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P rception about race nd
crime - particularly involving
Afric n American male -
trongly color th national crim
d teo Though only five percent
of a11st t crime now falls under
f ral jurisdiction, Democrats
nd Republican have r di
covered th political potency of
the crime' ue; and both politi­
cal parti are determined to
"Get tough" on crime in an elec­
tiony r.
African Americans have a
particularly high take in
achieving effective solutions to
crime and violence. According to
th Bureau of J ice Stat' tics,
47 percent of the Victims of vio­
lent crime t y r were African
Americans. .Gun related homi ..
cide i the principal C8 e of
d th for young Black mal be­
t n 15 to 24-yeal'8-Old.
By WADE HENDERSON
sp«: I to "'. Ichlq n CltlDn
Th Hou of Rep ntati
recently passed i version of a
controversial crime bill after two
weeks of heated floor debate
about violent crime that pushed
the bill's total 008t to almost 28
billion. The Senate bill - which
the NAACP trongly op
passed in November with a 008t
of 22.S billion. Now members of
the House and Senate will soon
m t to work out diffe n be­
tween the two bills.
The fear of violent crime has
become a driving force in hap­
ing th national d te on fed­
eral crime control legislation.
City
in the B c community talc!
. . any � I on the p
ductivity of young It . For ex­
ample, 23 percent of all young
Black men are caught in th
criminal justice system - either
in prison, on probation, or on pa­
role.
bans
incine ators
By RON SEIGEL
Sp«:I.' to "'. Mlchlq.n Cltu.n
FOR EVERY LATINO male
with a college' degree, there are
24 othe behind bars. These fig­
ures mean that for many young
men, their most productive y
will be spent in prison rather in
'society at large where they
should be learning ntial job
skills or forming the important
social relationships that are an
integral part of stab I family life.
When they leave prison, th
men are untrained, poorly edu­
cated, and unable to find mean­
ingful mployment. Many are
unable to vote. I n a democratic
society voting is one of the few
acceptable way of channeling
frustration into meaningful
change.
Thi year's crime bills - with
the notable xception of three
provi ions - offer newer ver­
ions of many of the same anti­
crime polici that have failed
d pite over two decad of "Get
HlOHLAND PARK - At its
Monday, July 5 meeting, the
Highland Park City Council u­
nanimously passed a resolution
drafted by Citizen Empower­
ment for a Clean Environment
(CECE), a city environmentalist
group, opposing the construction
of any new incinerators in High­
land Park.
The motion was officially pro­
posed for adoption by Council­
woman Greta Johnson.
Its immediate effect would be
to dm: I( .nstrate city council oppo­
sition to propo als by a finn
called t hghland Co-Oen to build
a new medical waste incinerator.
CECE charges that the incin­
erator is an example of "environ­
mental racism," the dumping ot
substances, which cause disease
in neighborhoods wh re Black
people, racial minoriti or the
poor live.
Highland Co-Gen ha aid
See CI1Y, A4
See BILL, B8
But finding him wasn't easy.
I t wasn't easy because no one in
Clint' family, including his
mother, who divorced his fath r
many years ago, wanted to talk
about him.
But those who know Clint,
those who have conversed with
him or have om the fruits of his
shoe repair labor, can t tify
that he is a patien man and can
b d cribed as on who pas-
a dogged de rmination.
By NATHANIEL SCOT[
MlchlQan Citizen
,
HIGHL D P RK - Clint
Terry is a mild mannered man.
He has a dy mile and his
words always m to fit the oc­
casion he chitcha while he
repairs hoe at the family
owned Lynn' Sh Repair at
13546 Woodward Avenue. From
hi demeanor no one would have
suspected tha d p down in th
soul wher lint really 'liv ,
tha a burm ng d ire had f -
tered for 37 y rs
You ,lin i a family m 11
and b hi own dmi ion, h
taught hi child n to b 1 wful
and to r th righ of oth­
e
Day, Clint had not seen his fa­
ther in 37 years� In fact, he said,
"1 hadn't seen my father since
1957 when 1 was eight years old.
He ent on to say that he
distinctly remembers the oeca­
sion cause it happened in Pin
Bluff, Arka , the city here
he was born on Christmas day in
19 9. .
OWEVER, L D
'his sister, who died ten-years
ago, never forgot th ir fath r
nthough th y didn' h ve a
pho ograph of him, Ye!, orne
bonds are strong and with his
advancing years, Clin decided
to if he could I rn some-
rung ut his fa her's lif
.. All of my life I wanted to
my father," Clint id, this
utiful ind of fara y look
tole into his y .. And wh n I
(45 I decided to
!o of phon lis
throughout th country in an at­
tempt to locate my fath r, wi h
negative results," Clint aid
"But last May 1 wen down to.
Arka - to inv tiga on my
own, 1 located som un And
they tol� me, 'Your dad' out in
C lifornia."
Clint and his fa h r Dam
h m excep h fa h r ' TIMEBRINGSABOUTACHANGE-ClintTerryandhisfather,ClentTerry,ar pickingupthepi c
after 37 ye r . They had not een each oth r ince 1957. (photo by Nathaniel Scott)
See TERRY, D8
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