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u5 MOR pQ�O 1775 h��C p Town of Lexington Lexington Human Rights Committee 3 a� APRIL 19" FXI N61 Sean D. Osborne, Chair hoer anrightscinte L01exinltonrna.gov Fuang-Ying Huang, Vice Chair Tanya Gisolfi, Clerk Minutes for April 6, 2018 Meeting Present: • Members: Sean Osborne, Fuang-Ying Huang, Tanya Gisolfi, Jeffrey Toronto, Lieutenant James Barry, Charlotte Rodgers • Liaisons: Kathleen Lenihan, (School Committee), Pastor Brent Maracle (LICA Liaison) Stanley Yap (CAAL), Valerie Overton (LexPride), Mona Roy(SEPAC/LEXDESI) • Guests: Mark Corr(Chief of Polic), Mabel Amar Meeting called to order at 8:07 AM, Quorum was present at 8:07 AM. Minutes from March 2, 2017 meeting were reviewed with no changes. Whereupon the motion was made by Mrs. Rodgers, the motion was seconded: Resolved: to approve the minutes for the March 2, 2017 meeting with amendments. Chair Report—More Fair Housing training will be offered soon, as the LHRC is the default committee for investigating housing discrimination claims. Intentionally, no one from the LHRC was made a member of the Lexington Diversity Task Force, in order to spread the volunteer opportunities to the entire community. Chief Corr Police Update -Update on Hate Crimes Investigations: Anti-Black Email and Anti-Semitic Graffiti— Chief Corr explained that an anti-black hate email was sent over the summer to the incoming LHS Principal Stevens at his then work place in Duxbury, MA. An investigation determined that the offensive email was sent from Lexington and was in-fact traced back to the LHS math department. While police were able trace the email origin to the math department, the actual sender could not be identified. The recent bomb threat at LHS was also sent from the LHS system, however, due to good detective work in large-part by Officer Hankins, the individual responsible was arrested. A discussing was had about the need for uniformity in disseminating information about hate crime or hate speech to the community. Complaints have come from community members regarding the fact that some hate acts have been communicated while other acts have not been communicated to the community. Chief Corr asked that ALL hate be reported through the Police Department, as is consistent with the laws of the Commonwealth. A further statement was made during Committee discussion with the Chief that ALL Hate Acts are an attack on All of Lexington, there is no hierarchy of groups you attack one group you attack all Lexington. A request was made for a policy committee under the LHRC to set protocol for how information is communicated to the entire community. 1625 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE•LEXINGTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02420