February 27, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E263 Police Chief for the last nine years and served perpetrated against the Armenian residents of the waiver since then to provide aid to Baku. on Oakland’s Police Department for 19 years Sumgait in then-Soviet Azerbaijan. Although Azerbaijan should not be provided aid from before that. Chief Davis has demonstrated official figures reported 30 deaths, it is be- the United States as long as they continue a outstanding leadership and innovation in re- lieved that hundreds were murdered and in- policy of threats and blockades against ducing crime and increasing public trust jured as a result of the pogrom. Artsakh. through community policing efforts and part- Just a week before the violence erupted, the I urge the Administration to remove all bar- nerships with other agencies. Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh voted to riers to broad-based U.S.-Nagorno-Karabakh His talent and skills didn’t go unnoticed na- unify region with Armenia—the beginning of governmental and civil society communication, tionally and Chief Davis was appointed by At- the Karabakh movement. In the days imme- travel and cooperation. torney General Eric Holder to lead the Office diately after this vote Azeri civilians and local f of Community Oriented Policing Services, officials in the city of Sumgait held rallies call- COPS, at the U.S. Department of Justice. In ing for ‘‘death to Armenians’’. HONORING REV. CRAWFORD W. his new capacity, Director Davis supports law On the night of February 27, 1988, Arme- KIMBLE, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, enforcement allies across the country, includ- nian residents in Sumgait were targeted and PASTOR EMERITUS OF GOOD ing the East Palo Alto Police Department. indiscriminately raped, mutilated and mur- HOPE MISSIONARY BAPTIST Chief Davis led East Palo Alto—once known dered. Calls for help from Armenians were ig- CHURCH as the murder capital of the United States— nored by local police and city officials. Journal- out of one of the worst crime crises in the ists were shut out from the area. The violence HON. SHEILA JACKSON LEE country. He launched a first of its kind partner- raged on for three days before Soviet troops OF TEXAS ship between a city and the State. The East were able to put an end to the pogrom. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Palo Alto Police Department partnered with Witnesses of the horrific massacres later Thursday, February 27, 2014 the California Department of Correction and testified that the attacks were planned, as ci- Rehabilitation to implement a parole-reentry vilians had gathered weapons and the exits of Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to program that provided programming and en- the cities were blocked in advance to prevent pay tribute to Rev. Crawford W. Kimble, Pas- forcement services and a job program with the Armenians from escaping. The homes of Ar- tor Emeritus of Good Hope Missionary Baptist California Department of Transportation. The menians were marked so that the Azeri mobs Church, which originated in Freedmen’s Town results were amazing: the return-to-custody could easily target them. in 1872. rates dropped from more than 60 percent to Unfortunately, the perpetrators of the po- Reverend Kimble died earlier this week in less than 20 percent. grom succeeded in their ultimate goal—driving Houston at the age of 95. He will be laid to Chief Davis also worked closely with local out Armenians. Fearing more violence, Arme- rest on Saturday, March 1, 2014. church leaders and social service providers. nians fled Sumgait. Later that year, another Rev. Kimble, the fifth of six pastors at Good He rehabilitated gang members by offering job anti-Armenian pogrom occurred in Kirovabad, Hope Missionary Baptist Church, served as and drug counseling along with medical care Azerbaijan from November 21st to 27th, which Pastor for approximately 35 years. His dream to them in exchange for giving up their crimi- also forced hundreds of Armenians to flee the of building Good Hope in its current location nal activities. He understood and was an inte- region. In January of 1990 violent mobs tar- (3015 North MacGregory Way) was fulfilled in gral part of his community. geted the Armenian community of Azerbaijan’s 1981. His optimism and drive to improve the sys- capital, Baku. Rev. Kimble was born in Elgin, Texas on tem have guided his life and career. Davis I would like to honor the memory of Arme- March 24, 1918 and he followed the ministe- earned his Bachelor of Science from Southern nians killed in the pogroms of Sumgait, rial paths of both his father and grandfather. Illinois University and completed the Senior Kirovabad, and Baku. If we hope to stop future He began preaching at the age of 33. Executives in State and Local Government massacres, we must acknowledge these hor- Rev. Kimble joined Good Hope Baptist Program at Harvard Kennedy School of Gov- rific events and ensure they do not happen Church in 1951; he preached his first sermon ernment. again. there in 1959; and he later became pastor to He has co-authored multiple publications, in- This month also marked the 10th anniver- many prominent Texans, namely Congress- cluding the National Institute of Justice’s ‘‘Ex- sary of the heinous murder of Armenian Army woman Barbara Jordan, the first African Amer- ploring the Role of the Police in Prisoner Re- Lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan at a NATO ican United States Congresswoman from the entry,’’ the Department of Justice’s ‘‘How to training camp in Budapest, by Ramil Safarov, South, and Dr. Lonnie Smith, who played an Correctly Collect and Analyze Racial Profiling a Lieutenant of the Azerbaijani Army. Safarov important role in minority voting rights in pri- Data: Your Reputation Depends on It,’’ and used an axe to hack Margaryan to death while mary elections. the Police Executive Research Forum’s ‘‘Chief he was sleeping. After being convicted of mur- It is astounding to find that prior to Rev. Concerns: The Use of Force.’’ der by Hungarian courts, he was transferred to Kimble’s calling into the ministry, he worked In 2003, a San Mateo County Grand Jury Azerbaijan where he was immediately par- as a newspaper editor and writer! His career report deemed the East Palo Alto police force doned and given a hero’s welcome. Several began as the managing editor with the Hous- poorly trained and management unaccount- Azerbaijan government officials have hailed ton Informer, Houston’s oldest African Amer- able. Chief Davis turned that around and Safarov’s actions as patriotism. This is unac- ican newspaper; and it ended with the Kansas leaves behind a well-trained department. ceptable, and the international community City Call. Mr. Speaker, Chief Davis will be deeply should hold Azerbaijan accountable for this. After more than 30 years in retirement, Rev. missed by the residents of East Palo Alto, but Recognizing the ethnic-cleansing of the Ar- Kimble continued to write and publish books. he will continue his support of our community menians from Azerbaijan is an important step. He worked out of his second floor office and from Washington, DC, where he will continue However, we need to do more—we need to living quarters, a Fourth Ward senior citizen his tireless fight for justice as the director of demonstrate to Azerbaijan that the United apartment complex which was developed and the Community Oriented Policing Services Of- States is committed to peace and to the pro- named after him on April 5, 2007: Crawford fice in the U.S. Department of Justice. tection of Artsakh from coercion. W. Kimble Senior Living, located at 1025 f We must call for an end to all threats and Saulnier Street, in Fourth Ward, Texas. acts of coercion by Azerbaijan’s government Rev. Kimble’s works include books entitled IN REMEMBRANCE OF SUMGAIT, against the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh. ‘‘Watch the Tree it Might Fall on You, which KIROVABAD AND BAKU MAS- Congress should strengthen Section 907 of he wrote and published at age 8o; ‘‘The Ad- SACRES the FREEDOM Support Act by removing the ventures of Love: God’s plan for a Victorious President’s ability to waive U.S. law prohibiting Life for His People’’, which he wrote and pub- HON. BRAD SHERMAN aid to Azerbaijan because of its continuing lished at age 90; and ‘‘God at Work’’, his most OF CALIFORNIA blockade against Armenia and Nagorno recent publication, which answers the attacks IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Karabakh. In 1992, Congress prohibited aid to of Rush Limbaugh on our President, President Azerbaijan because of its continuing blockade Barack Obama. Thursday, February 27, 2014 against Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. How- Rev. Kimble was a great man who touched Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. Speaker, 26 years ago ever, in 2001, Congress approved a waiver to the lives of all who met him. He will be today was the first day in a three-day pogrom this provision and administrations have used missed.

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The school books in Jamaica were old Thursday, February 27, 2014 plained his initial reception to the reporter: and outdated, and it was difficult to get the Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise to com- while driving to work through what was consid- ‘powers-that-be’ to understand how much memorate the 22nd anniversary of the Khojaly ered a white neighborhood, ‘‘The police would chemistry had changed over the years.’’ tragedy which took place on February 25–26, pull me over and accuse me of failing to stop In 1957 Dr. Thompson attended a job fair in 1992, when the town of Khojaly in the at the stop sign. ‘What are you doing over New York. He explained to the reporter that Nagorno Karabakh region of Azerbaijan was here?’ the police would ask me. When I told he applied for and received numerous inter- attacked by Armenian forces. Khojaly, which them I was faculty at the university, they view requests. He soon realized that was be- was home to 7,000 people, was completely would call me a liar and give me a ticket.’’ Ar- cause potential employers didn’t know he was destroyed; a total of 613 people were killed. riving on campus the reception was no better. black. ‘‘A guy from Alabama, when he saw As the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict still re- School security would try to stop him from en- me, he turned so red I thought he was going mains unresolved, the U.S. must increase its tering the faculty parking lot. Sometimes they to have a heart attack. ‘You know where Ala- efforts to facilitate the resolution to the conflict would threaten him; other times they would bama is, don’t you?’ the man asked me. ‘Yes in accordance with international law. Congress mock him for claiming that he, a black man, sir,’ I told him. ‘You know we probably don’t must also recognize that the current status- was a professor. ‘‘They tried to stop me from want you,’ he said. ‘I probably don’t want to quo is dangerous and a solution to the conflict parking in the lot,’’ Dr. Thompson said. ‘‘But I go,’ I said.’’ is necessary to allow hundreds of thousands did anyways.’’ When Dr. Thompson applied for the Univer- of Azerbaijani IDPs to return to their homes. Dr. Thompson retired from the University of sity of Toledo job, he included a photo so there would be no surprises. The person who There is no doubt that a settlement of this pro- Toledo in 1998 after 40 years of teaching. He interviewed and hired him, Jerome Kloucek, tracted conflict between Armenia and Azer- recently returned to campus for a special dean of the arts college, never mentioned baijan would let this region realize its huge po- honor: the unveiling of the Lancelot C.A. race, Dr. Thompson recalled in the newspaper tential and become prosperous. Thompson Meeting Room in the University of feature. ‘‘Some of the faculty was a little un- Mr. Speaker, as Azerbaijan, a tested and Toledo’s Student Union. At the ceremony, Uni- comfortable, but I was comfortable. I was used proven strategic partner of the United States, versity of Toledo Athletic Director Mike O’Brien noted, ‘‘Over the years, Lance has been an to being around white people.’’ commemorates the 22nd anniversary of the In addition to teaching chemistry, Dr. Khojaly massacre this year, I call on my col- adviser, a mentor, and most of all, a friend to many of our student-athletes,’’ Among the Thompson created the university’s first track leagues in Congress to speak up on this trag- team. More importantly, he started the annual edy and stand with the Azerbaijani people. over one hundred attendees was Dr. Thomp- son’s longtime friend John C. Moore who said Aspiring Minorities Youth Conference. He f the recognition was both overdue and well-de- served as assistant dean for undergraduate PROTECTING TAXPAYERS FROM served. He explained that Dr. Thompson was study in the college of arts and sciences from INTRUSIVE IRS REQUESTS ACT a pioneer who paved the way for other African 1964–66, becoming the dean of student serv- American professionals at the university. ‘‘He ices from 1966–68. He was then promoted to SPEECH OF is such an intelligent gentleman who is really vice president of student affairs, from which he HON. KENNY MARCHANT concerned about the fate of his fellow man. retired in 1988. He retired as a teacher in He’s very educated and still wants to learn 1998. Along the way, in 1964, Dr. Thompson OF TEXAS something new every day. He’s fearless, and was voted the school’s Outstanding Teacher. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES he makes it look so easy.’’ It was always important to Dr. Thompson to Tuesday, February 25, 2014 Lancelot Thompson was born and raised in mentor young people, especially African Amer- ican young people. He explained, ‘‘Being the Mr. MARCHANT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today Jamaica. His parents were teachers. He was an accomplished athlete who competed in the only black faculty at the university for four to urge my colleagues to support the ‘‘Pro- years, I had to be a mentor. There was no- tecting Taxpayers from Intrusive IRS Requests broad jump and 400-sprint relay during the 1946 Pan American Games held in Barran- body else for them. It didn’t matter if it was a Act’’. black, white, Hispanic, or Asian student, my Many of my constituents in the 24th District quilla, Colombia, and again during the games held in Guatemala. Both times he took sec- job was to teach and mentor all students.’’ Ex- of Texas—some of whom were unfairly tar- plaining he was even harder on African Amer- geted by the IRS—have lost confidence in the ond-place honors in the competition. He was a 24-year-old high school teacher when he re- ican students Dr. Thompson said, ‘‘Oh yes, I impartiality of the agency. was hard on them. I made sure they did the Due to the political targeting scandal, my ceived track scholarship offers from Morgan State University in Maryland and Tennessee work. I was harder on them than the other stu- constituents are deeply skeptical about the dents because I knew they had to be a little IRS and angry at how they have been treated. State University. He recalled, ‘‘Many people in Jamaica, they told me, go to Morgan State; better than the whites to get the job. You had I fully agree with their concerns: the IRS has to be prepared.’’ been blatantly too intrusive on my constitu- they will lynch you in Tennessee.’’ So he boarded a plane for Morgan State Lancelot Thompson’s legacy is carried on in ents’ personal lives and of many other Ameri- those students and all those he taught. His cans around the country. University and it didn’t take long for Dr. Thompson to be introduced to American rac- footprint on the school carries forth through Americans should always be protected from today. We salute his spirit, his tenacity and his unnecessary and intrusive questions about ism and discrimination. ‘‘Jamaica is a biracial country, so we didn’t have those problems,’’ courage even as we offer thanks for all he has their political, religious, and social beliefs. given to decades of University of Toledo stu- On behalf of my constituents, I respectfully he said. ‘‘In Jamaica, it’s more about class issues. The first time I got to an airport I saw dents and our community. Thank you always, urge members to help protect American tax- Dr. Lancelot Thompson. payers and vote for this bill. no black people, so I started to look for a f f place to sit down. A black janitor came over and told me I wasn’t allowed to sit in that sec- A TRIBUTE TO MRS. BARBARA HONORING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF tion. He sent me to another part of the airport FEATHERSON MR. LANCELOT THOMPSON where other black people were. That was my first experience in America.’’ HON. MIKE McINTYRE The airport experience was just the begin- HON. MARCY KAPTUR OF NORTH CAROLINA ning of more to come. The reporter writes that OF OHIO IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES upon boarding a train to Baltimore he was dragged and deposited in the ‘‘black coach’’ Thursday, February 27, 2014 Thursday, February 27, 2014 section of the train. ‘‘Everybody in there were Mr. MCINTYRE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, during Black black southerners,’’ Dr. Thompson said. ‘‘I pay tribute to a truly outstanding North Caro- History month, I rise today to recognize Lan- didn’t understand a single word they said.’’ linian, Mrs. Barbara Featherson, who has

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