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August 30, 1992 - Image 1

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Michigan Citizen, 1992-08-30

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American racists
active in German
neo-Nazi groups - A2
D OIT - Despite community
efforts, dead fli , live roa and
hardened rat feces continue to pl gue
some �r city store .
In order to promo1e an of
what being comumed in some beavi­
ly populaled African American com­
munities, the chigan atizen along
with representatives from vario com­
munity group visited ome of the
neighbortxxxl stores and found a long
list of unIalthy conditions,iIv;luding:
- Mi� droppinp, dea4 flies, live
roecbes, green meat, dirty tloom hel­
ves and
- No expiration date on butchered
meat
- Past-da1Cd meat with expired sale
dates
- Unidentified meat
- Meat tepackaged in sandwich
Higblml P a mall com-
munity. It covers 22 mil and the
population' approximately 24,(XX)
am when mething se tiona!
a "serial" killer runs loose, the
pberomeron can be devastating.
Within the put week the police
anested 24-yeam-o d Benjamin At­
kins whom they claim is the person
respomible for the tring of murde
that began the first 0 the year.
Yet many woo live and work in
Higbl Parle are mtco� the
person police appreheOOcd
acted alone. Some even y there are
"discrepancies" in tbe publisbed
tq)011I while otberI uzue that there
a ncc4 to "quiet" the community
tIIlt beooming desperate fOr an
end to the killings of African­
American women; even if they were
crack addi and/Or prostitu .
- Weeds and trash littering outside
marke
By far the most prevalent coOOition
ACCORD G To Harold Zorlen.
- regional supervisor for the Department
of Agriculture, it' not against the law
to sell past-daiedrreat as long as a
notice i po ted and the meat is
wholesome.
Zorlen made it clear that alt1K>ugh
reputable companies provide a fresh­
ness da1e for nat padtagcd W¥ler the
Federal Department of Agriculture,
such � bot do� and bologna, it· mt a
requirement
BlIck t, Aorida teI .. �
leader Yahweh Ben Yahweh' trying
to t a conanUition on his fedelal con­
spiJacy conviction and delay a Florida
Ie Uial on murder cbarp, which
pocentially could gel him the electric
WANDA F. ROQUE� CI1IDn l' chair. .
Meanwhile, in mid-AugQSt, in Ft.
Hajia Fatimatu, consultant of The African Islamic Mission in Brooklyn, ' Lauderdale, U.s. DiatrictJudgeNormat
NY was one of many vendors from around the country attending the Roettger, Jr .. semelDd CoW' COJJVided
recent African World Festival in Detroit's Hart Plaza. The three-day Nation of Yahweh defendants 10 up 10
festival drew tens of thousands from the African American community. 16-1/2 years in priaon for munlcrp
"orchestrated" by Yahweh Ben Yah­
weh. '
FLTH,A10
down
ude
onor
gunn
"This hould serve as a warning
to others not to congregate on the
street," Johnson said. "You are not
safe there. You need to go inside
your home."
them in a drug deal and there w
no evidence Miller was a gang
member. '
Lamonty Winston, 18, and a
15-year-old were charged with the
Miller was an A and B student
at Carver High School and wanted
to be an architect, said Johnson,
who raised her grindson.
'Miller had just completed a
three-week summer work program
as a clerical aide at the state
Department of Children and
Family Services.
"H e was very punctual and very
considerate of others," aid
Saundra Cark, his supervi or.
"Every ummer we submit the
names of outstanding youths who
get to attend a White Sox game.
He was one of those chosen. ...
cmCAGO (UPI) - Two people
were charged and authorities
searched for at least three more
Tbwsday in the slaying of an honor
student mistaken for somebody
involved in a drug deal.
Police arre ted two people
Wednesday in the shooting death
of Dujuan Miller, 15, who was
gunned down Tuesday night near
hi South Side bome while talking
with friends.
Mary Ann Johnson, Miller's
grandmother, said hi friends heard
one man say after the shooting,
"'We got the wrong man."'
D ECTIVES AID the
gunmen mis took Miller for
somebody they believed cheated
. crime.
Police said they were looking
for three or four more people,
including the alleged triggerman.
Adding to
alarming egatio
Ore Jo
COUNCILWO Johnson
claims, m1 rued complain with
the H.P. Police Department, that he
been " talked" by two ditTerent
mal iIU February 0 thi year.
One, B male could ibly
have been Atkim, she . d. Theother
individual' middle white
male woo a djsfigure�nt, or
scar, on � right de of his face and
the of his right hand.
Furtbermore, he id, the in-
dividual dark brown hair with
white roots, which lea her to
believe hair been dyed.
The man dark m1
white biJ1s, he said.
At one time, according to
Jobrson, . the BI individual ex-
• jmy coovtcted them t y 0 a
t'ederaI �..u. COIIIpiracy count.
"There no evidence ., convict
them, but tbcywere, "sakldefeme attor­
ney Wende Rush. The atklmeys con­
tm:Ied througOOut that the case was
motivated by racial and religious
prejucli�.
"Despite the good works the
Hebrews have done, the government
would have you believe they are
roobsters because they dress in white
m1 cany themselves ina different man­
ner," said Rush. � caae w.s trans­
ferred from inner..aty Miami tn Ft.
Lauderdale because there were COD­
cerns about Blade rebellion over the
trialalXl i racketeering influenced m1
conupt organization (R�C.O.) char­
ges.
"I believe that Yahweh God, " said
Walter Lightburn, who e Black
. Hebrew Israeli1e name is Amp Israel.
hibited be
"At timt they (the � depart-
�nt) were intc ted beca they
were trying ., connect it to the
killer," � said. "After a wbfie they
began to �t me."
STALKER,B4
ir
"I think he's 8 FOd man." ncr
said in getting the senence reduced 3-
1/2 years off the maximum that could
be • laSbaron Israel, a Miami
spokesperson for the gro�, said, "I
guess 3-1/2 years off 20 is good, if you
are Black and Hebrew.
Assistant U.s. Attorney Richard
Scruggs, portrayed Lightburn a
leader in the sect, 800 a cold-blooded •
killer, woo tried to decapitate Mildred
Banks in 1981.
Dan Isreel, whose "slave na�" is
Robert Beasley, w 8CC\.5ed of killing
Banks', boyfriend, Carlton Carey. He
YAHWEH,B10
Q.
Eo NELSON: "They chIrF m
mudl for goods aDd tbty are not •
polite. Tbe AmbI are � same
y."
GWENDOLY BU : �ou
don't get good [Vice. We need '>
learn OOW to talk to people."
HE RY B DFORD:
"Sometimes we don't receive the
.. ri� service from our people, and
that' bed. "
-"
AMRIIS�whow accused
during the five-month trial of helping
murder three men and tIying to kill a
woman, was sentenced toa 16-1/2-year
prison term. Amri's belief that a Black
man could be God has aeated much of
the problems that confront the Yah-
wehs. '
He bad faced up to 20 years in
prison, but Amri Israel' lawyer, S ve
Kassner, argued for 1 time because
his 43-year-old client didn't have a
criminal record, w along-timeFlorida
Power and Ught employee aOO cared
for two som by himself.

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