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NORWALK -- City police union officials are calling for thedepartment's chaplain to resign after she accused police officersof racial profiling following a Memorial Day incident in which apolice officer calling for backup said more than 100 Crips andBloods gang members were at Calf Pasture Beach. The Rev. Nellie Mann said she had no intention of resigning following Norwalk police union President Sgt. Tom Roncinske 's call for her to do so Wednesday night.
"I feel we need to have some conversation and dialogue. I feel itcan be worked out," Mann said Thursday. Mann said while she accused the department of racial profiling, shemeant she did not want all the other children who were gathered atthe beach with no gang ties to be wrongly associated with them. John Nickerson Man said she and others -- such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Norwalk branch, and several other ministers -- called it profiling becauseall the youths were identified as gang members. Roncinske said the radio call was made by the department's gangexpert, Sgt.
Charles Perez , who has 24 years on the job and now works on the department's Street Team , which monitors the city's narcotics and gang activity. "The incident at the beach was never about race. It was aboutrecognized Norwalk gang members," he said in a statement releasedWednesday night. Roncinske said Perez made the radio call about seeing Bloods andCrips facing off and was referring to local gangs, not national.The call about the youths dressed in red and blue was made in orderto give as much understanding to backup officers as was possible,he said. On Thursday morning, Roncinske said he talked to Mann Wednesday andgave her the courtesy she did not give the department beforespeaking out against the officers who had to deal with the problemat the beach.
Roncinske said Mann did not talk to anyone in the department aboutthe incident that closed the entrance to the beach for about 30minutes on Monday afternoon. One police source said a man shot in the shoulder on Wednesdaynight is a known gang member was part of the group seen at thebeach Monday afternoon. "The union has lost its trust and faith in her ability to serve ourmembership as chaplain, and she should resign immediately,"Roncinske said. Mann said she is going to stand her ground and has no animositytoward the city police officers.
"I respect the police officers and I have nothing but love forthem. I respect Chief (Harry) Rilling and Mayor (Richard) Moccia,but I want some respect too," she said, explaining that she viewedthe call for her resignation as a sign of disrespect. "I am disappointed, but not angry because I know I am a woman ofGod and I make mistakes," she said. Mann said that she would be attending Thursday's Police Commission meeting with Norwalk Councilman David Watts and other ministers. She said she hoped they could talk about whatshe has said about how young people should be perceived in Norwalk. I am an expert from Chemical Projects, usually analyzes all kind of industries situation, such as antique dog painting , indian home decoration.
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