Group Asks Attorney General to Investigate Bines Death
has written 10 the state chapter of
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
the North Carolina Civil Liberties
Union and U.S. Attorney General
Janet Reno. Bill Tatum, president of
the Winston-Salem NAACP, said
the chapter also has written to Reno,
asking that her offtfce intervene to
"make sure that there was no viola
tion of Bines' civil rights."
Piscitelli and Bines fought in
the backyard shared by some apart
' ments in Cleveland Avenue Homes
on July 1. During the struggle,
Piscitelli shot himself in the leg.
then shot Bines in the side. Wit
nesses said at the time that Bines
had come to the aid of a friend who
Piscitelli was attempting to arrest.
Black Men and Women
Against Crime, a group known for
its anti-violence stance and for hold
ing vigils at the scene of crimes, has
interviewed witnesses who maintain
that Piscitelli's shooting of Bines
was unnecessary and excessive.
Doris Bines, the slain man s
mother, said that she wasn't sur
prised that Keith's report exonerated
Piscitelli.
"1 knew all the time what the
report was going to be," she said.
"Any black person in town knew
that they weren't going to charge
that officer."
Keith, who said 86 people were
interviewed for his report, cited in
Daron Bints E- F. PisciteW
the report remarks from some of Bines and Piscitelli were struggling
those witnesses. Most claim that ovcr the gun. Some said Piscitelli
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did what he had to do.
"After all is said, the officer, in
essence, fired in self-defense," Keith
said at a news conference two
weeks ago.
Keith, who said he studied the
information ?nd put together his
report in less than a month, con
cluded that June 1 shooting was jus
tified.
The five witnesses interviewed
by the Black Men and Women
Against Crime claim that Bines had
surrendered and had his hands
above his head just before Piscitelli
shot him.
Doris Bines said that the only
reason her son intervened was
because Piscitelli was using exces
sive force against another man,
Richard "Pete" Burns, who the offi
cer caught vandalizing a police car.
Burns, she said, visited her
shortly after her son's death. She
said Bums was thankful that her son
came to his aid.
"He came to apologize to me,"
she said. "He said, 1 didn't {hink no
one cared about me that much.' "
Man Stabbed; Girlfriend Charged
that the couple's brawls were well
known and usually spilled into the
street. Fleming said that a few
weeks ago she was awakened by
late night noises that turned out to
be Elhaija and Green fighting in the
street. Fleming said Elhaija had a
knife in her hand and was chasing
Green down the street. At one
point, Fleming said, Elhaija stopped
to sharpen her knife on the side
walk.
Police said Green lived at an
Overlook Drive address, but a
neighbor said Green hadn't lived
there in over a year.
"I really don't think she meant
to kill him," Fleming said. "I'm
really sorry Fred is dead, but if it
wasn't him it could have been her."
Green's death was the city's
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third homicide in eight days and i
the victims were stabbed to death.
His death also was the cit}
thirty-third homicide this year, tyi
a record set in 1971, 1972, 197
1989 and last year.
Laughter Can Lighten Up Your Life
In tirnes like these we need
some laughter. Laughter can lighten
up your life!, it can motivate you to
go one step further, it can lift you up
when you are down, it can add the
spice to that dull moment, it's a
bridge over troubled water, it can
help you to get a point across, its an
attention getter.
A very interesting "Communi
cation Speaking Training " present
by the Gemma Group featuring
Bobbi Gemma emphasized the
physiological effects of laughter.
Some of the physiological effects of
laughter are as follows:
? It increases heart rate, respi
ration rate, and elevate the blood
pressure.
? It increase oxygen exchange.
? The muscles are activated,
the relaxed.
? It stimulates internal organs,
(internal jogging!)
? It stimulates the hypothaJa
mus gland?control body's uncon
scious. maintenance heart beat,
breathing, blood pressure, tempera
ture, and immune system.
. ? It release endorphins- muf
fles pain.
? In theory it could prevent
heart attack and some ailments.
To spruces up your life:
? Look at the world through
the eyes of a child.
? Reflect on the positive in ? Collect appropriate buttons
your life. with slogans and logo's
? Hang around people who ? Learn to juggle or do magic
make you feel good by being tricks.
humorous. ? Make funny faces in the
? Read and clip comics, funny mirror or at someone else.
HOME ECONOMICS
By JOANN FALLS
articles, peep a list of jokes in a file ? Keep funny faces and mind
or scrape book to use for certain tapes handy
occasions. ? Include humor in conversa
? Read an amusing book. tion memos and notes.
? Use a humorous calendar.
Parsons
Enters
UNC-A
Philip Parson^ son of .Janet
Adams of Winston -Salem, entered
the University of North Carolina
at Asheville this fall as a UNCA
? Teaching Fellow.
As a Teaching Fellow and
member of the UNCA Honors
Programs, Parson is part of a spe
cialized academic environment
that provides specific courses and
field experiences designed to
enhance his performance as a
teacher. Teaching Fellow also
focuses on the multi-cultural
aspects of teaching through in
depth field visits to schools in
Miami, New York City, New
Orleans and Jackson, Miss. In
addition, students have the oppor
tunity to study in Cambridge,
England during the summer of
their junior year.
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The statewide North Carolina
Teaching Fellows Program was
established in 1986 at attract the
best and brightest students to the
teaching profession. Those
accepted received a $20, OCX) grant
toward their education. Teaching
Fellow "repay" the grant by agree
ing to teach in North Carolina for
four years following graduation.
Parsons is one of 25 freshman
Teaching Fellows at UNCA this
fall and a member of the most aca
demically gifted class to enter
UNCA. The 401-member class
has an average SAT score of
1055. with 75% of the students
earning scores between 950 and
1150. The 1055 average is 12
point above last year's average of
1043.
The application deadline for
Teaching Fellows scholarships is
Nov. 5. For more information
about UNCA's program, call
Brenda Hopper at (704) 25 1 -690 1 .
Winston-Salem State University
Friends of the Library
"A Night of the Performing Arts"
featuring
Lorenzo Meachum
Friday, November 12, 1993
7:00 o'clock p.m.
"Night of the Performing Arts"
features local performers and is the annual fundraiser for the
Winston-Salem State University
Friends of the Library
Anderson Conference Center
Winston-Salem State University
601 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
$25 .00 Adults
$15.00 Students
RSVP by November 5, 1993
eMae L. Rodney .
presents
750-2446
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED
TO A WORKSHOP ON "COPING AND TIPS
ON HANDLING THE HOLIDAYS".
THE WORKSHOP IS SPONSORED BY THE
AFTERCARE PROGRAM AT
HOOPER FUNERAL HOME
DATE: NOVEMBER 8, 1993
TIME: 6:30 P.M. .
PLACE: EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH
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What do you think about our Parks!
7:00 - 8:30 PM
Tuesday. November 9
Wm. C. Sims, Sr. Recreation Center
1201 Adler Street
Wednesday. November 10
Polo Park Recreation Center ?
1850 Polo Road
Thursday. November 11
Fourteenth Street Recreation Center
2020 NE 14th Street
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Winston-Salem Recreation & Parka Dept.
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