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sive days discussing prevention
and early intervention, positive
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vey, 47� of Blacks feel that the
best w y to advance Black politi
cal interests is to ork closely
with th Democratic party, 20'1(.
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pendent political party and 7<1t
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.hia v IIi: "When you do good, do
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lid majori ies of marri peo-
pl y th Y would r m in in
h ir marria -s ifth found out
that th ir p rtn r had had an
xtr marit 1 affair. Th survey
don for th n w Mel Poretz book
"Wh t Would You o?" diseov
that61� ofmenand73� of
women aid "yes" they would
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Every 10 minute in this
country a BI ck child i ar ted
for a viol n crime. Becaus ju
venil and family courts play an
important role in the prot ion
of children and families at risk,
the 52 jud son th BCCC Ju
venile Court Judges Task Force
are searching for ways to u
their broad jurisdiction to pre
vent children from entering the
ndars for
specially
hild n also n to a
futur with dent paying jobs
n publi polici hich ure
h m fordable health and
child ,fe corridors to and
from school, and truancy pre
v ntion programs to k! p them
th re.
My hope for the future of our
childr n continu to gro as I
mee committed leaders like the
52ju who are determined to
leave no . d behind.
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the
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d nt of the ChildnfU /NfM.N {wad wJa.o.
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By Willi� Reed - Business Exchange
ffl let I ns of
Guilty
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victed un
tiona.
If you
your
facts:
Simp on,
man, n accused
murdering two whi per-
80 . Th y hi former
wife nd h r puted 10 r.
Char have b n
mad that th d d coupl
made love within sight and
h ring of Simpson's young
children wh mo her w
Simpson' d ad ex-wife.
The murder took pl
in Los Angel ,si of two
of th bi t, most tly
and most violent rio in
'hi tory. The rioter in
cluded Mexicans, whit
and A ian , but Blac
were the most conspicuous.
Los Angele is the
area in which four white
police officers t Rodney
King. The beating wa
videotaped and seen on
world-wide television.
Los Angel is the gen
eral area in which in local
all-white jury said the four
white police officers who
beat King had done no
wrong.
• Lo Angeles also is
where on retrial under fed-
era I law a mixed jury found
three of the same four
white officers guilty of vio
lating King's civil rights.
• King ued for dam
ages and received more
than 3.6 million in com
pensation.
• Becau an all-whi
jury found the four (\ffi l�
innocent, but a mixed jury
found them guilty, we con
cluded that race wa in
deed a factor in the
administration of justice in
Los Angel ..
• Mark Fuhrman, a de
tective of the Los Angel
Police Department claim
to have found on Simpson's
property a glove that
match one.found at the
murder scene.
• Several media hav
reported that Fuhrman is a
racist and could hav
"planted" the glove on
Simpson's property.
• Simpson's attorn ys
asked the court for permis
sion to Fuhrman's mili
tary records and his police .
personn 1 file. Fuhrman at
I t once asked the police
for a pecial di pensation
becau e of confidential
phy ical or psychological
problems.
• Superior ourt Judge
Lance Ito, of Asian ances-
try, id he looked at Fuhr
man's records nd saw no
information tha was "per
tinent to the ca "
Th p tion also
argued that "ra is no an
LSSue in thi
• The
that race w not an issue
was heard in ev ry case in
volving Rodn y King.
Since the
dently no wi n to the
double murder, the convic-
tion of Simpson must t
on circum c ntial vi-
d n
to
blood