Patfe 2A - THE CHAKLOTTO POST • Tbunday, April 27, 1969
Lawyer Says Probable Cause Exists For Suit Agains Pope
Continued From ftige lA
ed. Yet his sister specifically
told the firefl^ters said she did
not want her Mother arrested.
Sources said the firefighters
on the scene called for the police
believing that King ms^ try to
harm them or his sister. It was
further noted that King was In
his home when the police ar
rived.
When officer Pope arrived he
proceeded to circle King's home
ordering King to come outside.
Initially refusing. King eventu
ally did come out of his home.
At this point accounts of what
happened next conflict, but It is
known that King had no weapon
and was at least eight feet from
Pope when the officer fired.
"If the same situation occurred
eight blocks over In Myers
P^k." says Alexander, "For one,
there would have been no shoot
ing. Two, If there was a shooting
someone would have been prose
cuted and convicted.
"1 don't know to what extent
Discrimination
Is Charged
Contlausd From Rige lA
including Koddey, were black,
but the Job'went to a white.
Since then, African-American
workers have complained about
work conditions, including ra
cist Jokes and harrassment.
Bringing it to the attention of
^fictor A^gln, the warehouse
manager, and others hasn't
helped, Wallace said.
They've allowed that atmos
phere to go on. They even en
gage in it themselves," Wallace
said.
Unable to get satisfaction from
supervisors, the complainants
went to Supt Peter Relic. After a
promising conversation, a solu
tion looked possible, Roddey
said. Then the bottom fell out.
"Relic has really puzzled us," he
said. "He told us we were right on
the mM»ey."
Thou^ the options may be
running out for black workers,
Wallace said they have no
choice but to fight on.
"As soon as the ball is
dropped, things are going to go
back to where they were and
even worse," he said.
"We're really hoping for a mira
cle. This Is our only hope."
Clarification
Of A Headline
A headline in last week's Post
that read "Mechanics and Farm
ers Have Loss" was Inaccurate.
Because of changes In the way
loan fees are reported, the bank
had a net Income after taxes of
$919,224 in 1988, sllghUy less
^an 1987's record Income of
$1,065,107.
The decline was attributed to
requirements that reports on
loan fees be spread ewer the du
ration of the loan rather than
counting the entire fee at the
time the loan was made.
race plays In Pope not being
prosecute. But a white police of
ficer and a poor black victim is
all too often a recurring theme
in the annals of urban law en
forcement."
Asked what he thought of Gil
christ's decision not to prosecute
Pope, Alexander said, "Not
much.
'The question is whether Pope
used excessive force and the an
swer is yes. This man (Pope) is
theoretically trained in meth
ods to diffuse such a situation.
Police officers are keepers of the
peace. It is improper, irresponsi
ble and wrong to instead acceler
ate a conflict and heighten the
potential for violence. Officer
Pope did just that, unreasonably
and unnecessarily so."
Alexander says the standard of
police procedure is that deadly
force only be used when an offi
cer reasonably believes that his
life or the life of another Is in
immediate jeopardy or there is
an imminent threat of bodily
injury. He questions why Pope,.
d^ded to use deadly force since
King made no verbal threat and
no weapon was on or about
King's person nor was a weapon
found in the house after the
shooting."
Alexander adds, "There was no
ongoing serious assault and no
continuing threat of physical
harm" going on when Pope ar
rived at Luther Street.
Pope told investigators that
King came out of his house leap
ing toward him. "I couldn't tell If
he was going to hurt me or kill
me," Pope said, according to a
police report. 'This is when 1
fired my weapon at him twice in
self-defense.’
Alexander disclosed that 38
seconds elapsed between Pope's
first call to the law enforcement
agency while he was at the back
of King's home, and a second call
Pope made after shooting King.
"To act so qulckty In this sltu-
An End To N.C. Runoffs?
Continued From Page lA
have at the present time," Hunt
said.
Current law allows a candidate
to call for a primary runoff if the
top candidate doesn't receive
more than 50 percent of the vote.
Often a black candidate who
leads the first primary Is defeat
ed In the second.
Senate leaders have suggested
allowing runoffs in primaries In
which the top candidate fails to
receive more than 40 percent of
the vote.
Sen. Ted Kaplan, D-Forsyth,
had said In an earlier committee
meeting that the change could
hurt both Denwerats and Repub
licans, keeping them from put
ting candidates forward who had
State's School System Flunking
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"Anybody can tell you what two
plus two is, but can they tell you
how it will help you in life?" he
asked.
Jamlel L. Charlton, 17, said
teachers do not expect as much
from black students at Vance
Senior High School, where she is
a senior.
"Black students feel like the
only thing there for them to do Is
work In the factexy," she said.
Greensboro elernentaiy schools
have more than doubled the
number of black students in
their academically gifted classes
from 99 to 238 by making an ef
fort to spot and test likely candi
dates who had been overlooked
in the past, Sammie Campbell-
Parrlsh, assistant superinten
dent, tc4d the conference.
Robert E. Bridges, superinten
dent of Wake County schools,
said schools must find new,
more effective ways of teaching
black students who are falling In
school. He said he opposes the
widespread practice of labeling
such students "at risk."
"I'd rather say," he said, "that
our Institutions are at risk of
falling the child, that the homes
are at risk of falling the child,
that society is at risk of falling
the child."
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and is Indicative of a frame of
mind," says Alexander. "Pope
had said that he really likes
'chasing niggers'. That suggests
that what he liked more was
shooting niggers. He said the
next time someone messes with
him he was going to shoot him.
That's what he did.
"Clearly there Is probable
cause that a crime occurred.
Clearly there's evidence to take
to a Jury that a crime has oc
curred." Alexander pointed out,
referring to Gilchrist's decision
not to prosecute.
"No one person, no matter how
well Intentioned, should have
imbrldled authority over public
business." Alexander sa5rs of Gil
christ. "That was the error of
police officer Pope.
'In 38 seconds he was the pros
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'The concern that I have does
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Sen. Tom Taft, D-Pitt, commit
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sure when the bill would be sub
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Momentum has been growing
for changing the primary laws
as the Ciemocratlc Party looks
for ways to ensure continue
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