Didn the NAACP come forward to refute the claim by law enforcement officials that Tawana never cooperated with them?
Although the NAACP had personal knowledge of the Brawley interview with law enforcement officials on Monday, November 30, 1987, the NAACP violated its duty to speak out and tell the truth. The NAACP was supposedly providing legal counsel to Tawana. To this date, the NAACP has never sought to refute the false claim of Tawana’s non-cooperation. In fact, several NAACP officials repeatedly attacked Brawley, Maddox, Rev. Al Sharpton and Rev. C. Vernon Mason throughout 1987 and 1988. The NAACP attorney would later become a judge in Orange County, New York. In December 1987, it was reported that the NAACP and the District Attorney of Dutchess County were developing a financial relationship or that local officials were dispensing money to the NAACP regarding Brawley.
