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NAACP virtual meeting hacked with hate speech and pornographic images

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NAACP virtual meeting hacked with hate speech and pornographic images
NAACP virtual meeting hacked with hate speech and pornographic images

NAACP virtual meeting hacked with hate speech and pornographic images.

Fox 4 reporter Rochelle Alleyne was called in to meeting at the time.

She shares more about the message that meeting was supposed to be about.

JOINING US.

I’M JANE MONREALLIVE IN DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS.I’M PATRICK NOLAN.

HACKED BYHATE.

THE COLLIER COUNTYSHERIFF’S OFFICE IS NOWINVESTIGATING -- AFTER A ZOOMMEETING TO DISCUSS GEORGE FLOYDAND RACIAL JUSTICE WASINTERRUPTED EARLIER THISEVENING.WE WANT TO WARN YOU THAT THEFOLLOWING SNIPPET OF AUDIO MBE OFFENSIVE....AND SOME VIDEOHAS BEEN BLURRED."George Floyd deserved to diTHOSE WERE THE KINDS OF THINGSTHAT THOSE HACKERS SAID DURINGTHE MEETING.THEY ALSO USED RACIAL SLURS --AND SHOWED PORNOGRAPHIC IMAGES.THE PEOPLE --WHO BEGAN POPPINGUP ABOUT 15 MINUTES INTO THE 6O’CLOCK MEETING SAID THEY GOTTHE ZOOM MEETING DETAILS FROMSOCIAL MEDIA.THE COLLIER COUNTY SHERIFFHIMSELF WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLEORIGINALLY ON THAT CALL WHENTHIS HAPPENED.FOX 4’S ROCHELLE ALLEYNE WASALSO CALLED INTO THAT MEETING --SHE’S BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THESHERIFF WHO SAYS THEY’VE SPOKENWITH THE FBI AND THE U-SATTORNEY TO DETERMINE IF THEHACKING RISES TO THE LEVEL OF AFEDERAL CRIME.WHAT’S DISTURBING CAN BE ADISTRACTION ... WE’VE SEEN HOWHOW FRINGE VIOLENCE ON THESTREETS ... CAN PULL OURATTENTION AWAY FROM HOW GEORGEFLOYD WAS KILLED.

BUT WE’REKEEPING OUR EYE ON THE BALL ..WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WEADDRESS WHAT THAT COLLIER COUNTYMEETING WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ALLABOUT BEFORE THE HACKING.IT WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUTFLOYD, SOCIAL JUSTICE ANDCOMMUNITY POLICING -- SOMETHINGTHAT ROCHELLE SPOKE ABOUT --WITH THE COLLIER COUNTY NAACPPRESIDENT EARLIER THIS WEEK.SHE SHARES THE CHANGES HISORGANIZATION IS PUSHING FOR.WE’VE SEEN THE PROTESTS ACROSSTHE WORLD...AND RIGHT HERE INSOUTHWEST FLORIDA.THOUSANDS CALLING FOR CHANGE INAMERICA ...WHEN IT COMES TO LAWENFORCEMENT’S INTERACTIONS WITHTHE BLACK COMMUNITY.AND IT’S A CALL THAT BEGS THEFOLLOW-UP...HOW *WOULD YOUCHANGE THOSE INTERACTIONS?IT’S WHAT I ASKED THE PRESIDENTOF THE COLLIER COUNTY NAACPPRESIDENT EARLIER THIS WEEK.((Vincent Keeys//NAACP CollierCounty President))((phoner))"We’ve asked for a citizensboard to be established."RIGHT NOW IN COLLIERCOUNTY...BOTH THE SHERIFF’SOFFICE AND THE NAPLES POLICEDEPARTMENT HAVE CITIZEN REVIEWBOARDS.PRESIDENT KEEYS SAYS CREATINGAND BECOMING ACTIVE ON THESEBOARDS ARE KEY TO CREATINGCHANGE...AND ONE OF THE FIRSTHE’D LIKE TO MAKE IS THE REVIEWOF USE OF FORCE..((Vincent Keeys//NAACP CollierCounty President))((phoner))"We would like to be able toreview officers record, theirdisciplinary actions and makesure that if they have that kindof record.

That certain thingstake place."KEEYS SAYS THOSE OFFICERS WITHTHAT KIND OF RECORD -- SHOULDLOSE THEIR CERTIFICATIONS AND BEBARRED FROM WORKING IN LAWENFORCEMENT EVER AGAIN.HE HELD A MEETING THURSDAY --WITH THE COUNTY SHERIFF ANDCOMMUNITY MEMBERS -- TO TALKABOUT THESE IDEAS.AND HE ALSO ASKS ANYONE WHOWANTS TO CREATE CHANGE TO JOINGROUPS LIKE THE NAACP.((Vincent Keeys//NAACP CollierCounty President))((phoner))"We encourage the enticommunity, the overapopulation, to join the NAACP tobecome active and invo

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