But Charles Brooks, general counsel for the SCLC in Atlanta, said in an interview Thursday that Cox is not on its board and that there is no official Dayton chapter.
After corrections officers went public with complaints about what they said was racial discord at the county jail, Cox held a press conference Oct. 12 calling for Sheriff Phil Plummer to resign and said he would urge the national SCLC to investigate.
“They also have the backing of the national SCLC, because I’m a board member,” Cox said of the corrections officers who brought the complaints. “I may have the national office come in here on this particular incident.”
But Brooks said he has represented the SCLC since November 2013, and “(Cox) has not been a board member since that time period.”
There used to be a Dayton chapter, he said, before it collapsed under scandal and its leader Raleigh Trammell went to prison in 2013.
“Since that time period the only recognized chapter in the state of Ohio is Cleveland,” Brooks said.
IRS records show the local chapter’s tax-exempt status was revoked in 2012 for not filing required forms with the IRS.
“They have not called me and said I’m not on the national board and they have not called me and said there is no Dayton SCLC,” Cox said this week. “If that’s the case they need to tell me that.”
When asked about this, Brooks responded, “I’ve never made it a habit of randomly calling people and telling them they’re not on our board.”
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