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Claims Fueled By Recession
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Former Shaw U. Athlete, Dexter
Price Receives Jefferson Award
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Campaign,92 Not Arousing Black Vote
BY RON DANIELS
Special to Th« CAROLINIAN
Aa Anatjmis
During a raeant appaaranca with
Bryant Gumbal on NBCa “Today”
•how, two-time preridential can di
data Jaaaa Jackaon lamantad tha
fact that nona of tha Democraic
candidataa for prasidant ara excit
ing black voter*. Jackaon com
plained that tha candidataa ara not
addrearing the iaauaa that matter
moat to the majority of black vot
er*—urban policy, job*, housing,
health care, children, etc. Inter
view* conducted by various new*
organizations reveal that large
numbers of African-Americans are
. displeased with the candidates of
the establishment parties because
of the total lack of discussion about
black issues and concerns. As a re
sult there has been a dramatic de
cline (20-30 percent) in black voter
turnout during this year’s primaries
so far.
Jackson has a right to complain,
but the fact of the matter is that
black people have virtually no lever
age with the establishment parties,
particularly the Democratic Party.
Black people, those who bother to
vote, are locked into the Democratic
Party, but the Democratic Party is
not locked into the black agenda or
black people. A few months ago I
wrote that Jesse Jackson was the
last best hope for the Democratic
Party. When Jackson decided not to
run for president, it was clear to me
that no other Democratic candidate
would raise the issues of vital con
cern to black poeple, minorities,
women, and poor and working
people.
But even a Jack eon candidacy
would have been a somewhat tired
rerun of his 1984 and 1988 cam
paigns. In both instances these bril
liant campaigns were terminated at
the Democratic National Conven
tion. The Democratic Party refused
to commit itself to broaden its base
to include the millions of disenfran
chised and disadvantaged voters
who could have propelled the Demo
crats into the White House. Indeed,
in ’84 and ’88, Jesse Jackson and the
Rainbow forces were insulted and
disrespected. No one, including
Jesse Jackson, should have any illu
sions about the Democratic Party
and its allegiance to black people,
workers, women and the poor after
the rejections of’84 and ’88.
When Jackson announced that he
would not seek the Democratic
nomination for president in ’92,
some of us thought we saw a glim
mer of hope. Jackson indicated that
he would focus his attention on the
building of a New Independent
Democratic Majority. It sounded
(See ELECTIONS, P. 2)
Police Chief To Deliver
Ingram Shooting Report
BY CASH MICHAELS
Staff Writer
V/ben the on-again, off-again
Raleigh Police Affairs Committee
meets on Monday, March 30 in the
City Council chambers, the final
administrative report from Police
ChiefFrederick K. Heineman on the
shooting of 35-year-old Ivan Ingram
is expected to be delivered, and
while a previous Police Affairs re
port and a grand jury decision have
held the police officer who shot In
gram faultless, The CAROLINIAN
has learned that a different version
of the shooting has been portrayed
in the claim against the city that
lays blame on the officer.
Ingram was killed Nov. 8, 1991
when Raleigh Police Officer Vincent
Kerr shot him once in the chest with
a 12-gauge shotgun. Though the
shooting took place during a drug
raid at 314 N. Carver St., there has
been no evidence that conclusively
linked Ingram to the address. He
was unarmed, and had no drugs on
his person, nor any drugs or alcohol
in his system. Witnesses portrayed
him as a bystander to the raid when
he was killed.
A report to the Police Affairs
Committee dated Nov. 12 gave Offi
cer Kerr’s version of what hap
pened, stating that Ingram was
parst of a group of four men that an
undercover officer had purchased
drugs from. In Kerr’s version, when
NEWS BRIEFS
YOUTH BB GUN CASE
MONDAY
Bisteen-year-old Willi#
Bonus, • student given two
years in tho Youth oorrec
tional Prison for bringing ■
brokon BB gun to school, is
espoetod to ha vs his oass
appsalsd in Waks Bupsiror
Court Monday, March SO,
bsfors Judge Osorgs B.
