Chief Calls for Investigation
By MARK R. MOSS
Chronicl* Suff Writer
Winston-Salem Police Chief
George Sweat has asked the State
Bureau of Investigation to investi
gate an incident involving an arrest
last week that ended with a black
suspect being hospitalized after he
became unconscious while in police
custody.
Lawrence Francisco Cannon
remained in critical condition at
Forsyth Memorial Hospital this
week, following his early-morning
arrest July 7. A hospital
spokesman said Cannon had suf
. fered a heart attack.
As has been his custom, Sweat
did not return a Chronicle reporter's
calls.
However, Capt. G. C. Cor
natzer, of internal affairs, said
Sweat called in the SBI because he
wanted to "take a look at everything
involved." Emphasizing that he was
not speaking for Sweat, Cornatzer
added that he thought the chief
wanted an investigation that would
be as objective as possible. When
pressed, he said that past incidences
in which the police were accused of
brutality, such as the Sheila Ann
McKellar case, may have been fai>
tors in the chiefs decision. McKel
lar died while in police custody a
year ago, and the district attorney
determined earlier this year that the
. five officers involved in her arrest
were not culpable.
The police said that an uniden
tified man flagged down an officer
in the 1000 block of East 15th
Street around 4 a.m. on July 7 and
pointed to a man lying in the front
seat of a 1978 Ford LTD. The car's
owner told the officer that he didn't
know who the man was and wanted
to press charges.
A second officer arrived, and
when the two attempted to handcuff
Cannon, he resisted and the officers
- used pepper spray, police said.
After Cannon was taken to the war
rant office and charged with tam
Lawrence Francisco Cannon
pering with a motor vehicle and
delaying an officer, he was taken to
the Forsyth County Jail.
Police said Cannon tripped and
fell on the steps "without apparent
injury." The jailer refused to admit
^Cannon until he was treated at
Forsyth Memorial Hospital. When
they arrived at the hospital, police
said. Cannon was unconscious.
Emergency medical personnel
worked on Cannon in the parking
lot for several minutes, then he was
moved to the emergency room
where they continued treatment.
Cornatzer said that around
midnight that evening, Cannon had
been accused of assaulting someone
in the 1200 block of N. Liberty Si.
The man who reported the incidenr
attempted to file charges against
Cannon, but a clerk in the warrant
office couldn't find probable cause
to issue an warrant. About two
hours later, the owner of a Liberty
Street convenience store told police
that Cannon was causing a distur
bance. The police arrived and asked
the man to leave, Cornatzer said.
Cornatzer defended the use of
oleoresin capsicum, or pepper
spray, by saying that it helps pre
vent fights and the injuries that are
the consequences of altercations.
"Statistics show that when they
use that stuff nobody gets hurt,"
Cornatzer said.
In Concord, N.C., over the
weekend a black man died after the
spray was used on him.
Post Elects Chaplain
Martha G. Jones was elected
to serve as department chaplain
1993-94 at the 73rd American
Legion Department Convention
held at the Raleigh-Hilton Hotel
recently.
Jones served as department
historian from 1991-93. She was
music and community service
chairma~n from 1989-91. She
served as a Tar Heel Girls' State
commissioner for seven years and
was an 18th District vice president
and president from 1987-89.
She is a member of the Ralph
R. Morgan American Legion Post
220 Auxiliary, where she served as
president of the auxiliary from
1984-86.
She is a member of Zion
Memorial Baptist church, where
she serves in many capacities.
Jones is presently serving a
second term as worthy matron of
the Sisters of the James H. Young
Memorial Chapter 592 Order of
the Eastern Star.
Martha G. Jones
She is an employee of the
North Carolina Cooperative Exten
sion Service - N.C. State Univer
sity, where she has worked for
more than 22 years teaching food
and nutrition in Forsyth County.
She is involved in a number of
community activities and is the
widow of Halique B. Jones.
Students to Participate in
Kaleidoscope Program
Fifty-two academically tal
ented African American students
from high schools in the Stokes
County, Thomasvillc and Winston
Salem/Forsyth County are partici
pating in Kaleidoscope, a program
designed by Ernie Wade of Wake
Forest University and Nancy
Crouch of the Western Triad
Region of the North Carolina Sci
ence and Mathematics Alliance.
The initial portion of this pro
gram, a week-long residential sum
mer experience at Wake Forest
University, is being conducted by
the staff of the Office of Minority
Affairs, participating university fac
ulty, teachers from surrounding
schools, and selected graduate and
undergraduate students. The sum
mer program runs through July 17.
Students arc participating in activi
ties designed to provide them with
study skills, enrichment activities in
chcmistry and biology, a historical
and culturally specific view of the
origin of mathematics, activities
including small group discussions
dealing with peer pressure and its
impact on achievement, and a well
rounded week's experience balanc
ing academic enrichment and social
and recreational activities.
After completing the summer
experience, the Kaleidoscope stu
dents will return to their high
schools in the fall to establish stu
dent leadership teams under the
direction of their faculty sponsors.
The main tasks of these teams
include promoting leadership
within the student body, serving as
a resource for students to learn of
opportunities that nurture that lead
ership, and introducing the students
to leaders in the community, espe
cially African American leaders in
science, math and technology. Stu
dents will attend three full-day ses
sions at Wake Forest to assist them
in developing their skills and ih
building their teams at the high
schools. Speakers, academic and
"fun" activities will be planned as a
part of these all-day sessions.
Kappas Honor Hill Middle School Students
Tcrri Locus, Taurin Davis and
Paul Jackson, students at Hill Mid
dle School, are this year's winners
of the Winston'Sttlcm Alumni
Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fra
ternity Inc.'s special incentive pro
gram awards.
The chapter awarded Locus, a
6th-grader, Davis, a 7th-grader,
and Jackson, an 8th-grader, a S50
gift^certificate from Hanes Mall
during the Awards Day program at
the school.
The chapter sponsors the pro
gram during the school year for
6th- through 8th-graders. The
chapter recognizes a student from
- each grade, who has made the
most improvements in academics
and conduct during the fourth
quarter of the school year. Stu
dents are nominated by their
teachers, and a committee of three
members of the chapter interviews
finalists to determine a winner.
Fraternity members strive to
encourage students to achieve their
goals and improve academically.
The chapter's community projects
include: acting as tutors, mentors
and prootorsv sponsoring little
league baseball teams and a Guide
Right Program for young students;
providing scholarship assistance to
undergraduate members of the fra
ternity at Winston-Salem State
University; contributing to the
NAACP, the Best Choice Cetter,
the Urban League of Winston
Salem and the United Negro Col
lege Fund; participating in the Pan
Hellenic Council; and sponsoring
an evenihg with actor Danny
Glover and. Felix Justice at the
Kenneth R. Williams Auditorium
atWSSU.
Ronald Buchanan is the chap
ter's program chairman. Alease
Cary is the curriculum coordina
tor. Curtis Little is the principal of
Hill Middle School.
The fraternity's theme is
"Achievement through sharing
responsibility."
(L.. to r.): (front row) Paul Jackson, Terri Locus and Taurin Davis;
(back row) Ronald Buchanan , Alease Cory and Curtis Little.
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