State of Emergency
The NAACP has declared a State of Emergency in response to the recent surge in assaults against young African Americans as demonstrated by boot camp beating death of Martin Lee Anderson, noose hangings in Jena, Louisiana and other communities, and the assault by police on Shelwanda Riley. The rising level of violence against African Americans symbolized by these cases, as well as countless other dehumanizing attacks, requires immediate action by local and state authorities as well as the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Congress.
Source: www.naacp.org