HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2019-056 Resolution Condemning the Ku Klux Klan and Other Similar Groups RES - 2019 - 056
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Resolution Condemning the Ku Klux Klan and Other
Similar Groups
WHEREAS, the Ku Klux Klan , consisting of numerous independent local groups
throughout the United States, is an organization that symbolizes hatred ; and
WHEREAS, the Ku Klux Klan promotes violence , domestic terrorism and racial
terrorism ; and
WHEREAS , intimidation , discrimination, oppression, and racism threaten American
democracy; ' and
WHEREAS , white supremacists are exploiting bigotry and have weaponized hate
targeting African Americans , Latinos , Native Americans , Asian Americans , LGBTQ
communities , immigrants , Jews , Muslims , and other people of color and of other
faiths ; and
WHEREAS , there is an urgent need to ensure the safety and security of all Orange
County residents , and
WHEREAS , Orange County prides itself on being a more diverse inclusive open
community dedicated to fostering positive human relations , promoting the equal
treatment of all individuals , encouraging goodwill , harmony and unity among
groups in the County, and protecting residents ' personal dignity so as to make
available to the County their full productive and creative capacities ; and
WHEREAS, Orange County fully embraces the rights guaranteed in the First
Amendment to the Bill of Rights , but equally believes those rights do not give the
right to any persons or groups to threaten the existence of others ;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT we , the Orange County Board of
Commissioners , strongly oppose the activities of the Ku Klux Klan , reject white
nationalist, white supremacist, neo - Nazis and other hate groups , and urge
lawmakers in the State of North Carolina and the Federal Government to denounce
threats posed by those groups .
This the 3rd day of September 2019 .
Pe Rich, C a
Or ige Count BA rd of Commissioners