Hays, for abducting and killing Michael Donald, a black teenager selected at random. Sessions insisted on the death penalty for Hays. When he was later elected the state Attorney General, Sessions followed through and made sure Hays was executed. The successful prosecution of Hays also led to a $7 million civil judgment against the Klan, effectively breaking the back of the KKK in Alabama.