m t w di y_free_up . fund • 'Don't take your guns to town, son. Leave your guns at home. ' HERE I OMETHI G about the presence of a handgun during anargwnent that always seems to horten the fuse and tum otherwise reasonable men or women into pow­ der-ke ready to explode. If you don't have a gun with you, you can't use it Law involving the use of gum are getting to�r all c America. In many states, tbere is a entence of'three years ctual incarceration in jail that you do oot tart erving until after you have rved the life ntence for murder or the fifteen years for feloniors assault. rth t kind 0 time. And, mce home arc often I..N!U t hurt 0 . 1 the one we love, ke p them locked up where your children can not get to them and where y u can not get to them during an argument with the one you love. 'The Right to Fight' He had a beauti ul family, a fin home and a good job. He was �d he was going to lose it all. He was a Black man, living in a small predominately white town; charged with rape of a 13-year-old girl. , HIS er saw ro hope that the ire JUry would accept hi rse of mistaken identity. The rape. victim had positively identified him. He was a man that he had known most of her life. After all, he was her next door neighbor. Things looked bad!!! He ter­ minated his original lawyer and hired a tenaciou African-American I criminal de ense attorney, who believed in him and was willing to vehemently fight for his innocence-> win, 1 or draw. A lawyer who knew that "all Black people do not 1 k alike." They went to trial and when the dust cleared, that same all-white jury, who had been predicted to automat­ ically convict a Black of allegedly rapin a white girl, found him not guilty on mistaken identity in less then 17 rninut . , . ....-....l1'.1l�I"1o...I.'--,1"'- YOU have a constitutional right to a jury of your peers. They may be Black, they may white. But, I lieve they all have a .ic level r integrity, regardles of race, that n guide them to a fair, just and lor-blind venllct=-win, 1 , or draw. Ify uare hargedwithacrime,do not afraid to have your day in court. Hin; a lawyer who eliev in you, un<.l tands your d fense and' will- ing t f zht for ur inn nee. Our sy tern fjustice i notperfect but y u have a right to be ound guilty or not guilty, ased on the law, the fa t nd the evid nee, without regards t ias, prejudice, race or ympathy. You can get j tree, but ou m t willin to fight for it- By RON SEIGEL Corre.pond.nt lDGlDAN P -At its meeting January 26, the Highland Park Board of Education, acting trustees for Highland Patk Community College (HPCC), approved the firm of Plante and Moran to be auditors of the college books forth fiscal year June 30,1991 to June 30 1992. Thomas Lloyd. a ting HPCC presi­ dent, aid "Doin thi tonight will hopefully free up lhe October state aid payment." The State of Michigan aid they were withholding state aid until an audit was completed. Members of the board said during the meeting, that the reason for the delay was because of di ficultie it i pas a itor \ &. 0 Representatives of Deloitte & Touche could not be reached for com­ ment at press time. . The amount of money the auditing finn would be paid will be negotiated as a future meeting. "R as ured they will not be given any money until the oard approves what they would be paid," Lloyd said. BEST CHANCE: Match Jan. 27, 1993 Lotto Ticket HI(;tIL . .\NI) P . .\I{K le i cl in i uld be cor- rected. H id BI t I gi lators re beginnin to realize that the colle i nth I t livin nd b thin I titu­ tion 1 ft in Highland Park." win.I BLACK H TORY SWEATSHI Remember, "It i not wrong to f zht r r y ur righ II (M.L King, Malcolm X, Civil Rights, Motown, Blue, Jazz, etc.) HPCC mployee pay' elayed Cor _pond II (313) 835-3900 am e un olle Our Quick Sam Refund computer to their. 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