meat,
In me
eq brutality in 1
the in ntion
om is intimida the Bl
male. 1lleoffi wants to provo
an innocent BI k male into ying
something to the harassing police
officer that could grounds for
arresting the BI k mal . The resul t
. that an i nt victim denly
a li record, which virtual
ruins his life. This is thee eel, if not
the objectiv f poli harassment
Here are orne important point!
- Police bru1ality ani harass­
ment of Black males, which were
not dressed by ci ther presidential
candida during the recent elec­
tion, have the indirect, unspoken
supportofpollticiansand thepopu­
lace the country. Most poll­
ticans keep their mouths shut
tightly when instances of police
brutality occur in trelf cities.
- -Ten years ago 'it was fash-
ionable to peak 0 the Black males
between ages 19 ani 27 who had
had brushes with the law. Just
twenty percent of this population
had been victimized. The age range
has broadened ignificantly and
police are now harassing Block
males from ages 16 10 40 ani be­
yond Age d not to« matter, if
one is a Black male.
- Forty percent of Black
males in this age 'Category now
have police records. It is not known
how many Black males have been
harassed (picked up for investiga­
ti n or suspicion held overnight
and released fromjail next day).
Th figurecould in the miltiors.
Police harassment has become so
arbitrary that every Black male, I
regard! 0 his age is in danger.
-Some of the major dangers
of police harassment are the hu­
miliation of ing topped by a
police ffi r ( pecially if one is
10 t mpany a mend), the fear
o� m I ked up (even if only
overnight), the gradati n of be­
ing treated like a ub-human, but
being afraid t taOO up for one'
righ ,andhavingonc'slifcperma­
nently ruined by a police record.
- Essentially, Black males
Who et lice records will be un­
abie to obtain decent, if any, on­
ployment and will be forced to
actually violate the law in order to
urvive tre effects of their illegal
arrest
-Blacks have or years ym­
pathized with the horrible plight of
BI k South Africans. N w. South
Africa i oming more like
uth Afnca They are th op­
p iveforBlackmales butSouth
Africa rhight rneday have a vi­
able environrn nt or BI k mal .
- If you I that your right
have n vi lated and that you
have been harassed, report it your
attorney n ' ible.
Like itor 1.. if you area BI k
male, you nsk arrest every time that
you rep out f Y ur front d r
whether yo� have committed a
crime or rot.If y u are targeted for
arrest,polirearelikely attemptt
pro ke you in an gwncnt
that t y can arrest you on the
flimsy char f pi ion. If you
q ti n thi , th Y can har you
witdi roertycord . Ifyouq -
ti n this, the can arrest y u for re-
i tin 1.
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Hudson.
. A shift into neutrals trend is represented by this bronze linen
jacket and trouser.
Center to Prevent Hand un Violence
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Gun Viol nee In th
Afri an m riean
Com_munity
Homicide is the leading cause of death for Black males aged 15 to 24,
according to the Centers for Disease Control. Firearms are involved in
approximately 80% ot these homicides.
'" One in every 28 Black males born in 1987 are likely to be murdered. For
white m �Ies the ratio Is one in 205. (CDC)
These navy and ivory jackets and trousers represented the
NAVY NOW·trend.
A young Black male is nine times more likely to be murdered than a
young white male, according to the CDC.
The homicide rate among 'Black men aged 15 to 24 rose by 66% from
1984 to 1987, according to the CDC. And 95% of this increase was due to
firearms-related murders.
In 1990,93 percent of the Black murder victims were slain by Black
offenders. (FBI, Uniform Crime Report)
Nearly half (48%) of all Black teenage males who died in 1988 were killed
with quns, compared to 18 percent among white teenage males. (National
Center for Health S atistics)
For Black males aged 15 to 19, firearm hom icides have increased 125
percent since 1'984. (FBI, Uniform Crime Reports)
A 1990 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found
that young men in Harlem are less-likely to live to age 40 than their .
counterparts in Bangladesh.
According to the National Pediatric Trauma Registry, gunshot wounds
am ong children in urban areas near Iy doubled between 1987 and 1990.
The percentage of violent crimes against Blacks In which the offender
had a gun was nearly twice the percentage of violent crimes in which whites .
were the victims in which whites were the victims (11 % versus 20%).
(Bureau-of Justice Statistics) ,
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and long skirt.
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