T jury beg n
deliber ting S turd y, then
repeatedly told the tri j ge t
they were d dlocked on murder
conspiracy and on charges gainst
Yahweh and 15 c:o-defendan .
But Chief U.S. Di trict Judge
orman Roettger told th j urors to
keep tryin . He told attorney on
y it ould e more than four
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Supporters de cribed Yahweh
ben Yahweh charismatic and
benevolent religious leader intent on
saving Blac youths from drugs and
"mental lavery," the phrase he used
to describe Blac who try to live in
mainstream ociety.
Born in Oklahoma in 1936 as
Hulon Mitchell Jr., Yahweh ben
Yahweh founded the Temple of
Love in 1979 and once claimed more
than 20,000 followers in 45 cities
around the United States, including
Detroit.
In his clo ing rguments on
Friday, Alcee L. Hastings former
Federal judge who is Yahweh ben
Yahweh's lawyer, described his
client as a "Gandhi-esque" figure
who had been targeted by the
Governmenl only because he
preaches he is the son of God and the
only peISon able to guide ,Blacks to
economic and intellectual inde­
pendence.
men.
He triumphed the arrest on
television, talking about the "very,
very vicious criminals."
"That sent a ignal to the African
American community that when the
victim is white and the alleged per­
petrators are minorities, justice is
swift," said Troy Smith, executive
director fo the Greater Watts Justice
Center.
"That's the message. Whether
it' true or not, that's the message.
We need to be careful about the mes­
sage we send to the public," Smith
aid.
Gates said he wanted to personal­
ly arrest Willlams'to help "atone" for
Denny' beating which occured at
the onset of the rebellion with no
pollee anywhere in sight or call.
yet:' ·d Finn.
But ·d the tem!" lywill
o ered t to b bi even-
tually to high chool tuden .
It will be eight hours a d y,
prob bly y -round. And it ill
"m e much more dramatic of
vario technologi than th typical
cl room ituation does today."
The ational Education ocia-
tion oppo the project and others
Ii it because of i profit-making
pect,
Jordan greed the Edison Project
chools are expected to be profitable.
But they won't be elitist, offering
cholarship to 20 percent of the tu­
dents.
"If we develop new curriculum,
new technology, new approach ,
som of tho things could become
new busin opportunities for us,"
y Gri er'
cretary 0
, . d, U e re not in the
b ine of 0 cially endorsin
anybody volved in education, but
e are not t all timid bout hiDing
the light on people ho doing
thin righ
"And in our view, th Edi on
Project d the fol involved in it
are doing good thin for American
education. "
contlnu d from P 9 1
Oinnis said.
The parole upervisor in Ottaw
County gre .
The-state should be taking care of
its basic education needs first, before
college programs, said Larry Mon­
roe, field supervisor for the Depart­
ment of Corrections in Ottawa
County.
"We hould be using our dollars,
our carce resource , to provide
basic education for people who are
going to be back in our community, "
Monroe said.
"VERY FEW PEOPLE are
going, to get college degrees in our
system; the only people that are -
are not going to get out of our system
for 20 to 30 years," McGinnis said.
Ottawa County Circuit Court
Judge Wesley Nykamp, however,
said be feels college courses should
be 1Dp ners,
He said tatistics have shown that
co e -edacet prisoners after
release have a lower rate of retur­
ningto crime than prisoners without
college-level tmining.
" CLEARLY, OUR investment
in (college education) is worth It,"
Nykamp said.
He, too, however, questions of­
college program to inmates
serving long-term sentences, he said.
"When we asse the overall
neCds of our clients, basic education
has to be number one," McGinnis
said.
" HE being pel'S
cause hi teachings cause the blind
Black men of America to see that
white people caused at 1 tsome ot
their trouble?" After deliberation
began, Judge Roettger received
several notes from the jury com­
plaining that the panel is "hopelessly
hung" because "some of the jury
feel� that the Govemment did not
prove their case beyond a reasonable
doubt." In each case case, tht. judge
instructed jurors to bear down and
scoffed at the defense's contention
that a mistrial should be declared.
"We think
that's coercive," said Paul McKenna,
a lawyer in the case.
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Bateson also agreed to join the Blac contractors in pproachtn,
funds necessary to hire an outside moDi r to oversee comp1ia'OM
minority particip tion go , Beckham . d.
According to sources in Congressman John Conyers 0 ce, i Hemp .
ing to arrange a meeting with VA Cabinet member Ed DerwiDsti. CoD
office has been attempting to ist the Bla contl'acto since !be be:alDldDI
of their struggle ix months ago.
"The i uc is not dead, the fight· not over," Beckham 'd of the Te .
greements. "There is a better working relationship, and the
municatlon are open. "
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ANSWERS TO BLACK HISTORY QUESll0NS
May 31 t � Only three percent.
June 1st - Fritz Pollard, All-America, Brown University graduate.
For a time he w coach of the Hammond (IN) and the Akron Pros.
2nd - About 488,000.
3rd - Clara Smith, on Valentine's Day in 1923 for OK Records. This
Thing Called Love, and on the flip side, Crazy Blues. Other Blacks
quickly followed in the arne year.
4th - Black and Sicilian-born. Both parents were African Blacks. He
was canonized by Pope Pius VII in 1807.
5tb - Jan L. Matzeliger of Dutch Guiana. His white neighbors
laughed at him he labored to create. a machine which would make
shoes .
. 6tb - Henry O. Flipper, Class of 1877.
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