(EPTEMBER
dumping
Communi' y protes s
During the Wednesday,
September 19 Highland Park
City Council meetin , en­
raged cuizen expressed con­
cern about illegal dumping in
a fenced-in lot on the corner
of Hamilton nd laBelle.
A LaBelle re ide nt, who
would only identify herself as
Betty, formed a street com­
m�ttee to top the dumping.
The residents identified D
T Building Maintenance
lnc., right acro the street, to
be re ponsible for the dump­
ings. Belly aid the dump-
/
ings ha� been taking place for
two wee • with trucks arriv­
ing early in the morning nd
into the night. .
Resident ay true
would line up and park, wait­
ing for othe true to empty
their loads.
The day Iter the meeting
workers were clearing debri
from the site.
Re ident y the company
w s "tipped off" at the coun­
cil meeting, and aid the site
h d three dump ters the night
before, which were removed.
Armed with stick. Betty
and about six other laBelle
re idents stood in front of the
entrance of the site Thur day,
to prevent further dumping
until City inspector closed
off the site and prevented
truck from dumping its load.
"We're not going to
tolerate this anymore." said
Betty, indicating LaBelle
resident want the recycling
plant removed from their
neighborhood.
The City ordered the com­
pany to clear the site, and the
dumpster and leftover debris
was removed by Monday.
The Department of Public
Safety will keep the lot
closed until after the com­
pany appears in court. D &
T, is to a�pear in court Sept.
26 because it ha no license
nor a Certificate of Occupa­
tion for the building it oc­
cupies.
City officials have virtual­
Iy no information on the com­
pany, -except th t it recycles
waste product. Comp nyof­
ficials claim they were not
ware of City procedure.
Illegal dumping in Highland
lvepotice
Contin ed fro P. 1
Incidents cited in the suit
include:
-On February 10, 1990,
Lynwood deputies ordered
William Leonard to leave hi
c r becau e they'd heard
report that he wa armed. A
dozen or more deputie
Iormcd a half-moon around
him.
. Witnes. cs 'ay he w un-
armed, but after Mr. Leonard
pia ed hi hand behind hi
he d and attempted to kneel
down, a fusillade of ap­
proximately 30 bullet was
fired into lmost every part of
hi body, killing him while
hi 18 year old daughter
w tched in horror.
- On February II, 1990,
Lloyd Polk fI�d from two
Lynwood deputie bee u e he
h d orne out t ndi ng war­
r' nt gain t him for minor
i nfr clion .
Witnes es say the deputies
caught him, then beat him
with barons nd kicked him
for IO-IS minute while he
I y curled up in a fetal po i­
tion. Both of his arms were
bro en.
He w s then arre ted for
a' 'aul ti ng n officer wi th a
board - • n alleged It ck
hich no eivili n witness
sa
-On March 24, 1990,
Lynwooddcpunes responded
o a noise complaint t a wed­
ding reception and, without
provocation, used batons to
rna h the face of four
brothers: Sergio, Alphon 0,
Alfredo and Jo e Sanchez.
Sergio Sanchez wa' ho pi­
t lized for head injurie and
t 0 of hi. brother required
titche .
Deputle al 0 terrorized
Yidefonza Lorenzana, an 82-
year-Old great grandmother.
by placing the barrel of a
hotgun in her face while :he
lay in her bed.
-On April 28, ) 90. Dar­
ren Thomas and three other
family m mbe r w e ar­
ret e d for d r i n i n g be e r i n
their front yard nd wer
taken to the Lynwood jail.
When Mr. Thorn a ked
why he had been arre ted, he
\ a' choked twice into uncon­
sciousncss by a deputy. Each
ri me he 10 t consciou ne •
dcp u u e s icked the hand­
cuffed man repeatedly in hi.
face and hot him with a tun
gun in order to revive him for
more "q ue tioni ng," accord­
ing to witr?e cs.
During the bearing ,one of
the deputie t ted, "Yeah
nigger, you ain't got no
right . We are going to make
ure you don't ask any more
Question. "
Mr. Thomas was recently
discharged from the military
after seven year of
honorable ervicc and he now
works for the County- of Lo
Angele .
A Wmft: RA (;It: of other
incident are also included In
the complaint, ranging from
the mauling of su peer by
police dogs to the beating of
an innocent bystander during
a police raid on an auto repai r
shop.
