Val. xv NO 23 An tntot mea People Is A Free People APRIL 25 - MA Y 1. 1993
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Group says new
museum should
represent U.S.
atrocities
By ALLISON JONES
MlchlQ!n Citizen
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Doris Perryman (center), tired of the city's failure to properly pictured are daughter Tannisha
implement the Nuisance Abatement Ordinance, opened-up and Williams. See Story A3.
"claimed" the ouse she applied for over eight months ago. Also
U .. judg
drug ca e
Federal ourt administrate had
no comm nt.
A handful of judge have call d
f r the legalization f dru , and a
few have re igncd rather than ap­
ply what th y f I arc+overly ha h
ent n "
tration had," Knapp aid, hoping
his action would influence th
Pre ident' a lion on the drug war.
"A lot of jud e feel the pr sent
y t m breeds inju tice" said the
director of the Federal Judi ial
Cent r, Federal Di tn t Judgc Wil­
liam W. Schwarzer. Many jud
h continued, Icel that ent ncing
ruJ enacted by Congr leave
little r m for the di cr ti n of the
judge.
"(Sent ncing rul ) have laded
up th pri: n but h ve n t d ne
mu hcJ.etoimprovethedru itu­
ati n," chwarzcr aid.
By TUREKA TljRK
Mlch.1gan Cltlzep
Two U.S. Federal judge are rc­
fu ing drug asc in PJ t t again t
national dru p lici and Federal
. entencin guidcli ne. Ja k B.
Weinstein Bro klyn, and Whit­
man Knapp, Manhattan, proclaim
the past ernph: i on aIT and
imprL onment rather than rehabili­
tation and prev ntion ha b en a
fail ure. Th two judg aid they
arc withdrawin from til eff rt,
a cording t publi hed rep rt .
Federal ourt official ha c re­
port d that S f the 6 Federal
judge are j ining in the prote. t of
the ernpha i on arrc: t and irnpri e ,
onment. The prot tin confined to
enior judg , judges who are near
retirement and arc given wide r-
dcrs when h ing their ca. e .
D troi t and Kalamaz Federal
judge continu to try drug e
urt officials ay. Grand Rapids
"IT (the drug rohibiting pol­
i y) L not uuing down drug usc.
It' a policy that i n t workin .
The b t way t do thi i through
ducation and trcatrn nt," aid
R rt W. Swe t, a Manhatu n
,Fed ml judg who began peaking
out in favor f drug 1 alization
tour years ago.
Jud e Knapp' dee! ion w not
b ed on the legal ization of drug .
It did, however, tern from the
change in the y tern in Washing­
ton.
"Clinton h not committed
rums 1ft th war on dru in u h
a way a! th Rcpubli an Adrni ni-
TIlE ADM! I' RAT
the DrugEnforcement Adrnini tra­
tion, Ro ert C. Bonner disa rc
wi th the actions of the Federal
judges, Bonner, a former federal
di tri t jud c and pro ecutor, aid,
_y.IANOA F aoou MOR Ichlgan Iz
RICHTON BLOCK Club members are unhappy with th Detroit
Edi on con truction project on Woodward and Richton' in
Highland Park. Not only the dirt and noise created by the
project, but the lack of any Highland Park worker has the
group angry, according to club president Mildred Comb.
See DRUG, 85
,
,
ing the Middle P :
trade." •
"And how about milliom ofNati :
Americans laughtered and rob ed of :
their ntir I
contin nt by
the United
States?"
Brock ks.
"I ther a
meum for
their Holo­
cau t? No.
1)0 the
Ch rokee
'Trail of
Tea r
ount, the
broken trea- Ro rt L. Brock
ties, worn n
and children
hunted down like dogs?"
BRO WHO led a picket line
Thu y durl
m ni p
t HoI t eum, sa
"never w a United Stat Holocaust
a ainst the Jews."
"Th re w only German Holo­
caust against th Jew, over in Ger­
many and Europe" Brock ays. king
why this museum i 10 ted in Amer­
ica and upported with' tax dollars,
when thi country has yet to cknow­
ledge its own holocaus .
Brock.who will be a used of anti-
Semiti m for hi marks, wan tax-
payers to remember that I ra I h
received 100 billion from the United
States "for a Holocaust omebodyel
tarted."
"How about reparations for Blae
for Holocaust that happened here in
th United States?" Brock ks,
In hi qu t for Holocaust faim ,
Br k ticks off a long Ii t of human
tr citi that hould be included if
U .. tax dollars ar mmemorating
suffering:
.:» t Pal tinians "ethnically
cleansed" out of th ir hom in Pal -
tin;
-1.5 million Armenians laugh­
tcred by Turks in World War One;
-25 million Cambodians tarved
and beaten to death in th 197�;
- million Ukrainians starved and
hot in 19
20 million R ians hot and
woo '1 to death in Siberia;
-50 million Chine e hot by
Communi 15.
Se , HOLOCAUST, P e 8-8
Why do yo�
th k the
media played
up the .
possibilities 'of
riots in LA and
other cities?
JERRY COPELAND- To
creat news I don' think they
shoul 11 v on It. It created
ac ross t
� BILL COCDEN- They do
what they, do to get
readership--In a sense they
create news.
SA SIMPSON- Thev were
preparing us for potential
violence. However, little
attention was given to what
citizens i:.lhe community were
saying.
. \
DOLORES BU TI -I didn't
understand why they did that.
W hat I heard on the news was
mor like a countdown to New
v e rs Eve .. It's like they
wanted to sea not.