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NATIONAL Nation of Islam Minister Khallid Muhammad Released from Hospital A Ousted spokesman was shot following speech at University of California-Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) -i. Nation of Islam minister Khallid Abdul Muhammad was released from the hospital Friday, five days after he was wounded in an ambush shooting. ? The black nationalist preacher, surrounded by body guards, was wheeled out of the hos pital and into a van with afl ? un knowrrd esiination H e didn't speak to reporters, leaving tlirough a garage exit. 4 ? "1 don't imagine he would want to stav in Riverside, but 1 ? ?* don't know." said Robert Krull, vice president for administration at Riverside Community Hospital. Muhammad underwent surgery for bullet wounds below his left knee. The. wounds on his right leg did not require surgery. His immediate plans weren't clear. "He will need some physical therapy. How much is up to his physician," Krull said. ~~ ~ Muhammad was shot May 29 after giving a speech at the Univer , sity of California-Riverside. Four of his bodyguards and a bystander also were "hospitalized with bullet ' wounds and released earlier. j James Edward Bess, 49, has pleaded innocent to rhargpt nf attempted murder and assault with a firearm, jl ne motive for the. shooting was unclear, Bess, from Tacoma, Former Nation of Islam spokesman Khallid Abdul Muhammad (center) is carried back into the University of California-Riverside student recreation center after being shot while leaving a speaking engagement Max 29. ,? f' . * ' 'L ? ? \ . i ? * Wash., has appeared on public access television to preach his own version of Islam. He was defrocked as a Nation uf Islam miiiisiei three years ago, according to members of the organi zation. Some have said Muhammad and a close associate were instru mental in his release. t Bess was beaten by onlookers after the shooting. He was taken to the county jail after ireaimeni at another hospital. Police said they were looking for members of the mob who nearly pulled Bess out of a police car as officers drove him away from the shooting. "In California, that's called lynching. Police Lhiet Ken bortier told reporters. State law defines lynching as "the taking by means of Jesse Jackson to Ask for Probe into Serial Murders i . ? ? CHARLOTTE ( AP ) ? Civil for a federal inquiry into the way Charlotte-Mecklenburg police investigated the murders of 10 young black women. Jackson emerged from a meeting Friday with the mothers of some of the victims of an accused serial killer with a vow to press the Justice Department to review the way homicide detectives investi gated the string of killings. "These mothers who lost their children deserve to get the best ? answers.'' thercivil liglus leader told reporters after meeting in private with Dee Sumpter and. the other mothers prior to his pep talk on minority- voter registration at a Charlotte restaurant. ' Jackson said the only way to yet, to the truth-is_through an outside probe. "We need to get beyond the finger-pointing." he said. "We need a thorough, complete, impartial investigation." " v ? Hi-: i! > -Louis Wallace, a tor mer last-food restaurant worker, is au ailing trial on charges of killing v}() women in Charlotte and one in ? South Carolina, lie's being held without bond in the Mecklenburg County Jail. Both Jackson and Sumpter. the rounder of Mothers of Murdered Offspring, said the 30-minute meet ing cuveicd a wide lange of issues, including the police investigation of the Wallace case. They .also discussed last win ter's shooting of Windy Thompson, a black motorist who was killed by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police offi cer. . "We feel that in both instances the Justice Department ought to investigate the facts," Jackson said. Sumpter and other commu nity leaders have said police acted too slowly in the Wallace case. Had Wallace been arrested sooner; they claim, some of the victims might still be alive. Sumpter's daughter. Shawna Hawk, was one of 10 Charlotte women police, said were murdered by Wallace over a 20-month period. Investigators said Wallace knew many of the victims through work. Most of the women were strangled in their own homes. Despite manv similarities, the murders were not linked until the last three homicides, which occurred ovef a period of a few days this spring. Sumpter has criticized police for nut listening to her after her daughter was found murdered in her lice are conducting an internal investigation into the way Jesse Jackson homicide officers handled the string 1 of killings. Some community lead ers, including Sumpter. want an out side inquiry. Sumpter said Jackson offered a sympathetic ear.- . "He said he will act on all out concerns." she said. In the Thompson case, police officer Mark Farmer was cleared of j diiy wKMigdoing by the department and the district attorney's office. Both internal police investiga tors and prosecutors determined he ; was acting in self-defense when he shot Thompson several times when | she drove off in her car wiih his I upper body stuck inside the passen-; ger-side wiodqu . "The idea of a young woman Man Indicted for Sending 'Gorillagram' \ To Black New Jersey Congressman TEANECK, N.J. (AP) ? A Teaneck. N.J.. man was indicted b^. a Bergen County grand jury on the anti-bias charge of harassing a black councilman by sending him a "goril lagram." Dan Koenigsberg, 45. was charged Friday in connection with a Sept. 28 incident in which he hired a i messenger dressed in a gorilla suit. The messenger delivered bananas, a stuffed monkey and a telegram that read, "Congratulations from the wannabees," to Councilman Mel Henderson at a televisecj meeting. Earlier that afternoon, Hen derson, the only black council mem ber. had been named to a 50-mem ber task force studying hate crimes. Two weeks ago, the state Supreme Court declared New Jer sey's hate crime law unconstitu tional. but upheld the section of the law under which Koenigsbeig ha? been charged. -Koenigsberg is expected to be arraigned on the indictment^witfun the next three weeks, the Bergen, County Prosecutor's office said. If convicted, he faces up to 18 months.in jail and $7,500 in fines. Restaurant Subject to Racial Protest MILLERSVILLE, Md. (AP) ? About 25 people protested Satur day outside a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant where three black women claim they were racially insulted. The women said they were waiting on line for lunch when an argument erupted over who should be served first and the counter per son then uttered the racial remark. The women said they have met with a Kentucky Fried Chicken official since the incident, but are not satisfied. "We want a public apology; someone to recognize what hap - pened," said Hazel Pinkcett. one of the three women. "The gentleman came up from KFC. He was very professional but he didn't give u<? what we wanted/' A company official- said SaK urday that disciplinary action has been taken against the employees involved. Ms. Pinkcett said the three women want an apology from the company and a written agreement - saying employees will he rired in the future for similar condu-.t. being shot . . . while she was unarmed and driving on four flat tires i? wrong, "Jackson said. The civil rights leader came to Charlotte on his 17-city tour called "The Rainbow Hope Cara van-Voting Rights Crusade." a riot of any person from the lawful custody of any peace officer." Police said they believe Bess acted alone, but their investigation was continuing. Muhammad was suspended as senior aide to Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan after a November speech in which he called Jews "the bloodsuckers" of the black community and urged the killing of South African whites. Krull said the community hospital had beefed up security dur ing Muhammad's stay, and there were no serious incidents. Barry -??^MANUFACTURING#/ kmexi&t'A Sett TfUn 4 &*cAin$ 1/<U*? 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