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Miati,,, CilizM .
p w er the murder, W yne County Prose-
en r John O'Heir i it ouldbeanotherweek
before c would be filed.
eanwhile, tbe public qu tionlng why the
Detroit Police conducted the inv tigation and not an
ou ide agency; why no ub tance ab e t were
admini tered to the uspected 0 cers; why the lineup
w conducted the way it w ; nd, finally, why the
delay in filing charg ?
G " father of 0 and tepfatber of three,
w beaten to death by fl blight wielding officers at
23rd and Warren on the city' wes ide, Thu day,
D -The longer uthoriti delay ction
against even Detroit police office in the beating
death of Malice Green, the more qu tio am doub
ad e whether a po ible cover-up or softening of
charges against the alleged murdere i underway.
After one wee ,no charges had been filed. Authori­
ties at first aid cbarg ould by filed by wee end,
then the da w pushed bac to the first of the wee ,
then the end of the week. As the Michigan Citizen went
I
I
Iy
o mber 5 und 10:30 p.m.
Two whit office , Larry Nevers and Walter
Budzyn, known by officeIS and community alike
"Starsky and Hutch" because of their rough way ,
became incensed when Green refused to open his hand
and show them what he w holding, accoroing to
civilian eyewi tIl accounts.
The two, who work the night beat undercover
cops in drug-ridded neighboIhoods and who have been
the ubject of 25 brutality complain during their ca­
reers, allegedly entered Green', car and began beating
him. One officer w kneeling on the seat, stmddling
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OIT - The W y County
Prorsecutallt Office ked for -
istanoe from tbe U.S. State Depart­
ment in the return of Imad Cheaito
from Lebanon.
Cheaito, 32, fled the country day:
after he allegedly hot and killed 22
year-old Raffacl Dent during an ar­
gument over a pack of Cigarettes at
Aby's Self SeN g station where S ,DENT KlLUNG,'P AI
Cheaito w employed a cashier.
Dent w African American.
The hooting, initially viewed by
the police department M self -de­
feme, points up the link between the
manner in which investigations are
an
Y NICHOLAS M. COQUILLARD
C!pIf!I"'. s.mc.
EAST LANSING--Blacks can
except Ii ttle from the Clinton
administration if they do not become
politiCflly active at the community
level, a top political le ti t says.
. Dr. Ronald W teIS, chair of the
department of political cience at
Howard Universi ty and
commentator on network and cable
new show ,said Clinton's election
strategy indicates Blac ' needs may
not be hi priority.
At a lecture entitled "1992 U.S.
Electoral Politics and the Black
Vote: Two Days After" at Michigan
State University, Walters said
Clinton distanced himself from
Black leadership in the coalition
because of the disarray of the Black
leadership during the 1992
presidential campaign and his
advisers' suggestions.
Walters said the Rev. Jesse
Jackson's decision not to run for the
presidency, after running in 1984
and 1988, forced Black leadership
into a reactive strategy.
had occurred during Jackson
campaigns and was planned for this
campaign before Jackson dropped
out of the race, Walters said.
Walters said this reactive strategy
'unfortunately puts Black politics
back into a "pre-Jackson" or
pre-1984 era hen the strategy was
also reactive. .
Walters said it is important to
realize that if minorities are going to
participate in. the political process,
they recognize their reduced power
as compared to the majori ty.
. "It Is- always important to be
mobilized and organized and have a
sense of your own direction,"
o
Walters �d. "When it wasn't there,
all of a sudden there was
considerable disanay. And so we
were reactive to Clinton."
Walters said that disarray had a
detrimental effect as Blacks were
forced to be reactive to "�hange"
rather thin to Clinton' plans.
reasons Democrats could not win an
election was white voters were
running from the Democratic Party
because it was too Black.
He said much of that w caused,
by the notion that a Democratic
president would tax the middle class
to fund programs that es entially
helped Blacks.
Evidence of how Clinton is
distancing himself includes how
Ii ttle be is pledging to urban renewal.
Walters said Clinton has pledged
$20 billion towards restoring urban
areas, which is far short of the $30 to
The City of Highland Park d
HPCC are celebrating the Md
times of Malcolm X. On action
to rename Glendale to Malcolm X.
THIS MEANT THEIR moves
depended on the strategies of the
"other' guy," instead of having a
proactive, specific strategy, which
IN FACT, from the very
beginning, Clinton'S campaign set
out to "depress the visibility of those
of Black leadershJp in the coalition, "
Walters said.
Walters said Clinton reacted to
reports, studies and fellow party
members who said that one of the
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Q.
What can
we do to
top
"police
brutality"? .
.
TYRONEE BUSSEY: -They
should be investigated before
they are hired, and educated
about cultural fad .-
ROBERT OLIVER: -More
citizen participation. Th
police should be part of the
community they rv8 .•
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