Hat Tip to my Cousin Vance for the link.
Boston's Police Officers' are having nothing with all the hype regarding Chick-fil-A, according to Metro Boston City Desk MICHAEL NAUGHTON who writes
about how black police officer in Boston are taking a page out of Mayor Thomas Menino's book.
Get this, Michael Naughton reports: The Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers recently sent a letter to Menino and accuses him of allowing discriminatory practices.
The letter is yet another chapter in the saga that started when Menino said fast food chain Chick-fil-A does not belong in Boston because of the anti-gay marriage remarks made by the company's president.
Earlier this month, Menino sent a scathing letter to the chicken chain's president.
Officials from MAMLEO said that on Friday they hand delivered their four-page letter to Menino's office.
"The agencies under your control don't even come close to reflecting the ethnic population of the City," the letter stated. "Your record of appointing managers and middle managers in the city is even worse."
While the group does applaud Menino for his "strong statements" regarding Chick-fil-A, it said Menino needs to do better in areas including affordable housing, the racial make up of the police department's command staff and construction contracts awarded to minority companies.
"If you feel so strongly that discrimination is wrong, you should look to all of the discriminatory practices that you have allowed to exist in the city during your reign," the letter said.
The letter was signed by MAMLEO, the Massachusetts Association of Nubian Retirees, NAACP Northeast Region, The Bostonian newspaper and the Massachusetts Association of Minority State Police Officers.
AAP says: Well if MAMLEO is saying there are problems, there are problems! Boston has been known for it's color aroused hatred and discriminatory practices for years. I remember it was black officers that had to sue the police department to get more black officers on the police Department. I also remember it was black firefighters that had to sue the city to get the city to hire more black firemen. As a Bostonian, I respect the great folks at MAMLEO. I knew many of the founders including Earl Bolt, William R. Celester, Melvin Goodridge, Paul Johnson, Francis D. McLean
Frederick D. McLean, John W. Thompson, Preston Thompson, Wendell T. Wallace and John L. Wells. Great men!
The Mayor needs to listen to this group.
Boston's Police Officers' are having nothing with all the hype regarding Chick-fil-A, according to Metro Boston City Desk MICHAEL NAUGHTON who writes
about how black police officer in Boston are taking a page out of Mayor Thomas Menino's book.
Get this, Michael Naughton reports: The Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers recently sent a letter to Menino and accuses him of allowing discriminatory practices.
The letter is yet another chapter in the saga that started when Menino said fast food chain Chick-fil-A does not belong in Boston because of the anti-gay marriage remarks made by the company's president.
Earlier this month, Menino sent a scathing letter to the chicken chain's president.
Officials from MAMLEO said that on Friday they hand delivered their four-page letter to Menino's office.
"The agencies under your control don't even come close to reflecting the ethnic population of the City," the letter stated. "Your record of appointing managers and middle managers in the city is even worse."
While the group does applaud Menino for his "strong statements" regarding Chick-fil-A, it said Menino needs to do better in areas including affordable housing, the racial make up of the police department's command staff and construction contracts awarded to minority companies.
"If you feel so strongly that discrimination is wrong, you should look to all of the discriminatory practices that you have allowed to exist in the city during your reign," the letter said.
The letter was signed by MAMLEO, the Massachusetts Association of Nubian Retirees, NAACP Northeast Region, The Bostonian newspaper and the Massachusetts Association of Minority State Police Officers.
AAP says: Well if MAMLEO is saying there are problems, there are problems! Boston has been known for it's color aroused hatred and discriminatory practices for years. I remember it was black officers that had to sue the police department to get more black officers on the police Department. I also remember it was black firefighters that had to sue the city to get the city to hire more black firemen. As a Bostonian, I respect the great folks at MAMLEO. I knew many of the founders including Earl Bolt, William R. Celester, Melvin Goodridge, Paul Johnson, Francis D. McLean
Frederick D. McLean, John W. Thompson, Preston Thompson, Wendell T. Wallace and John L. Wells. Great men!
The Mayor needs to listen to this group.
