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  • NAACP: Rights violated at park

    04/22/2006 5:54:05 AM PDT · by Ellesu · 46 replies · 1,009+ views
    2theadvocate.com ^ | 04/22/06 | Sonya Kimbrell
    Cessation of meal services, propane delivery spurs charges: The NAACP collected affidavits Friday from residents at the FEMA Renaisssance Village in Baker that contain complaints alleging lack of services, harassment and intimidation. Kwame Asanté, director of the Louisiana chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said NAACP representatives have been going to the village council meetings. “There are a lot of people who feel that their rights have been violated,” Asanté said Friday afternoon. About 1,650 hurricane evacuees have been living at the 572-unit trailer park on Groom Road since it opened in October. Most residents...