As a child I was taught when to speak and when not to speak… Well, it is time to speak. As the President of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Elgin Branch 6174; and after speaking to Reverends Byron Green, D. W. Townsend, Steven Ward, EPD, Chief Patrick South, Mrs. Bettye Lofton and Mr. William (Shorty) Russell; we are on the same page about expressing our feeling in the killing of Mr. George Floyd. We all know who he was and the details leading to this moment in history in our country. We are extending to ...