1987 04 21 Victim Rights Week Proclamation

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Per City Council Meeting Minutes this proclamation was read during the April 21, 1987 Council meeting PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, criminal violence preys on millions of Americans every year; and WHEREAS, victims of crime and their families and friends often suffer grave financial, physical and psychological losses; and WHEREAS, special victim groups such as racial minority victims, victims of hate crimes, elderly victims, child victims, surviving relatives of homicide victims, victims of drunk driving, sexual assault victims, differently-abled victims, spouse abuse victims, catastrophic physical injury victims, and burglary victims are often underserved in many of our communities; and WHEREAS, all victims share a common bond of suffering and survival; and WHEREAS, all citizens of the United States deserve to be treated with dignity, compassion, and justice in times of distress; and WHEREAS, heretofore such treatment has not been afforded to all. victims, witnesses, and their loved ones or survivors; and WHEREAS, thousands of our fellow citizens, in their work and their volunteer activities, are devoting themselves to bringing a fill measure of dignity, compassion, and justice to those of our friends, relatives, and neighbors who fall victim to crime; NOW, THEREFORE I, HERM FAUSON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE do hereby proclaim the week of April 26 through May 2, 1987, as: VICTIM RIGHTS WEER And urge all citizens and institutions, public and private, to support the establishment and enforcement of victim rights and services in Louisville through participation in local and state activities commemorating those rights.