ar r atening·
,prof ay
ie
harpton lead - march to
pro� t police murder
viobltiD2 rights.
. "I think civil liberties are
. eroded by the presence of
drugs," said Rei director of
Office of Drug �cies.
·Particularly in the inner
. ies peop Ie free to
bo there' n-
dous fear of leaving their
h "
But 7.01 on Ferency, profes-
or of crimin I ju tice at
Three thousand people mar
ched through Teanec Jer
sey on Saturday. April 21. led
by Reverend. Al Sharpton to
protest the murder of 16 year old
Phillip Pannell. Jr. by a local
police officer on April 10.
Seven b 10 ds of marchers
ro t by Reverend Sharpton t
United African Movement and
the incleperldent ew Alliance
. P rty chaired by Dr. Lenora
Ful ni ere met by over 1.000
local re idents.
The marchers gathered at
Willi m Cullen Bryant School
in the area where Mr. Pannel
skill d nd marched up
Teaneck Ro d to City Hall. .
Hundred more community resi
dents joined the m rch along the
way.
Reverend Sharpton w
RE CY IS A Democr tic
candidate for state senator in
the Lansing-East Lansing
area's 24th district. He h
called for the decriminalization
of marijuan as part of his cam-
paign.
"Some people have been
smoking marijuana for 10 or 15
or 20 year and .going through
Continu d on Page 13
joined at the head of the march
by civil rights attorney Alton
Maddox. Jr .• Dr. Fulanl, Dr.
Fred Newman. a founder of
NAP. and M e Stewan and
Diane Hawkins. the paren of
Yusuf Hawkins. the Brooklyn
youth who w murdered by a
while mob i Bensonhurst t
year.
SATURDAY'S MARCH
h d been urrounded by con
troversy since it w announced.
The chairman of the Bergen
County NAACP and the Pannell
family' attorney charged ttult
"outside agitators" were coming
into Teaneck to sow divi ions
nd polariz the r ially mixed
uburban town. .
Teaneck was rocked by
violence the night after the kill-
ing when hundred of youth
responded 10 an advance by riot
gcar-equipped police against a
peaceful pro st rally by allac -
ins police cars and local b i-
on Teanec Road.
The day before the march the
Reverend Je e J c on. who
mel ilh the Pannell f mily
as ell 5 te and local elected
officia earlier in the wee • en
dorsed the march.
Reverend Sharpton poke to
the marchers from the te of
City Hall following local activi t
Willi m Jones.
health policy director for the
lobby.
Michigan doctor charge
P tient more than $30 mil
lion each year above the
$800 million p id to doctor
by Medicare, Dowell id.
She ay th t ' too much
overbillin .
"n MAY 0 be much
comp red to Jh $800 mil
lion, but if you look· t the
income level 0 at the
enior citizen in thi 'late,
it's a lot 0 money," h
aid.
An official from th
Mich'gan Stat Medic I
Society ay th problem of
overbilling i being exag
ger ted by upporter of the
Bullard bill.
Michig n phy ici n
cept Medicare payment a
papment in full on 92 per
'cent of Medicare claim.
aid Tom WOlff, the
LA SIN -The Michigan
Cttlze ns bby contend it
is t me th t Michjgan doc
to uop c arging Medic re
patient ore than the
Medicare r teo
The Ci iz e n Lobby is
backing t e Medicare Fair
Billing an Reimbur ment
Act. po ored by Rep.
Perry Bull rd. D-Ann Arbor.
The prop ed legisl lion
would pro ibit physlci
from "ove billing"-charg
ing more h n the feder I
health care rogr m How.
The bi I h pa e d
through t House Public
Heal th ornrni ue e and
aw it a v te of the entire
Hou .e, aid Kri line Dowell,
". TOLD R VERE D
Jac on that Dr. King w
known not because of what he
did at home. that rea II y never
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