Legal redress committee
Please Note: Due to our limited capacity, we are not accepting new complaints at this time. If you are in need of assistance, please contact our NAACP Michigan State Conference at 313-835-9671 or via email at info@minaacp.org.
Please also see additional information on resources below:
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - (800) 669-4000
Michigan Civil Rights Department - (800) 482-3604
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) - (313) 578-6800
Michigan State Bar Lawyers’ Referral Service - (800) 968-0738
The Legal Redress Committee serves as a liaison between community members seeking assistance with Civil Rights matters and organizations offering resources. The Committee is composed of volunteer members of the Macomb County Branch NAACP and is unable to provide legal advice or representation.
If you would like recommendations for additional resources, please contact our Legal Redress Committee Chair, Julie Alward, at legalredress.macombnaacp@gmail.com.
Did you miss our virtual candidate forum?
Check out our virtual candidate forum for macomb county sheriff!
The Macomb County Branch NAACP is pleased to collaborate with the Michigan Republican Assembly and the Official Democratic Black Caucus of Macomb County to host a virtual candidate forum for Macomb County Sheriff. You can watch the recording here.
Thank you to candidates Sheriff Anthony Wickersham and Mr. Terence Mekoski for a dynamic virtual candidate forum!
Point of clarity for the term "Constitutional Sheriff"
The Macomb County Branch NAACP Executive Committee would like to provide insight into the term “Constitutional Sheriff”. During this candidate forum, Mr. Mekoski used this term to describe his beliefs of policing and the role of a sheriff (8:29 and 13:15). Also, in a recent Facebook post, Mr. Mekoski admitted to being a member of the Constitutional Sheriff and Peace Officers Association and aspiring to the beliefs of the organization. The following is more information on the term Constitutional Sheriff and the CSPOA:
“The “constitutional sheriffs” movement — a fringe theory that holds that sheriffs have more law enforcement power in their home counties than any other government body or individual — has risen in influence over the past decade. Adherents believe that county sheriffs are the ultimate authority in determining the constitutionality of the laws they must enforce — including on matters of immigration, gun control, and health policy.”
“The most prominent group promoting the ideology, the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA), was founded in 2011 by former Sheriff Richard Mack of Graham County, Ariz., who had previously served on the Oath Keepers board alongside founder Stewart Rhodes, who was convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection. In 2022, Mack stepped down as CEO of CSPOA and Sam Bushman, a far-right podcaster, assumed the role.”
“CSPOA, which the Anti-Defamation League describes as an “anti-government extremist group,” claims on its website that “the Constitution makes it clear that the power of the sheriff even supersedes the powers of the President” — a theory that legal scholars say has no grounding in law.”
American Oversight September 11, 2024
Your vote is your voice. The NAACP urges all voters to be diligent in researching all candidates running for office.
If you have any questions please contact our Legal Redress Chair, Julie Alward, at legalredress.macombnaacp@gmail.com.
