Motherless Child
By Judge Leslie Isaiah ames
Dear Judge Gaines: Please help us break the black­
out on this tory so we can get our b by back.
My three-year-old daughter was taken from me by police,
when I was held in contemp of court, for refusing to testify
against my fiance on a dom tic dispute char that I did no
even file.
My fiance is the founder of an underground radio tation
that used th airwa to defend a local night club tha has
been the victim of constant police harrassm nt.
My baby was taken from us, in retaliation for our standing
up against th sy tern. Please help us � our shy back.
Childl
moth r of motherle child, Illinoi
Dear Childless Mother: In he words of Dr. Martin
Luth r "truth crushed to earth will rise in." You and your
fian hould oontinu to speak out for the truth in the rch '
for your three-year-old daughter.
Be strong, never retreat, but always k p in mind that the
battle for truth and justice often produces many casualti and
prison rs of war. .
Your fiance's battle for truth on his radio tation may have
I d to your daugh r being held as a 'Prism r of war, " by the
system.
As a jud , I can no giv I gal advi ; howe r, find a rood
lawy r who has n trained to go into be tie and is not aft .1Id
to wage war against inj ti
I do hope you have ived your child back by now If you
have not continu in h ru Ie. If you h v , pl writ and
share he good n ws wi h us.
Dear Judge Gaine : I am ixty-th -years-old being
supported by uppl m ntal rity I �ra�� ( 1) and w
given a fin of ,000 and forty-fiv days in jail for a that
w thrown out in 1992 and ri again this year.
I am unable to wor I am a diabetic with high blood
pure, crippling rheumatoid arthri . , and I am going blind.
I can't pay what I don't have.
. I can't explain my If to good I don't have much
boo -learning but I do know n ht from wrong Sir, I am
pi adingfor h lp. Who can Itumtoand thin raigh ned
out?
Blood from a turnip, Cleveland, OH
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If you'u got some frustrauon you II.e d to g t off of your che
about the justu: m: "TeU It to the Judge", 1000 Mcun.
Stre t, R m 270', Cincinnati, Ohio. 5202
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PRESIDENT Clin-
to tough on crim ,
there' virtually nothing in the
budget package approved by
Congr hich ill produce
DJPrejo orot . imulate
the eoonomy in a manner that
will alleviate the utfering of the
THOUT QUE TIO
crime and violence ha berome
a scourge on Ameriam society,
with ever increasing numbers of
people feeling insecure about
safety in their hom and in
their n ighborhoods. But far too
little attention has been directed
to an analysis of by crime and
violence is destabilizing our
neighborhoods and threatening
THE IS that the
more money the govemm nt
spent on police, prisons and la
enforcement, th I secure life
has become. This is because un­
employment, poverty, inferior
education, la of opportunity,
racism and inequality are the
primary root ca . of the epi­
demic of crim and viol nee in
American society.
Clinton's eamomic timulua
proposals, hich were pitifully
inadequate to begin with, re
abandoned by the . dent in
Lester's World
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B rring u n major IDJU-
ri , our predicted 1993 leeders
are follo ; lias 12-
4,Minn ta 10-6andSanFran ..
cisco 13-3. K paneyeon W b­
ington, -Det roit and New
Orl
AFC - Miami 11-5, Houston
12-4 and Ka ity 10-6. K p
n eye on Buffalo, Pi urgh
nd nver.
Three y
AF - Buffalo 11-501-5 ,
ami 10-6 11-5), Ho on 11-5
(10-6), Pi urgh -8 11- 5 ,
Kans City 10-6 00-6 , lA
Raiders 10-6 (7-9
ham, W rren
oth r Afric n
favor of d ficit uction in t
compro made to his
b t approved.
In e
poor nd ct·l.8PCl8SE!88E!Id
abandoned. In a one could
argu th t Clinton' budget
ll8C:Jta.tle will not m the tide of
crime that' overwhelming this
country, but contribute to it.
Without social and economic
polici and programs hich ad­
d the nagging' u of pov­
erty and inequality in American
society, crim and viol oe will
continu to ezplode a the
American landscape.
lution to the crime eri-
18 18 ry' ple, there can be'
no law and order without c:ial
and emnomic j . . But
the politicians keep doing' pro­
moting law and ord over racial
and economic j . ce.
All aa"088 the country state
and local governments are cut­
ting ocial and economic pro­
grams and reallocating t
funds to frantic efforts to fight
agai t crim .
To reiterate, this is a formula
which has already failed and
will continue to fail. Until the
politicians and voters have the
vision and courage to fight crime
• by fighting for full employm t,
t ... poYerty d
th er dicatio 0( racism in
American society, there will be
no respite from the instability
and insecurity that is being
spawned by racial and ecxmomic
iqjustice.
The la and order rhetoric
and policies' promoted by shal­
low expedient politicians like
Bill Clinton must be replaced by
a genuine commitment to the to­
tal human development and ful­
fillment of all the people who live
in this society.
The -first duty of govern­
ment- is to provide for the ic
human rigbt&ofall the people on
an equitable and non-disCrimi-
natory . : jobs and income,
bo' health care, education,
nd a safe and secure environ­
ment.
Amerial cannot continue to
be a land of prosperity for the
few and poverty and misery for
the . When there' racial
and economic j tice in the land
in righteo and healthy respect
for law and order will flourish
Ron Dan�u cu Prsidmto{tM
lrutitullt for Comnuuuty Of"l/CUlizGtion.
and DttuftOPl7Uftt in YOUIl own. Ohio.
He mayb CDlllllcUd at (216) 746-6747.
Higher
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