all c Davis, the Chicago
bu in ssman who sought $15
million in dam ges against the
Chicago Police Department,
recently on a $210,000 court
settlement.
Davi lost his first trial, but
on a ne trial on a ruling from
the venth Circuit Court of
ppe Is.
t all began on rch 8,
1976 on Chicago's stside.
Davis and friend Winston Fon-
•
tenon surprized two burglars
• in Davis's rib house at 5:45 a.m.
After subduing the intruders,
Davis summoned the police.
After 15 minutes, the
police had not arrived and the
burglars escaped.
Davis and Fontenot then
proceeded to driv to on of
Davis' body shops. As they got
out of their car, two white
policemen approached them and
ordered them up against a near-
of Cassopclis is a real
poll and first runner-up
Blossomtime p ant in 1978 is currentJy
tern Michigan College nd plans to
education at Indian State Univer ity.
Con ys n to go into the field of
t journalism becau , '" enjoy �king in
front of peop ." S also likes singin and pageant
compe ilion. Th y-born Tauru 10 all shades of
purpl , her fa orite sabi t is Economics and her favo-
rite r ordin rtist is atali Cole.
S acey holds
Dowagiac meeting
Stat Representative Lad
S cev (R. - Berrien Springs)
announced today that he wilt
condu t a to n hall meeting
n twin Dowagi c.
The meeting will begin at
7:30 p.m. Friday, May 4, in
Chestnut To ers.
Refreshments will be
served.
Stacey has also invited local
officials from Do giac, Po a
gen, Silver Cree and Cass
County officials to attend
meeting.
III encourage my consti
tuents in the Dowagi c area
to attend the meeting to let
their ... el cted officials kno
what's on their minds,"
tacev said.
"I anticipate that this meet
ing ill fo ter a greater sen e
of cooperation among those
of us who rve the p ople
of the Dowagiac area, It he
continued.
Stac y id he will brief-
ly revi w several current I gi -
lativ is ue for th audienc
before participating in n op n
di u ion p riod.
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Every Wednesday •
Early Birds -1 p.m.
B n ath Goldbl t's
ISer. Co.. Young Democra.ts
"Input from the people we
represent is the basis of our
system of go ernment," he
said. HI'm sure this type of
interaction will help m to
vote intelligently on the
issues in Lansing.'
List Ben on
Credit
Union Board
After elections at the
Annual Meeting of the B nton
Federal Credit Union on Sat
urday, March 25, the seats on
the Bo rd of Directors ar full.
The members of the
current Board of Directors are:
Mattie Barnes, Katie Bunting,
J mes Cross, Arthur Crump,
Lela Fleming, Ken Gavin, EI
mer Hollen eck, Henry Jones,
Otis Joseph, James 1e;:tns r red
di M ore, Joel Patte on, Ora
Rhode, !tred Willia� and
B rbara Winan .
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utwnm d Ali, rt., helps I ce Davis hold a picture silo
th extent of Davis' injuries sustained at the hand f a ChiQ 0
policeman. Ali, long a supporter of the Davis fight for stice, a
present in the courtroom ith Davis hen th rulin in 0;1 is'
favor was rendered.
as shot - the apartment
building in which he lived ith
his mother was d troyed by
fire under strange circumstances.
Davis insists that the firemen,
located n extremely short
distance from the building, too
15 minute to respond to his call
for help. And e n hen they
arrived, 0 vis says they ignored
his pleas for them to rescue a
tenant still insid the blazing
building. .0 vi h d to enter
th bailding himself nd
Ie d n older m n to
for
circumstance
that h 'w s It t-up."
ch rges wcre later dropped.
'And Davis says th t Fre Is,
.the officer 0 shot him, ct
in a threatening m nner h n
they m et in th neighborhood.
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Every Saturday Night 1 pm
by auto. Th y complied.
Fontenot as. hand-
cuffed, and ithout warning,
Davis was shot in th b c by
Officer Joseph Freels. Davis had
made no attempt to r sist and
was unarmed. According to
Davis, Freels began kic ing and
stomping him and then pointed
the gun between Davis' eyes and
told him: "Die nigger, die, or
I'll blo your brains out."
Davis pretended to, be
dead and the officers too his
wallet, watch, and ring, and one
of them said: "H on't need
these where he's going."
Davis remained in Coo
County Hospital for more than
seven months! H was
shackled to his hospital bed for
four of those months, b cause
he, Davis, had becn charged ith
attempted murder of the t 0
burglars, charges hich were
later dropped.
Davis, with only a 30
percent chance of living more
th n three additional years,
walks around ith no pi en,
gall bladder, bo. el ducts, or
ppendix, and ith onl a
portion of his liver.
During this period,
Davis' eight ent from 204
pounds to 97 'pounds. H
has rebuilt his weight to 185
pounds.
Though the charges
against Wallace Davis were
dropped, Wallace's friends,
Winston Fontenot, wa found
guilty. Released on proba
tion, Fontenot wor ed at a gas
station, until he was
mysteriously shot one day. He
is no underground.
Davis en t on to sue
the officer who shot him and
the City of Chicago for $15
mil.ion and turned down
a $300,000 out of court
settlement. Davis' case went to
court befor Judge Julius
Hoffman, the same judge who
h d Black Panther) Bobby Sale
bound 'and gagged during the
Chicago 8 Trial.
The jury rul d in favor
of the City of Chicago, and
because there were many
questionable a pects to the
proceedings, Davis appealed
his suit.
Davis h s won ne
trial on a ruling from the
Seventh Circuit Court of
Appeals.
Me n hile, The Chic go
Committe for Wallace Davi
was organized to help allace
Davis in his quest for ju tic .
According to the
committee, strange thing .
continue to h ppen to Davi .
On Mar�h 6, 1978 Imost two
ye rs to the very day Davis
De ocr Is rais
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A recent special bingo �ame
sponsored by the Berrien Coun
ty. Democratic Party netted
$1147 for the Goldblatt's
Cancer Re arch Fund.
Verlin Zimmerman, th
Democratic Chairman id,
"We were plea d to b p rt
of a project that rat d money
for th cancer re rch fund
which help find cure for
f todays number one disea .
're also plea d to kno
that 100 percent of the fund
goe to research."
"We enjoyed working ith
cau ,"
r Gold-
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