Letter: Clarke Co. NAACP president responds to Commissioner Link remarks on UGA players

The following letter was submitted in response to comments made by Commissioner Melissa Link. If you would like to submit a letter on the topic, please email your letter to cstroh-page@onlineathens.com and indicate that you are submitting it as a letter to the editor.

In our beloved nation you are innocent until proven guilty. It is incumbent on all of us, including our elected officials, to remember and cherish this foundational principle. Commissioner Link was out of order making that intemperate and outrageous statement about UGA football players. She should be ashamed and is duty bound to retract that statement and apologize to these young men and all of our residents. Should she refuse to do so, the Mayor and Commission publicly and as a collective body should condemn her remarks clearly and forthrightly.  Commissioner Link and all elected leaders must set the highest standards for justice and fairness and avoid any hint of promoting bias. 

Sincerely 

Alvin Sheats, President of NAACP Clarke County Unit 5180