Groans.
Bouroaa say that sinoa tha
young awn's conviction in
February, ha has bean doing
oommiunity work at tho
Helping Hands Mission, plus
having his teachers fill out
weakly report cards for him
to illustrate that ha is a pro*
duotive student. Jim Scales,
Willie's stepdad, says he
hopes this will show the court
' thatWillie isaflne young man
who doesn't deserve to go to
prison. Controversy erupted
several weeks ago when the
judge at his trial for assault
and communicating threats
used his bringing the BB gun
to school as justification for
the harsh sentence, even
though he was never charged
for it.
WAKE TEACHERS
TIRED OF PAYING
Wake public school teach*
ers have to dig into their own
poekets at times to buy class
room supplies that the school
system is supposed to be pro
viding, and they’re tired of it.
That was just one of the many
responses to a survey of the
3,000-member Wake Associa
tion of Classroom Teachers.
(Sss NEWS BRIEFS, P. 2)
the Selective Enforcement Unit
rushed the men and yelled, “Po
lice... Everybody on the ground*
Ingram allegedly began qlking
quickly away from the group. Kerr
says he stepped into Ingram’s path
with his shotgun drawn and told
Ingram he was the police.
At that time, he could see
Ingram’s hands and “did not see a
weapon.” Then, according to Kerr,
Ingram turned his body from him,
thrust his left hand into his left
jacket pocket, then turned toward
Kerr taking a step and removing his
hand. Officer Kerr, standing six feet
away, says he fired his 12-gauge
shotgun once, hitting Ingram in tne
chest. Kerr says Ingram never said a
word.
After much community outrage, a
Wake County grand jury absolved
Officer Kerr of any criminal wrong
doing.
But in February, the family of
Ivan Ingram filed a $20 million
wrongful death claim against the
city of Raleigh. In a copy of the claim
obtained by The CAROLINIAN, the
statement offsets as to how Ingram
was killed differs in key areas from
Officer Kerr’s version.
According to the Ingram family’s
claim version, the SEU officers saw
four black men in the yeard of 314 N.
Carver St. when they pulled up, as
in Officer Kerr’s version. But the
claim states that noe of the four
men, nor the supervising SEU offi
cer, ever saw Ivan Ingram with the
group.
The claim says that Officer Kerr,
who was covering the perimeter
during the raid, saw Ingram “walk
ing around the side of the house
coming from the alley and thought
he had run from the group.” Ingram,
says the claim, was approximately
the same height and complexion of
one of the suspects the undercover
officer had just bought drugs from.
Apparently, both the suspect and
Ingram wore wearing dark leather
jackets and baseball cape that night,
and were approximately the AME
height. The claim says that Officer
Kerr mistook Ingram for the sus
pect, and “admitted in his statement
to the 8BI and the grand jury that hs
shot Ivan Ingram with the intention
of killing him, and that the shooting
was no accident.”
The Ingram claim then makes the
following contention:
(See INGRAM SHOOTING, P. 2)
Police Officer Suspended
For Alleged Beating Here
BY CASH MICHAELS
StalTWriter
On the eve of receiving official
accreditation from a national law
enforcement commission, the
Raleigh Police Department is once
again in the midst of a racially
charged police brutality claim. Offi
cer Michael Collins is accused of
hitting an African-American man in
the back of the head twice with a
long flashlight while trying to hand
cuff him. Officer Collins is white, 27
years old and a six-year veteran of
the RPD. He was suspended last
Friday without pay pending the
outcome of an internal affairs inves
tigation.
The family of the alleged victim,
23-yiear-old Daryl Richardson of
Goldsboro, has filed a complaint
against Officer Collins with the
Raleigh Police Department
Reportedly, the alleged incident
occurred while Richardson and his
brother were driving to Tremors
nightclub after midnight Sunday,
Jan. 5. Since they were from out of
town, they were following their
uncle to the club on 1-440. Daryl was
formerly a military police officer
with the Army stationed in Mary
land, so the sports car they were
driving had Mainland tags.
