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not safeguard � freedom of its by the American Friends Ser- .. underclass in America. The rich dressed, Ameri I will be una Ie
o citizens in· 0WIl capital vices Committee, in the last ten got richer and the poor got to build enough prisons to con
Ordinary citiuns in the affected years 'as the populatio in the poorer. And, no matter how tain the multitude that are being
aeighborbood are prone to United State� increased )?y plum policy-.maker law enfo�- cri inalized by the n tion's
see any program thatcanredu� 10%,' the prison population cement officia1s and the public policies of neglect.
tbetertorintheirliYes worthy during this same period more at large try to ignore it, poverty Bennett can scapegoat
of CODsideration. .. than doubled. . breeds aime and violence. Cut D.C.'s Mayor Marion Barry or
WithOut qu ion aU of us prisons and new jail cells are off or diminish legitimate op- threaten to further colonize
must certainly be concerned bciDg built at a record pace. portunities for people to grow "chaco tecity,"butno of this
·th stopping the -scourge f Some $13 billion was spent on and develop and people will will mask the face of the po r-
drugs in W . 01;1, D.C. and federal, te and local jail sys- find alternative means to grasp. tY which afflicts D.C.'s B ck .
----------- ...... ------�-�-- for the "good life·. neighborhoods in the southeast
I Lawrence W. Sherman of the and north t sections of the
Crime Control Institute recent- city.
1y made the following observa- All ofus must come to under
tion bout the crisi in stand that only through more
Washington, D.C. Farst the af- • equitable sharing of the wealth,
fluent people who buy the � resources and access to oppor-
elp to create the hugh demand tunity can we genuinely create a
(or crack, Second, there is such safe and just society. Anything
inequality that those in the un- e will simply . the point
derclass view' selling drop
the only Y to success",
� In Miami. Rorida, Lee.Ar
thur uwreace, an anti-drug
ausadel' killed after r-.. __ •
. attempts OD his life by
�dcaIen. The�· that
La re ee faced opposition
m mlllUllity· dell
,*Q1 • uti-drug de
tIlreateDed the flow of
the drug deals IbrotllRldl
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Recently President B "
ationa} Drug Czar, imam
. Beaaett, annoUDCed a 100 mil
lion dollar multi-year P'agram
to rid ·011' capital of the
drug trade. The struggle to con
trol the IucratiYe pro from
drugs h erupted into open
warfare in W . to D.C.
which merged the
of America.
by the prectre
the free rid
SSEKJ is addre ed,
ill be unable to'
nough pri
ROil Daniels served QS the
Director of the NatiOfUll Rain
bow Coalition and QS the /JqIuly
Campaign Manager lor the
Reverelld Jesse J ackson'«
PruidmtiaJ Campaign '88. He
luis sewed lIS Ptuidmt of the N.
tiotUll B/Qck As. embly IIIUl
eluurpenoll 0/ the Nlltioltlll
Blade 111dfpellde1lt Politklll
Ptuty. Olnvatly, Iu lewu
PruitUnt 0/ the 1111""'. /0'
Comnuuaily O"",.izIItioe IINl
Devdopmellt in YowaJlfOlM,
Ohio. He '"'" be COIIIIII:I«l tlt
(216) 746-5747.
:PublUMr
C D. KeUy
EdiIM
Teresa Kelly
Assignment Editor
David u
OffICe MllltagtU
Berni Dr
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