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NAACP blasts Commissioner’s comments on Bulldog football players

The Clarke County NAACP has fired off a letter calling for condemnation of remarks made by Athens-Clarke County Commissioner Melissa Link, who in recent Commission budget meeting called Georgia Bulldog football players rapists and murderers.

From the Clarke Co NAACP…

In our beloved nation you are innocent until proven guilty. It is incumbent on all of us, including our elected officials, to remember and cherish this foundational principle. Commissioner LINK was out of order making that intemperate and outrageous statement about UGA football players. She should be ashamed and is duty bound to retract that statement and apologize to these young men and all of our residents. Should she refuse to do so, the MAYOR and Commission publicly and as a collective body should condemn her remarks clearly and forthrightly.  Commissioner Link and all elected leaders must set the highest standards for justice and fairness and avoid any hint of promoting bias.

Sincerely

Alvin Sheats President NAACP Clarke County Unit 5180

Tim Bryant

Tim Bryant

Tim Bryant hosts Classic City Today, 6-10 weekday mornings on 98.7FM & AM 1340 WGAU in Athens.

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