The suit was filed in the
. U.S. District Court for the
Central District of California
again tthe County of Lo An­
geles; the Los Angele Coun­
ty Sheriff's Department; the
Ci ty of Lyn ood; Lo An­
gele County Sheriff Sher­
m n Block; Captain Bert
Cuev , Commander of the
L.A. Sheriff's Department
Lynwood Subs rat io n:
C lifornia Attorney Gcn ral
John Van de Karnp; Los An­
geles County District Altor-'
ney Ira Reiner; and other law
enforcement officials.
Alleging federal civil
rights viotarions. the plain­
tiffs eek a permanent injunc­
tion again. t the LA. County
Sheriff's Department and
other defendants to prevent
the kinds of uncon uitutional
abu ses detailed above.
In addition, the plaintiffs
a k the, co u r t lOp I ace the
Lynwood Substation under
the control of a receiver or
special master appointed hy
the court.
"The Lyn no d dcpuucs
obviou ly need major chan­
ges in the way they operate,
and we don't believe they can
or will make tho e change
on their own," 'ay' Mr. Pat­
ter on of the NAACP Legal
Defen e Fund. "We want an
independent authority to
review and then modify exist­
ing poticrcs and procedures
where nc ccsvar y to ensure
, that dcpu rics are properly
trained and upervi cd, and
that thi reign of terror comes
to a top."
Attorneys from the Police
Misconduct rawyer Referral
Service (PMLRS) rc pre­
ented 52 victims of the ma -
ive Aug ust 1988 Lo
Angele Police Dep rtment
raid on four apartment on
Dalton Avenue in southwe t
Lo Angeles, recently
recovering a Judgment in ex­
ce of SJ million.
The AACP Legal
Defen e Fund (LDF). which
is not affiliated with the
. A.A.C.P, opened it
We tern RegIOnal Office In
19 7. .
'_ OCTOBER 6,1
_MICHIGAN CITIZEN PAGE J
current nrollment i 2145
student, down 212 from la t
year fin I count of 23 7.
Number 0 credit for thi
ye r i 19,912,wbichi 16 5
ver last year. final count.
Thi. yea rs fi Jure are no t the
final count an� arc lik ly to
Change.
In other b u ine th
board:
- Accepted the r signa­
nons of Barbara Prentis , nd
Kooroush Hajiani.
- Approved the i suing r
check request to Am riean
Expre '�. I n the amount of·
S45J.26 for pre ide m ' ex­
pen e ; and to Kirk & Mc-
Cargo, in the amount of
S I 0.534.02 for legal fee .
- Approved the addition
of nine people to the xtra­
contractual eligihility list.
-Approved confcrence
r e q ue t .Io r . even 'p o p l e
tot ling SJ94R in expen e .
The board approved the a -
ccptancc 01 a grant from the
Michigan Council for the
Art in the amount of
$50,000, for th planning of a
prop ed cultural c nt r.
Th bo rd w rded con-
to Asb e s to A ate­
me nr, Inc. for $ 900; to
American Clean Air Tech. for
S6170; , nd to Midwes En­
viron-Control for SI0,736,
for the removal ora be to' in
Barber, Fc r r is , and Ford
public chool .
It was announced 11
HPCC Pra tical ur e
graduate wrote th alional
Council Licen, urc Examina­
tion for Practical ur , • nd
10 were u(;ce srul fir ttime
writer.
lIIega. d pin in Hi hi nd P rk .
HPCC denies vacation
pay for former dean
By Derrick C. Lew
Stoff Reporter
During a pecial hearing t
the Highland Park Com­
munity College Board of
Tru tee meeting Tuesday,
Sept. 25, memher voted not
to pay former Dean of Stu­
dent Service Carolyn Wi!.- .
liam for 27.5 d ys of
vacation pay he claim she
de erves.
Williams indicated he
wa not able to take her vaca­
tion d y bccau e of pecial
circum ta cc which
prevented her from leaving
her job.
The ti me he re fe rrcd to
wa duri og the 19 9 regi tra­
tion and recruitment of tu­
dent. She say he wa the
only admini trator available
during tudent regi tration to
regi ter and recruit students,
and that she wa in the
process of training a new
employce. William indi­
cated-she wunder immeo e
pre ure to register tudent .
Bo rd of T.ru tee pol icy
prohibit holding-over vaca­
tion days after a certain date,
which William had re­
quested.
William t who now ha a
job with W yne County Com­
munity College, indicated
she did not have the job when
she requested the exten ion,
which o rn e contend wa
being used again t her in
determining wheJh r h
receive her pay.
The hoard did not award
her the payment on th
ground f taying con i ten
with board policy, accordina
to bo rd memb r who voted
agai� t William.
D flng th t ff pre enta ..
tlon Regi trar Ameenah
Oma Indicated the coil ge'