At some point, Daryl lost his uncle
on the road, so he allegedly acceler
ated to 70 mph to catch up. That’s
when he was stopped by police. Four
police units and a N.C. State
Trooper became involved.
According to published reports,
Raleigh Officer Dennis Bailey ap
proached the Richardsons’ car, tell
ing them to put their hands on the
car. It was then that Officer Collins
allegedly came up behind Daryl and
hit him behind the head twice with
a long-handled flashlight while
handcuffing him. The wounds from
the blows were apparently deep
enough that the police took Daryl to
Wake Medical Center, where he
received five stitches. He was then
taken downtown and booked for
speeding and resisting, obstructing
and delaying a public officer. He was
also charged with assault on Officer
Bailey, but that charge was dis
missed.
Daryl Richardson pleaded guilty
in court proceedings earlier this
month.
Steve Richardson is quoted as
saying ithat he believes the incident
was racially motivated because "It
was all white officers.* Richardson
said the police may have thought
(See POLICE BEATING, P. 2)
STILL RUNNING-Former U.s. senate nopetul Harvey
Gantt greets Rosa Gill and other well-wishers after his
keynote address at Saturday’s NAACP Freedom Fund
Banquet. Gantt told the crowd that ha plans to run tor tho
U.S. Sonato again, and |okod, “I just can’t Imagine a
Helms supporter in this room tonight.”
Harvey Gantt Reminds, “NAACP
Has Made Life Better For All Of Us”
BY CASH MICHAELS
Staff Writer
“The NAACP has made life better
for all of us...” the sound of the
statement resonated throughout
Shaw University’s Spaulding Gym
nasium last Saturday night, as the
thunderous applause signaled
unanimous agreement from the
several hundred attending.
The occasion was the Raleigh
Apex NAACP Freedom Fund Ban
quet, and the speaker of the evening
was Harvey Gantt.
Gantt, 40, was the first African
Amsrican student in 1961 to attend
Clemson University in South Caro
lina, just a short distance from
Charleston, where he was born. He
was the first African-American to
serve two terms as mayor of Char
lotte, North Carolina’s largest city.
And Gantt was the first African
American ever to win the Demo
cratic nomination to the U.S. Senate
from North Carolina, challenging
incumbent Republican Jesse
Helms.
That 1990 Senate race has gone
down in history as one of the most
racially divisive ever. Though the
loss was painful, it was a campaign
that Gantt and his supporters are
proud of, and are expected to mount
again.
“I just can’t imagine a Helms
supporter in this room tonight,”
Gantt said jokingly to the audience
of mostly blacks, women, liberals
and Democratic politicians.
Gantt’s mission Saturday night,
however, was not to remember the
past, but to help develop a blueprint
for the future. Using the banquet’s
theme, “Preparing a New Genera
tion for the Struggle,” as a spring
board, Gantt described the present
state of black America and chal
lenges ahead that face African
Americans and the NAACP.
(See HARVEY GANTT, P. 2)
NCCU Prof. And Three
Students Face Charges
From CAROLINIAN Staff Roporta
PAYETTEVILLE-A North
Carolina Central University profes
sor was among 24 men issued a
citation on morals charges in Fay
etteville during a three-day period.
Dr. Raphael Nash Thompson, 65,
assistant dean and lead professor of
the School of Business, was cited for
soliciting crimes against nature, ac
cording to the March 7 issue of the
Fayetteville' Observer-Times.
According to police report*,
Thompeon wae among eix men
picked up around adult book etoree
on Bragg Boulevard. The police
report aleo allege* that Thompeon
solicited anal eex from a male un
dercover police officer.
The 24 arreete, including
Thompeon’*, were part of a eting
operation conducted by the Fay
etteville Police Department’s Ca
reer Intelligence Unit.
Thompson could not be reached
for comment.
Also among the 24 arrested were
three NCCU students. James Fran
klin Thomas, Jr., Charles Bruno
Leak and Kevin Artez McPhatter,
all from Laurinburg, were charged
with soliciting crimes against na
ture to an undercover police officer.
