July 9, 2022 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Judi Hill, President, Akron NAACP

akronnaacp@yahoo.com

We in the NAACP want to close the window of doubt. This was excessive use of force.
#wearedonedying
AKRON, OHIO — Today, the Akron Unit of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) released
the following list of demands in response to the horrific fatal police shooting of Jayland Walker on Monday, June 27, 2022, and
the gross lack of accountability.

The Akron NAACP immediately demands:

1. Ohio Attorney General David Yost assign a special prosecutor for the Jayland Walker case.
2. A thorough, transparent, factual investigation of all available evidence, including all audio, radio exchanges, video,
and transcripts.
3. All officers involved in the brutal killing of Jayland Walker be held accountable.
4. All investigations proceed, regardless of resignation. Any officer found negligent, should not be eligible to become
officers in another Summit County or State jurisdiction.
5. Abolish blanket qualified immunity.
6. Abolish car chases for equipment violations and minor traffic violations.

Moving forward, the Akron NAACP demands:

1. Routine and regular state and federal oversight of Akron Police Department policing operations.
a. Blue Ribbon Task Force and Racial Equity Task Force recommendations commissioned by the City of Akron
have not been implemented.
b. These documents call for change. Both documents are sitting on a shelf collecting dust.
2. Development of a series of Racial Equity metrics and public performance dashboard.
a. Akron Police Department report all use of force complaints to the state reporting dashboard.
3. Thorough external review of Akron Police Department policing procedures and policies.
4. Akron Police Department abide by its published Mission Statement, Values, and Principles: ‘to serve the community of
Akron in a collaborative effort to enhance the quality of life through crime prevention, enforcement of laws, promotion
of safety and reduction of fear.’ Akron Police Department in their Values and Principles states, “We will treat
everyone with dignity and respect and protect the constitutional rights of all citizens.” We did not see this in the
killing of Jayland Walker. When officers violate stated Values and Principles they swear to uphold, they must be held
accountable, e.g., loss of pay and or job.

“Akron and the nation will not rest until there is absolute justice and accountability for the police murder of Jayland Walker.
We condemn those who continue to justify, condone, and perpetuate the state-sanctioned murder of Black men, women and
children at the hands of militarized police. Justice is coming,” says Judi Hill, president of the Akron NAACP.

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The Akron NAACP, a unit of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is an historic civil rights
organization working to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate
racial hatred and racial discrimination.