Sacramento – On Tuesday, September 13th the NAACP, Sacramento Area Congregations Together, Black Lives Matter Sacramento and L.E.A.D are uniting to present to the Sacramento City Council on reforms to policies and practices in law enforcement oversight to increase transparency and accountability in Sacramento. They are standing with the families of Dazion Flenaugh and Joseph Mann in their requests for transparency, and access to all information regarding their loved ones death, including the police report, autopsy and dash camera footage. They are calling for greater leadership from Sacramento City Council to ensure transparency and accountably, including granting our current Policing Commission with powers to actually hold law enforcement accountable.
Tomorrow will be an unprecedented show of force uniting multiple organizations for one cause. Their presentation to city council will include nationally recogonized models for civilian oversight commissions and testimonies from the families of Joseph Mann, whose shooting by Sac PD has resulted in a federal civil rights lawsuit and Dazion Flenaugh. The presentation will also include testimonies from other community organizations who would like to see mechanisms to ensure full transparency and accountability in Sacramento’s law enforcement.
Who: Sacramento Area Congregations Together, Law Enforcement Accountability Directive (L.E.A.D.), NAACP, Black Lives Matter Sacramento, the community. Presentation will include testimonies from Tanya Faison, Black Lives Matter Sacramento, Robert Mann, brother of Joseph Mann; Damon Flenaugh, brother of Dazion Flenaugh; Elika Bernard, Sacramento Area Congregations Together, Stephen Webb, NAACP, and more.
When: Tuesday, September 13th, 6pm
Where: City Hall, 915 I street, 95814
Please contact Danielle Williams, 916-834-9137 for more information or to coordinate interviews with the presenters prior to Tuesday’s meeting.