Lt. Vera Bell from the Office of
Professional Standards and Inspec
tions with the Fayetteville Police
Department for 16 years told The
CAROLINIAN that Dr. Thompson
was issued a citation on March 4 for
soliciting a crime against nature.
“This is a misdemeanor and if they
have positive identification tfe issue
a citation," she said.
Lt. Bell said undercover officers
were runni ng an operation on Bragg
Boulevard around adult book stores
after receiving a number of com
plaints. Lt. Bell said Dr. Thompson
approached the officer who was
posing as a prostitute.
A court date has been set for April
21 in Court 20 in Fayetteville.
Hooks Urges
Civil Rights
Movement
Persevere
ATLANTA, Ga.—A wide swing to
the right in American politics will
not suppress the civil rights move
ment, but will compel the
movement’s followers to persevere,
NAACP Executive Director Ben
jamin Hooks said recently.
*1 see Patrick Buchanan spewing
out hatred and venom—and getting
by with it,” Hooks told more than
1,000 students and teachers at
Clark Atlanta University. “But I
look at all these people—the David
Dukes and Pat Buchanans—and I
know they can’t last forver.
“In the midst of oppression and
trouble, we have to keep on. We can’t
give up,” he said.
Hooks sharply criticized conser
vative overtones in national politics
and the federal government.
“I see a Supreme Court that
seems to have lost its collective
mind. I am convinced that if you
transplanted their brains into the
head of a bird, it would fly back
wards,” he said.
“These are difficult times, but it
doesn’t matter how dark it is. When
it is dark enough, you can see the
stars,” Hooks said.
Hooks, 67, announced Feb. 15 he
will resign as leader of the NAACP
after 15 years as chief executive of
the 500,000-member organization.
His keynote address to the aca
demic convocation in Clark
Atlanta’s Vivian Wilson Henderson
Center closed a week-long celebra
tion marking the third year of the
consolidation of Clark College and
Atlanta University.
He noted that two of the four Afri
(See NAACP, P.2)
CRIMi
BE A1
Editor’* Not*: This column, a
fixture of The CAROLINIAN in
years past, has returned to our
pages in hopes of deterring
crime in our community. The
information contained herein is
taken from public arrest rec
ords and does not necessarily
mean those mentioned are
guilty of crimes.
CHARGED WITH SELLING
COCAINE
Tavarus Lqjunaa Pataraon, 21
Smith Plaia, haa baan arraatad and
ehargad with poaaaasion with intant
to tall druga (cocaine). Tha allagad
crima took placa on tha atraat at
1600 Pandar St. Tuaaday batwaen
1:34 and 1:60 a.m. Approximataly
four grama of crack cocaine inaida a
plaatic bag valuad at $400 waa allag
adly racovarad from Pataraon.
CAUGHT WITH GUN, AMMO
ATSCHOOL
Chriatophar Michaal Ban ton of
817 Glaacock St haa baan arraatad
and ehargad with carrying a con
cealed weapon. Property recovered
from Ban ton on high-achool campus
premises located at 226 Clarendon
Crescent allegedly included one
9mm handgun, one magazine and
9mm rounds, total value $367. The
incident reportedly occurred Tues
day at 11:18 a.m.
CHARGED WITH BURGLARY
Property valued at $260, includ
ing one Fuji Sandblaster bicycle,
one blue ball cap with Duke logo,
and one pair of black sneakers, was
allegedly stolen from a residence at
1518 Belmont Drive. Anthony
Gorham, 1404 Stovall Drive, Apt. E
4, Raleigh, has been arrested and
charged in connection with the bur
glary. The incident is said to have
occurred Monday between 9:15 and
9:21 a.m.
ASSAULT ON FEMALE
Harold Lewis Wortham, 19 Meck
lenburg Terrace, has been arrested
and charged with assaulting a fe
male at a business located at 319 S.
(See CRIME BEAT, P. 2)