Before her parents outed her racial identity, then-Spokane NAACP President Rachel Dolezal apparently led a Baltimore Freddie Gray protest, initiating the chant: “No justice, no peace, no racist police.”
Dolezal appears to be wearing heavy brown makeup as she retells stories of protests in Washington state and that police brutality “is something that is affecting us nationwide.” She is speaking to a crowd outside the Baltimore Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) union hall in a video uncovered by the Baltimore Spectator.
“Not only have we had these incidents with police, I have received these racist threats – death threats,” Dolezal told local activist Kinji Scott, according to the Baltimore Brew. “I just came to support Baltimore. We are dealing with a national problem.”
It would appear that during the same trip to Baltimore, Dolezal met with Baltimore City State Attorney Marilyn Mosby and photographs were posted on the Spokane NAACP Twitter page.
Dolezal found herself at the center of a media firestorm when her white parents revealed that their daughter was misrepresenting herself as black. Spokane media reported that hate mail left in the NAACP’s mail box and reported by Dolezal was never actually processed by the post office.
Local news reports have speculated that Dolezal’s parents may have outed her racial identity due to ongoing litigation over the guardianship of her adopted brother.
After stepping down from her position as Spokane NAACP president Monday, Dolezal said she is “transracial” on NBC’s “Today” show on Tuesday adding, “I identify as black.”
