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Vol. XV No 5 .l\n tnt.n mc«! People Is A Free People December 20-26. 1992
hundred percent in support of the
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'Police are . upposed tobe public
serve and if the public co 1aiDs
repeatedly about certain police
officers' behavior, then tho e
OffiCCIS hould find other work," aid
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ra r. e ar with
second-degree mwder in the Nov. 5
beatin death of Malice Green, 35,
outside a uspected erac ho e.
Dougl is charged with involuntary
By ALLISON JON!
chl,.n CItIzen
HOUDAY FESnVrnE8-KeyaJOa b.d, Joshua Wiliams, l'Shon
Hil, DarBl Cook a1d Uncia HawkIns-H � of TootJes Day Care in
DetroIt, vial HudIon' Northland holiday exhib d Plnocchio.
o ffl ce Lan, t t
Budzyn and Robert Lessnau and Sgt.
Freddie Douglas after . an
administrative hearing Wednesday,
Dec. 16, said Bob Berg, a spokesman
for Mayor Coleman Young.
"The omCCIl hould have at leut
been given a chance to fiDi h up the
preliminary examination before any
departmental proceedings
continued," said John Ooldpaugh.
attorney for Nevers.
He referred to a preliminary
hearing in District Court that w to
enter its fourth day Thursday, Dec.
17, as the Michigan Citizen went to
press.
Berg said the firing wa n't
connected to the criminal
proceedings.
- AND DETROITERS .calling in
on WCHB talk radio were almost ODe
to
om
By ,",UUE PIERCE
c!plt!l NftN .,..
very concerned about the possibility
because there is a real potential for
the TB b cteria to be introduced."
There are 35,297 inmates' in
Michigan prisons, according to the
Department of Co ctions.
Multi-drug resl tant tuberculosis
bacteria have developed immunities
to two or more of the commonly usd
antibiotics given duringtreatment.
four new cases were found in 1992,
said Dennis Minnice, director of the
tuberculo is program for the
Department of Public Health.
Aocoroing to the Department of
Corrections there have been only a
"couple of cases" in the last few years
in the prison system, with the mo t
recent diagno is made a year ago.
Hutchinson aid that the recent
attention paid to the New York pri on
system and the pread of the mv
virus and multi-drug resistant
tuberculosi has altered corrections
LANSING-Michipn prisons ue
taking teps to insure that a strain of
tuberculosis resi taDt to most dnJgs .
does not become a threat to inmates
or employees, said a pokespelSOn
for the Department of CorrectioDl.
"Multi-drug re i tant TB is
currently not a problem in' the
Michigan prison system," said Dr.
Craig Hutchinson, medical d.lrector
t the Jackson facili ties for the
Department of Corrections. "We are
WITHIN THE STATE, five
people were reported wi th drug
resistant tuberculosis in 1991 and
Coupl launch mov
r form pOlic 0
manslaughter and willful neglect of
duty.
Lessnau charged with ault
with intent to do great: bodily harm.
All the officers have pleaded
innocent.
repeatedly with fla blights after
Green refused to open hi clenched
fist.
While Budzyn continued beating
Green, Knox id, Nevers offered
him a rock of c cocaine, which
Knox 'd be refused.
s
KNOlC;A10
ecuacllY. a wi to \be bea
• i vcn joked around with
bystaDde Green lay motion!
on the ground in a pool of blood.
Robert Knox testified that he w
Budzyn and Never hit Green
o
ion
Detroit.
"In the past th board has been
made up primarily of clergy and that
is not representative of the com­
munity, said Smith,
Currently, the term of member-
hip on the board i five years. The
Mayor may remove members
without cause. In order to change the
language of the charter, there must be
an amendment.
Smith stated, that as a Black male
he was totally disrespected by some
member of the Detroit Police
Dep rtment. "I have witne ed
police brutally in it's worst form and
although I went through the proper
channels to report it, the complaint
was ignored.
Many problems arise as a direct
result of economic conditions,
deci ions handed down by the
Supreme Coun rega,rding raci �,.ap-
. pointees promoting favoritism
coupled with the insensitivity on the
pan of the Mayor."
S REFORM, A10
. .
By PATRICIA COLBERT
Mlohlpn Citizen
ending battle to bring about change."
But the Malice Green beating
wa , "The straw that broke the
camels back," and pusbed the Smiths
to take a look at the structuring of the
Board of Police Commissioners.
"According to the city charter the
Board of Police Commissioners, who
act as a governing body for the police
department, i appointed by the
,Mayor. This i a contradicuon of
itself," said Valerie Smith in an inter­
view.
The language that supports thi
statement can be found on page 35 of
the city charter, article-7 section
7.1102: "The members of the board
shall be appointed by the Mayor ub­
[ect to the approval of the city coun­
cil. If not disapproved by the council
within 30 days the appointment is
confirmed. "
DETROIT-For years, Tyrone
Smith, 52, an unemployed factory
worker and his wife Valerie, 41, it
registered nurse, have been front run­
ners in what they describe as "a never
directors to the dangers.
Pri ons are high-risk
environment for the spread of
infectious disease, like tuberculosis,
because large numbers of people are
confined in a small area with limited
ventilation, Minnice said.
Tuberculosis is caused by a
bacterium spread through the air. It
enters the body through the lungs, be
said.
THE SMITIIS BELIEVE that
the Board of Police Commi loners
should reflect the community. In
order to achieve that status they
should be voted in by the citizens of
What is.
your
New Year's
resolution?
SH PRISONS, A 10
LASHON SMITH: ·To get my
GED and try to find a job in
ch td care. I am In school now
-H Adult Ed·
