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Cunningham tells
black leaders that
collaboration is key
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
Winston-Salem Police
Chief Scott Cunningham met
with NAACP President
Stephen Hairston and other
leaders Monday for a candid
conversation about troubled
relations between the police
department and the black
community.
A culture of mistrust has
existed between the two
groups for some time, and
has been exacerbated by
infamous cases such as that
of Darryl Hunt, a local black
man who spent nearly two
decades in prison for a crime
he did not commit.
Another black man,
Kalvin Michael Smith, was
sentenced to 29 years in
prison in 1995 for the savage
and near fatal beating of a
Photo by Layla Fanner
Chief Scott Cunningham and Community Advocate Gloria Stinson listen last week as
someone makes a point during the roundtable meeting.
white woman. Smith main
tains his innocence, as do
many others in the communi
ty. Questions of racism with
in the police department
have been raised in both
instances.
"Right now, the relations
between the black communi
ty and the police department
are very strained," said
Hairston. "It's not just that
the black community doesn't
trust the police department;
the police department does
n't trust the black communi
ty... The police need to learn
that they need the black com
munity other than just mak
ing arrests."
Cunningham spent more
than an hour in an informal
roundtable discussion with
community members at the
NAACP Headquarters at
HaiTSton's request. The pow
wow took place a few days
before Thanksgiving. The
chief, who was hired only a
few months ago, fielded
questions and concerns about
everything from police atti
tudes and misconduct to the
role of the police department
in the community and his
vision for the future.
"I freely admit that the
police department has repu
tation and trust issues,"
Cunningham stated. "(But) I
See Meeting on A7
Photo by Todd Luck
Men and women will sleep on these mats in the gymnasium
of First Baptist Church.
Emergency
winter help for
homeless arrives
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
An emergency overflow shelter opened last week to help
ease the record demand on local homeless shelters.
The temporary shelter will be at the Winston-Salem Rescue
Mission for the month of December and will hold up to 20 men.
From January until the end of March, it will move to First
Baptist Church on hifth Street,
where both men and women
will be housed overnight.
Meeting with representa
tives from various homeless
a'gencies and First Baptist offi
cials on Monday, Mayor Allen
Joines expressed satisfaction
with the quick effort it took to
ready the temporary shelter.
"It's amazing what we can
do when we all pull on the
same end," said Joines. "I feel
good about our community and
what we're going to be able to
do for homeless citizens this
winter."
Dan Parsons, executive
director of the Rescue Mission,
said the emergency shelter will
be in a wing of the Rescue
Mission's building that's no
longer being used. The men at
Mayor Allen Joints is prais -
ing the joint effort to help
the homeless.
the overflow shelter will be in addition to the 95 men that are
already housed at the facility. Unlike the residential clients,
those in the overflow shelter will not be part of any of the
Rescue Mission's rehab programs.
"I think they'll have good accommodations, we have bunk
beds in there, and it's nice and warm," said Parsons. "It will cer
See Shelter on A9
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YMCA Photo by David Reavis
William "Bill" White Jr. (second row, far left) was surrounded by members of his
family on Monday as his decades of service to the YMCA of Northwest North
Carolina were honored with a building dedication. The Central YMCA is now
known as William G. White Jr. Family YMCA. Read more about White and the ded
ication on page A3*.
Garrett Garms Photo
Che vara Orriti
Bevel free
after short
prison stint
Daughter of Civil
Rights legend tries to
move on .
BY LAYLA FARMER
THJj CHRONICLE
Chevara Orrin. a local
woman and the daughter of
Civil Rights Icon James
Bevel, has mixed emotions
about her father's recent
release from prison.
Bevel, 71, had been sen
tenced toc15 years in prison
earner mis
year for
incest. The
conviction
was in con
nection to
Bevel's
daughter,
A a r a 1 y n
Mills, but
several of
Bevel's 16
children.
Bevel
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including Orrin, also claim
that they were sexually
abused by their father.
Bevel was released on
bond on Nov. 4 after serving
only a few months behind
bars. He plans to pursue an
appeal of his conviction, but
Bevel faces an even bigger
challenge - terminal pancre
atic cancer.
"It caused me immediate
ly to be in such conflict ... I
was overwhelmed," Orrin
said of her father's cancer
prognosis. "...It pains me to
think of him dying alone.
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World AIDS Day observed by locals
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE _
Motorists on Fourth Street were met
with a somber reminder Monday.
More than 2,000 red ribbons affixed to
the canopy of the Stevens Center flapped
in the chilly air. Each crimson adornment
represented the life of a local citizen who
is living witn
HIV/AIDS.
A group of more
than 30 ACS (AIDS
Care Services)
employees and com
munity members
gathered beneath the
ribbons that evening,
to pay homage to the
memory of those
who have lost their
fight against AIDS.
Lindsay
i ne event also served as a sign 01 suppon
for those living HIV/AIDS. It was one of
numerous events that took place around
the globe on Monday - World AIDS Day.
"I think it's important that we each
take responsibility not only for ourselves,
for our loved ones," Amy Lindsey, com
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Participants, including Cheryl Lindsay (center), sing during the service.
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