U.S. Department
of Justice
Press Release
Community Leaders and Federal, State and Local Law Enforcement Call for Justice, Unity and Peace
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Community leaders and federal, state and local law enforcement partners join together to condemn the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and to call for justice, unity and peace,
U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott, FBI Special Agent in Charge Sean Ragan, Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert, Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones, Sacramento Chief of Police Daniel Hahn, and the following community leaders announced.
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Sacramento NAACP Vallejo NAACP Madera NAACP Kings County, Hanford Unit, NAACP The 100 Black Men of Sacramento MLK Celebration Committee Organization of Chinese Americans Sacramento Church of Scientology of Sacramento Sacramento Afghan Community West Sacramento Gurdwara Racial Healing Project Shasta County Citizens Advocating Respect Center for Interfaith Studies in America |
Interfaith Council of Sacramento Interfaith Council of Elk Grove Islamic Center of Vallejo Sikh Community of Fresno Japanese American Citizens League International Faith Based Coalition Sacramento Regional Coalition for Tolerance Gethsemane Lutheran Church of Sacramento Twin Rivers Unified School District Greater Solomon Temple Community Church Lutheran Church of our Redeemer California Council of Churches |
Jewish Federation of Sacramento CEO Willie Recht Jewish Community Relations Council Chair Bruce Pomer Benito Juarez Association of North Sacramento Mi Familia Vota La Raza Lawyers Foundation President Michael Terhorst Sacramento Valley Family Federation for World Peace Leonard M. Friedman Bar Association North State Relief Interfaith Explorers Yeshua Helping Hands, Inc. Westminster Presbyterian Church of Sacramento Kutchi Cultural Association |
Peaceful protest is a time-honored tradition in our country that is protected by the First Amendment. The peaceful protests in Sacramento, Fresno, Bakersfield, and around our country are addressing real and legitimate concerns about what happened to Mr. Floyd. Law enforcement supports the community’s right to peacefully protest and strives to protect this important right. But violence and destruction are not acceptable in our community nor in any other city in our country. It endangers our community, including those exercising their right to protest peacefully and those protecting that right.
“In this difficult time for our country, we stand together as one community to call for unity and peace, not division,” said U.S. Attorney Scott. “We stand together to call for justice, not violence and lawlessness. We call on our community to model peaceful protests like the one Chief Hahn and other community leaders joined in Sacramento on June 3.”
“Our mission is to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution,” said FBI Special Agent in Charge Ragan. “The FBI respects the First Amendment right to peacefully protest and be heard. Our investigative focus is on those who sow seeds of violence and destruction. These acts interfere with the rights of protestors and harm the community.”
On June 1, U.S. Attorney Scott convened the U.S. Attorney’s Hate Crimes Task Force, including community leaders, the FBI, and local law enforcement, to hear the concerns of community leaders and to identify positive steps to take going forward. The U.S. Attorney’s Office, FBI, Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department, Sacramento Police Department, and other federal, state, and local law enforcement are committed to safeguarding the constitutionally protected right to peaceful protest and continuing to work together with our community leaders to promote justice, unity, and peace for all.
Updated June 5, 2020
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Civil Rights
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