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cordin to a USA TODAY ur­
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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fr m t ha inister character Ma­
.hia v IIi: "When you do good, do
it a littl t a time in ord r that
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mind .Bu whenyoudobad,do
i II at once and be finished."
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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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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