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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