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FIREFIGHTERS SHOWING JUST HOW QUICKLY YOUR STUDENT’S LIFE CAN GO UP IN FLAMES. BRIANA: NO MORE. THAT’S WHAT NAACP MEMBERS ARE SAYING TONIGHT IN RESPONSE TO ACCUSATIONS THAT NO ONE WAS HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT STATE HEADQUARTERS. KENNY: OUR STEVE KING WALKS US THROUGH THE ALLEGATIONS, AND WHAT ORGANIZATION MEMBERS ARE CALLING FOR. STEVE? STEVE: MEMBERS OF ELDER WOMEN OF THE NORTH CAROLINA NAACP, A SUBSET OF THE STATE NAACP CONFERENCE, SAY AN EMPLOYEE AT HEADQUARTERS WAS HARASSED ON AT LEAST 2 OCCASIONS BY HER SUPERVISOR, AND THAT NATIONAL LEADERSHIP DID NOTHING ABOUT IT. THIS WAS IN DURHAM. >> WE ULTIMATELY SAY NO MORE. WE SAY NO MORE. IT TIME IS UP. STEVE: ELDER WOMEN OF THE NORTH CAROLINA NAACP GATHERED AT A GREENSBORO CHURCH ON WEDNESDAY, CALLING FOR THE REVOKING OF THE MEMBERSHIP OF A MAN THEY SAY SEXUALLY HARASSED AN EMPLOYEE IN DURHAM AT LEAST TWICE. >> WE STAND TO SUPPORT THE VICTIM, A YOUNG BLACK FEMALE ORGANIZER WHO UP TO THIS POINT HAS NOT BEEN FULLY PROTECTED BY THE POLICIES OF OUR GOVERNING BODY. AS THE ELDER WOMEN OF THE NAACP , WE HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO NAME OUR OPPRESSION WHEN CONFRONTED AND TO FIGHT LIKE HELL TO END THAT OPPRESSION. STEVE: ELDER WOMEN SAY THE INTERNAL INVESTIGATION FOUND THE ALLEGED HARASSMENT DID OCCUR ON TWO OCCASIONS. THE VICTIM SENT THE REPORT TO NATIONAL LEADERS IN SEPTEMBER BUT NEVER RECEIVED A RESPONSE. GROUP MEMBERS SAY ALONG WITH REVOKING HIS MEMBERSHIP, NATIONAL LEADERS NEED TO PUT CLEAR POLICIES IN PLACE AGAINST SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE WORK LACE. >> IT IS NOT HE SAID, SHE SAID. HERE IS THE REPORT. HERE ARE THE DOCUMENTS. EXPEL THIS PERSON. IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY KIND OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY, WHAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN IS A TURNAROUND. A RUNAROUND. NOT ON OUR WATCH. NOT ANYMORE. IT’S ENOUGH. >> THIS LACK OF ACTION CONTINUES TO PERMEATE THE SAME MISOGYNISTIC IDEOLOGY THAT KEEPS OUR WOMEN AND ALL WHO ARE SEXUALLY HARASSED OPPRESSED. NOT ON OUR WATCH. STEVE: THE ELDER WOMEN OF THE NORTH CAROLINA NAACP SAY THEY HAVE A COPY OF THE STATE NAACP INTERNAL INVESTIGATION BUT THEY WILL NOT SHARE IT WITH US. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO NATIONAL AND STATE NAACP LEADERSHIP, BUT HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM THEM. THE ELDER WOMEN OF THE NAACP SAY THEY PLAN TO TAKE THEIR FIGHT TO NAACP HEADQUARTERS IN BALTIMORE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, WHERE THEY’LL DEMAND ACTION. STEVE KING, WXII 12 NEWS. KENNY: THANK YOU, STEVE. HAPPENING NOW WINSTON-SALEM , POLICE SAY RAPE SUSPECT IS BEHIND BARS IN A CASE DATING BACK ALMOST 26 YEARS. DNA EVIDENCE FROM A RAPE KIT THAT HADN’T BEEN TESTED LED INVESTIGATORS TO JOHN ALFORD. AUTHORITIES SAY THE 71-YEAR-OLD IS ACCUSED IN A RAPE FROM NOVEMBER OF 1993. THE VICTIM TOLD POLICE A MAN APPROACHED HER ON CAYUGA STREET ARMED WITH A KNIFE AND SAYS HE FORCED HER SOMEWHERE ELSE AND ASSAULTED HER. ALFORD IS BEING HELD ON A MILLION DOLLARS BOND. BRIANA: TURNING NOW TO THE FORECAST. IF YOU LIKE COOLER TEMPERATURES A MUCH MORE PLEASANT DAY OUTSIDE , TODAY. NO SIGN OF THE 90-DEGREE TEMPS. LANIE: AND LOW HUMIDITY SO VERY COMFORTABLE OUT THERE. WE HAD COOL AIR AND THE CLOUDS WILL BE MOVING OUT. ALREADY CLEARING OUT ACROSS THE TRIAD. IT IS BEAUTIFUL IN DOWNTOWN GREENSBORO RIGHT NOW. IT IS A LOT BETTER THAN THE MID-90’S WE HAD. THE CURRENT TEMPERATURE IN BURLINGTON, SUN AT 82. LOOK AT THESE 60’S FOR HIGHS IN GALAX. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE CLOUDS ARE THICKER. NOT TOO MUCH RAIN BUT THERE ARE A FEW SPRINKLES AROUND. DRY SKIES TONIGHT AND CHECK OUT THE TEMPERATURES. WE WILL DROP DOWN TO 48 DEGREES. 52 IN THE FOOTHILLS AND 54 IN THE TRIAD. LOOKING AHEAD, SUNSHINE AND THE FORECAST WITH PLEASANT AFTERNOONS. IT WARM UP ON THE WAY THROUGH THE WEE

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