unsu pecting African-American
student. into an uncon cion bly
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coupled with infl ted, unverified
grade and graduation rates have
· b II caught the attention of the Michigan
rim I Department of Educalion.
serious crime" and decry the liberal Constitutional tools to fight." I ••• 'tt I
Democratic tranglehoJd preventing The 1988 package contained _ _
p age. about 60 crime bills.
The 1992 legislation is aimed at .
closing legal loopholes, increasing
penalties and increasing the power
of police and courts.
But many Democrats labeJ the
legi 1 . n as the rejected bits and
pieces the 1988 package and say
it will t the taxpayers money.
the 'whip and chains'.
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By JUUE PIERC
CaplW Ne .. s.mo.
(the ri t of police with a search
warrant to enter a bome without
anaounclng their pre ence),
tigh . g the insanity plea and
trying juveniles a adults for adult
crimes are a few of the i tackled
in the legislation.
Although some of the bill await
Senate approval, the majority are
stalled iD th House Judiciary
Committee.
Republicans say that the bill
represent the "tools needed to fight
IAN�G-Tbe governor and
House Republicans are gridlocked
with Democrats over passage cI. the
"Crime Package", a series of bills
touted to get tough on crime and
strengthen Michigan COUl and
police.
The package consists of ut 30
bills paralleling Gov.lohn ngler's
recommendations for � "te's War
on Crime. Wire taps,"N Knock",
Cri
omalia brou
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By LEAH SAMUEL
Corre.pondent
recently. The public forum was part
of a national tour by Africare to
increase awareness of the famine and
war in African countries. Foote
founded Africare, an African relief
organization, in 1990.
Foote said that although there is a
famine in Somalia, providing food is
not all that needs to be done.'
HIGHLAND P K - "The
sitUation in Somalia is one of the
most monumental challenges facing.
the African diaspora," said Melvin
Foote, founder and president of
Africare. "There are 2000-3000
children dying ee.ldy. Two million
are severely at risk of starvation."
Foote addrelsed a crowd of 50 at
Highland Park Community College
"FOOD IS not the major issue,"
he said. "Emergency medical care
MELVIN FOOTE
a a OV r n
chool wi h 1 0 viol
By PATRICIA COLBERT
The immoral nd inhum ne
deprivation of African life, liberty,
citizen hip right and cultural
herit ge, denied them the frui of
their own labor.
TH OCITI , h ve
been the cataly t for R ymond
Jenkins to p h for rep ratio to
compensate Blac Americans for the
240 years of Jabor performed by their
lave ances tors.
Jenkins, 60, resident of Detroit
and real e tate agency owner,
And now, the surviv I of PSI
insti tute of Michigan, a computer
programming school in Southfield, i
at take.
On October 7, the Michigan
Department of Education i ued a
notice for the chool to show it is in
ompliance with state law .
The notice wa addressed to the
school's 'director, Paul Ago ta, who
did not return the Michigan Citizen's
phone calls. A hearing on the notice
i expected to take place within the
next three weeks.
IF, AT THAT TIME, the
Department. of Education's
allegations tand, the only recourse
the state has, ccording to Dr .
Eugene Hender on, Jr., a Higher
Education Consultant, will be to take
, .
the. ch oJ' license,
The Department of Education
maintains that the institute has ten
violation areas with 34 pecific
violations.
The 4 pe cif ic violations
include: placement data that could
not be verified, fal ifying tudent
attendance records, admitting
believing th the i on mr Ion id,
"For twenty five year people
laughed at me. Then nickered when
I came into the room. But th y quit
laughing wh nth United States paid
th -J p n Americans $1.2 billion
which amounted to 20,000 ch.
Attorney General, Dick
Thornburgh kneeled down and
apol gized to the elderly 1 panese
Americans who were held in World
War Il detention camps."
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DETROIT - The phra e, "Tote
that barge and lift that bale" taken
from � song entitled "OldMan River"
depicts the life of a lave.
Unfortunately, slavery became a
reality for many Africans, between
1619 and 1865.
During that era, approximately
4 000,000 Africans and their
de cendants were enslaved in the
United States and colonies that
became the United State.
By NATHANIEL SCOTT
BILL, A10
htto HP
has to go to the millions who need it.
. There are 10 million AIDS cases in
Africa, and 25 percent of college
students in Rwanda have it. We are
also a king for developmental
support for Somalians, to help them
grow their own food and supply their
own needs.
"We also have to disarm the
citizens of this country," Foote
added. "The occupation of Somalia
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copying mater! 1
"i n fla ti ng gr de falSifying
a ademic records, falsifying te t
re ult (and) allowing drug and
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ByRO IGEL
Co" • ."ont»nt
DETROIT-The chai r of a
predomi na te ly Black di trict
predicted that the p ge of a tate
measure limiting the amount of time
that Michigan public officials couJd
erve would be challenged in the
courts.
Mildred Stallings, who chairs the
14th District Democratic Party 'or­
ganization, aid, "There will
definitely be a law suit filed."
Stallings said that although she
was approached, she had not decided
at this time .whether he would be a
part of the law uit.
She did fe I the measure wa un­
consti tutional, harmful to Michigan
See �OWER, A10
'hat do
p,,' id nt
, c
tin on 0· .. · ...
h t k
ROBIN BEY: ·He owes us a
better economy, and the op­
portunity to get things that
should have been offered
anyway.·
JALEELAH ALAJI: IIHe owes
the Black voter everything he
promised - jobs, education
an job retraining."
BARBARA WHITE: IOHe owe
us job training programs,
especially for our young Black
men. Also, some kind of
neanncare.'
