Tom Keith must resign

Submitted by admin on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 23:34

URGENT Media Advisory
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Clergy and Citizens to Call for Forsyth County DA’s Immediate Resignation

Press Contacts:
Dr. Steve Boyd
sboyd5@triad.rr.com
(336) 287-5457

Rev. Kelly Carpenter
revkelly@gmail.com
(336) 407-2821

Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Time: 3:30 pm

Location:
The steps of WAIT CHAPEL on the Wake Forest University Campus

Host Pastor: Wake Forest Baptist Church

City/Town: Winston-Salem, NC

Description

Outrage is growing in response to District Attorney Tom Keith’s recent racially-charged comments that African-Americans are “instinctually” prone to crime. (Yes! Weekly published August 26, 2009) These comments came just weeks after the Silk Plant Forest Citizens’ Review Committee found "no credible evidence" that Kalvin Michael Smith was at the scene of Jill Marker’s 1996 beating and concluded it had "no confidence" in the investigation that produced Smith's conviction.

Six years ago clergy gathered on the steps of Wait Chapel to call on District Attorney Tom Keith to drop his defense of the state’s case against Darryl Hunt, who was eventually exonerated of all charges. On Tuesday, September 8th at 3:30 PM a gathering of clergy and concerned leaders will assemble yet again--this time to demand the immediate resignation of Tom Keith and the full and immediate release of the Silk Plant Forest Citizens' Committee Report.