January 11, 2008
The Village of South Holland in Illinois does not want to address its racial profiling or its traffic ticket quotas. There has been no written response to this letter sent to the South Holland Chief of Police and the Mayor of South Holland. They expect it to go away, as most racial incidents are expected to go away in Illinois.
Those that want to believe there is no racism in Illinois or South Holland are looking threw the window with blinders on. To believe there are no traffic ticket quotas held by these Villages and Townships in Illinois, is to believe there is no racial divide in our social world. The black citizens of Illinois need to wake up. The only way to combat this tyranny is to write letters and create technological avenues of media such as "blogs" to alert our social world to the continued injustices of our politicians and politics.
This is "white" rule and governing to suppress a people. Even though South Holland Illinois is employing "blacks" now, the "white" rule continues. Look at who is at the top of the heap. Look at who has "control of the economic power" in South Holland Illinois. The "economic" power is not shared, and if it is shared to some degree, the ones who are sharing are subject to the "white" master and act accordingly.
Also, the ones who are sharing have bought into the "lunacy" of racism as they turn their heads on their people and equality. Visit a South Holland Illinois townhall meeting. Take a look at who is really in control of the "economic" power. The "economic" power belongs to the "white" elite families. You can tell by checking out who owns the most properous businesses and who gets the Village of South Holland Illinois most lucrative contracts. I am not fooled about this "false" sense of equality in South Holland Illinois.
More to come...
January 2, 2008
Mr. Warren Millsaps
Chief of Police, South Holland
16220 Wausau Ave.
South Holland, Illinois 60473
Re: Racial Profiling – Harassment – Intimidation
Mr. Millsaps:
I, Fred L Nance Jr., am an African American. The racial profiling by the South Holland Police Department (SHPD) continues. On December 31, 2007, Officer Pedric of the SHPD issued a traffic citation to me for improper lane usage on Cottage Grove. This ticket was bogus and inappropriate.
As you know, there is only one lane of travel in each direction of travel going North and South on Cottage Grove between 170th Street and 162nd Street. If a person wants to make a left turn, they must cross the double lines and enter the lane for turning. If a person decides, after crossing the double lines to make this left turn, they want to return to the lane of original travel, they must cross the double lines again to enter their original lane of travel.
Officer Pedric, who is white, decided to stop me and tell me I misused the turning lane to pass another car on the road. This is not true. After entering the turning lane, I decided to get back into the original lane of travel. Officer Pedric did not ask me why I entered the turning lane in the first place. Officer Pedric told me I entered the turning lane to pass the car in front of me.
I was traveling North on Cottage Grove from 170th Street, when a car turned into Cottage Grove from a side street in front of me. This car turned into Cottage Grove where I would have had an accident if I did not go into the turning lane. After going into the turning lane, I came out of the turning lane and re-entered my original lane of travel proceeding on my course. This is when Officer Pedric came upon me with his squad car and stopped me. Officer Pedric did not stop the other car that was driven by the “white” driver.
While Officer Pedric was writing my traffic citation, 2 other squad cars appeared on the scene. It is my belief because of previous written complaints about racial profiling and disparate/indifferent treatment of African Americans by SHPD, I was targeted by SHPD. I asked Officer Pedric for the other “white” Officers names and badge numbers. Officer Pedric refused to give me their names and badge numbers. I wrote the officers license plates numbers and car identification numbers down. They are Car #14 M146676 and Car #10 M153782, both “white” officers.
I went to SHPD on December 31, 2008 (a few hours after the incident) to report this incident. I asked to speak to the duty commander. I was informed he or she was out in the street on duty. I left a message requesting a call. I never received a call from the duty commander or SHPD.
Therefore, I am suggesting SHPD targets African Americans for traffic citations, especially those who complain about their other “professional” practices. I am suggesting Officer Pedric called in my name and I am in their system marked as a person of interest if I am ever stopped or approached about any police matters in South Holland. I am suggesting SHPD has a monthly ticket quota to assist in municipal revenue. I am suggesting SHPD does not adhere to public policy regarding racial profiling and harasses its citizens through intimidation, coercion and threats.
I have contested this ticket and will appear in a court of law. Contesting this ticket will cost me employment hours/work days and will become a financial burden to litigate. This financial burden is meant to create disparity and indifferent treatment toward African Americans in South Holland, Illinois.
Racism is alive and well in South Holland, Illinois, and in many other parts of Illinois. Illinois may be the most racist State in the Union. The South Holland Police Department is not racially motivated toward equality for all just because they hire African Americans on its police force. I am suggesting they hire African Americans on their police force for political purposes and because of present laws regarding hiring quotas for African Americans.
Fred L Nance Jr., ABD, MA, CADC, NCRS
cc: Mr. DeGraff, Mayor Village of South Holland
http://clickforjusticeandequality.blogspot.com/
http://click.townhall.com/
P.S.
See other complaints about the South Holland Police Department on my website at http://clickforjusticeandequality.blogspot.com/
