premise: Following the impeachment conviction , Dr. Benjamin Hooks , executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People , issued a restrained statement , warning that the Hastings case could set a `` dangerous precedent , '' but adding , `` We must respect the considered judgment of the Senate .
hypothesis: Dr. Benjamin Hooks , executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People , chose to be involved in the issuing.