Baltimore's NAACP crisis: Leaders accused of bullying, lavish spending on travel

Published: Sep 13, 2024 Duration: 00:02:28 Category: News & Politics

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saving the soul of the na for more than an hour members of the country's oldest civil rights organization gathered to discuss the current state of affairs at the NAACP not having any minutes on the zoom meeting there were just some fundamental things that were not being done members learned this week that their National president had suspended the membership of State president Kobe little and state treasurer Joshua Harris the action came with little explanation but a complaint obtained by 45 and signed by dozens of members and filed with the national headquarters may explain why in it members write while there are many causes that would benefit from NAACP support with adequate funding some in Maryland state conference leadership are spending money without prior approval and without providing details to even justify expenses it goes on to accuse its leaders of exhibiting bullying Behavior writing that the state organization is being conducted as a dictatorship the complaint claims that in January there was more than $22,000 in the state coffers but 5 months later the organization's funds had dwindled to 122,000 in June members say the state organization had reported more than $38,000 in expenditures more than $31,000 of that they say had been spent on travel reimbursements they're not following NAACP protocol anything that you want to know about the NAACP it's in riding somewhere and what they're doing is is violating everything little was elected president of the Maryland state conference 11 months ago he was also president of the Baltimore Branch whose office caught fire last year this was completely avoidable I believe that National made the right decision I think right now we are nursing our wounds well little has yet to comment Treasurer Joshua Harris who has also suspended also happens to be serving as chairman of Baltimore city's police accountability board we're live tonight Jeff AEL Fox 45 News I'm Mary Bubala thank you for watching here's another video for you to watch also take some time to subscribe to our YouTube channel

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