pro
. 0 I, -Th pro-
b tion given an 1 y r-old
whit youth involved in th
drive-by hooting of a BI k
man prompted angry prot
throughout the Dalla -Ft.
Worth areas recently.
Skinhead William Bro ky,
while not th trigger man, w
convicted in th killing of 32-
year-Old Donald Thorn . De
spite th guilty verdi t, th
judge gave Bro ky 10 years
probation and no prison en
tente. Ttl trigg r man had
earlier been entenced to 30
years in prison. R ponding to
the Bro ky entence Black
county commissioner John
Wiley Price charg d, "Bla k
folk liv ain't worth a damn
in Texas." The protestors are
calling for a federal inve tiga
tion.
Judicial proposal
could help drug
defendants
WASHINGTON, D-A
panel of federal judge has
proposed ignificantly chang
ing national anti-drug law .
The propo al taken as a
whole would move away from
the trend of the I t 10 ye
which- focused on more and
longer sentence -.
One propo al in particular
would benefit Blac accused
of using crack. Althoughcra k
ard powdered cocaine are th
same drug, those convicted 0
crack possession now get
stiffer entences than users of
powdered cocai ne.
Since most crack users are
Blacks and other minoriti ,
current law has the effect of
punishing minorities more e
verely than white who are
more likely to use powdered
cocaine. The propo al would
end that racial bias in the law.
Overall, the head of the panel
of judges, law profe or Fred
Warren Bennet concluded
"Drug sentence are just too
long. They're not working and
tbey're overcrowdm th Jail .
Army spied on
Blacks for 75 yrs
M MPIl1 ,TN-A ordin
t information di covered by a
Memphis new paper th U.S.
Army spied on American
Bla ks and their leaders m rc
than 75 years.
Such dome tic spying by
the mi1itary L suppo t be
illegal. But Th Cornrncr
Appeal in Memphi and v
eral other n w. pape . ay e
ginning with World War I and
extendin throughout the Vi
etnam War, the ann con
ducted urveillan e of
prominent Black group. , lead
ers and churchc .
. Not only w stain civil
right leader Dr. Mar n n
Luther Kin a targ 1. ut
were hi father nd hi rand
father before him. It 'h� en
known for yCc rs that the FBI
had .n conducti ng uch ur
v ill n c. but the 1 n olvement
of the rmlltary i new informa
tion. Durin the 1 «(J. ven
U2 py plan wer ed. The
pying appeared to 1 ndi ate a
b rc di tru to Bla k loyalty
t America y whites. Th rc
w a constant concern that
Blacks would be mllucn ed'
by or 1 ners and U .. com
muni .
According to The Com
merce Ap I, the Army ev n
employed th rvrc of the
Ku Klu Klan t help rt kc P
tra k f Bla k . The re rt Ie t
when t army
By RON SEIGEL
pr
tio ."
rankl in dd d that
would add to th m yor'
tor,
Chry 1 r 0 ficials ay t t th company
truly did intend to remain but chang in th
economy made it n es ary for it to mov .
on
liLA D P R -Th ighl nd Park
city Coun il vot d to pi Coun il P id nt
Pro Tem Chri tin Franklin and Cou ilman
Charli P. Davi to repr ent city coun il in
Chry 1 r n gotiations, but May r Lins y Por-
tray , 11 ign re the two.
Both th Highland Park Mayor Linsey
Port r and the city coun it ay that Chry ler
made a mi representation. to the city wh nit
granted t company permi ion to build a
new Auburn Hills f ility in the 80s. Chry -
ler tated at th time it intended to stay in
Highland Park.
City p rmi ion w n ary under tate
law before Chry: lcr ould take advantage of
tax bre t th new location.
Ci ty officials ay that the company's deci
sion to clo its Highland Park facili ty was a
violation of it promise and that it owes the
city compensation. Officials of the company
ay it was not promising the city to stay, but
only said it intended to do so.
Y RT R i curren y dealing
with the company in order to g t dditional
compensation.
Saying that th r lution urped th
mayor's legal function und r the city charter
. Mayor Porter said h would not "dignify thi
m ure by a veto," but would imply ignore
it.
The Mayor told Councilwoman Greta
Johnson, who proposed the resolution, "Our
people elected you (city coun it) to b the
leg; lative body. They elect d me to b th
administrative body. Part of th administra
tion is negotiation."
Howev r, a few moment before the Mayor
aid h was not in "negotiation" with Chry -
ler, but imply having "talks" with th m.
City attorney Eric Daniel warned that it
may be a conflict of interest for the council to
help create an agreement that it has to vo te OD.
pr C ional," h
a ainst it.
Johnny Be on, nior itiz n who had
been in Higbland Park a 1 ng tim and w
th founder of the Moth r' Club, aid at the
public ion aft r th meeting, "Chry lcr
won't give you anything it do n't want to
giv you. Wh n you or anyone el to
Chry ler, end yourb t."
Black officers ue
P ntiac over alleged bias
tl n.
U. ,DI trict JUG
scheduled pretrial
April .
n T TIlE
WANDA F. AOQUEMOA
Keeping Dollars In Detroit-
As part of the NAACP's Shop YQur Block Cam pagin, citizen from throughout the
Detroit area did their Easter shopping along Detroit's Avenue of Fashion Saturday,
April 3. Pictured are: Joanne Watson, executive director NAACP, Beulah W. Work,
Hazel Fludd, Barbara Scott and Pauline Coleman.
At tcr the r
white wh t ok the
for
all
r
ua
w
ay
r
By RON SEIGEL
equally
, Po cr .11d that the h(h m mt w uld be
closed ott, hut she c pr ·..,..,ul 'on .crn that the
pOl,()n� In the (to., .mcnt could p up to th
f • I () I he b lid 10 t
, dmiruvtruuon.
So 11'.
'1\\ cnu 01 1m
1\' .n and Warxlu
av that d: ease
an t� e a I n