POLICE CHIEF
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relations and sensitivity training
become a formalised part of the po
lice «»»«A»Tiny curriculum, that the
public complaint procedures be re
vamped to be more accessible and
accountable to the public, and that
efforts be increased to improve
community relations and under
standing about the areas of personal
rights and the use of deadly force.
Heineman disagreed with many
of the report’s findings, and added
that while the HRHRAC examined
issues, it “failed to request or make
clear what they were seeking.’
Heineman said that investigating
members “never” made clear what
they were seeking.
The chief also criticized the com
mission for not meeting with him or
his management team after they
completed their findings in order to
discuss them. “If the HRHRAC rep
resentatives had conducted a re
vie w meeting with the chief of police
prior to the issuance of their report,
much if not all of their misconcep
tions could have been properly dealt
with in a more timely and informa
tive manner.”
Heineman indicated that he only
met with the commission three
times, the last being Oct. 15 of last
year, three and one-half months
before the report was issued this
January.
When asked publicly by Mayor
Avery Upchurch if he huad for
warded his detailed rebuttal report
to the HRHRAC, Heineman demon
strated his anger by saying, “I gave
them as much of a report as they
gave me, Mr. Mayor, which means
nothing at all.” Heineman said that
while HRHRAC had sent a copy of
the report to the City Council, it did
not send one to him. He further
criticized the commission for for
warding a copy to the Law Enforce
ment Accreditation Commission,
along with copies of confidential
surveys that were not released pub
licly.
Chief Heineman’s apparent an
ger seemed to disturb several coun
cil members in attendance.
“The concern is that I hear some
[anger]... I haven’t gotten the re
port... I would hope that we can just
put this aside... and I would encour
age all who are a part of this effort to
work together and not create a ‘we
versus them’ type of attitude on both
parts,” said District C Councilman
Ralph Campbell, Jr.
Mayor Upchurch and Councilor
Mary Nooe echoed Campbell’s com
ments. Heineman did not respond.
No one from HRHRAC was pre
pared to comment until they have
seen the chiefs report.
—CASH MICHAELS
NEWS BRIEFS
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second-degree sex offense in
an alleged attack early last
Sunday. According to police,
22-year-old Matthew Fann
allegedly dragged an 18-year
old woman behind a North
Raleigh nightclub and sexu
ally assaulted her. Fann was
arrested inside the club after
wards. At press time, he was
being held in the Wake
County Jail in lieu of $10,000
bond.
BROWN SUSPENDED
FROM NCCU
For the second time in as
many years, former Durham
City Councilman Clarence
Brown has been suspended
with pay from his position at
North Carolina Central Uni
versity. Observers speculate
that the suspension is the re
sult of continuing investiga
tions into allegations of
double-billing against Brown
last year. Brown was forced
to resign his City Council seat
amid controversy when he
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was accused of misusing his
city business phone card.
KING ANNIVERSARY
CEREMONY
On the 24th anniversary of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s
death, a ceremony will be
held at the Martin Luther
King, Jr. Memorial Gardens
on Rock' Quarry Road this
Saturday. Ms. Yolanda King,
daughter of the late civil
rights leader, is expected to
attend. Beyond remembering
the life and work of Dr. King,
a mortgage-burning of the
gardens debt will be held, and
citizens will have a last op
portunity to buy a brick in
the King Memorial Wall.
INGRAM FAMILY
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firming Officer Kerr’s version.
Heineman did not give the name 01
the doctor.
Heineman also said that there
were no other eyewitnesses to the
shooting other than Officer Kerr. “1
believe the only credible account ol
the shooting is that which was giver
by Officer Kerr to the Internal Af
fairs Unit and the State Bureau ol
Investigation,’* Heineman said.
The chief went on to relate how
troubled the area is where the shoot
ing took place, with drug activity.
He suggested that the city seize 314
N. Carver St and two adjacent prop
erties through a federal forfeiture
law. Pour “drug houses” have al
ready been seized by the city.
It was after the report, and at the
request of City Councilman Ralph
Campbell, Jr., that Mayor Avery
Upchurch offered the Ingram family
the closest statement to a public
apology yet from the council. “We do
express to the family that we’n
sorry this incident did happen. Wi
don’t have any control over the past
and we certainly regret that anyone
in our community is hurt in an)
way,” Mayor Upchurch said to the
Ingram family.
But Michelle Moss, cousin to Ivar
Ingram and one of several familj
members aattending, told reporter*
that Chief Heineman’s report
cleraing Officer Kerr was no sur
prise. As for the mayor’s statemenl
of ayimpathy, “Too little, too late,’
she said.
BB GUN TRIAL
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officials with both the Wake Publ
Schools and the criminal justie
system had met to discuss the dii
turbing increase in dangerou
weapons being brought to schoi
campuses. As published report
document, it was agreed the
tougher measures should be take
on students who are found guilt}
One of the first victims of that agre<
ment was Willie Barnes.
Despite the fact that none of th
criminal charges Willie faced Jia
anything to do with the BB gui
District Court Judge Anne Sali*
bury, in her words, “made an ex
ample” of Willie and sentenced hir
to two yean in the Youth Cerrec
tional Center, citing specifically th
BB gun.
Willie’s parents point to the 2
publicized incidents of guns brough
to Wake County schools since las
August, and note that in that list
ing, you won’t find Willie’s case any
where.
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They also point to cases where
students have been convicted of
bringing real guns to school, and
that none of them to date are known
to have been sentenced to anything
near the two years that Willie got.
And finally, they paint to a case
they all witnessed Monday while
sitting in Wake Superior Court
waiting for Willie’s court date to be
reset. An 18-year-old white male,
who told the judge that he was not in
school and had just gotten a part
time job, was charged with simple
assault. But the “simple assault”
was actually a reduced version of an
assault with a deadly weapon
charge, emanating from when the
young man allegedly pointed a
loaded gun at someone during an
argument.
The district attorney agreed with
Superior Court Judge Ronald
Stephes that what the young man
allegedly did was much more seri
ous than “simple assault,” but
Judge Stephens then agreed with
the prosecutor that the defendant
should perform 48 hours of commu
nity service as punishment for his
deed.
“Did you see that?” an exasper
ated Jim Scales exclaimed. “He
points a gun at somebody and gets
48 hours community service. Mean
while, Wilie’s facing two years in
prison and no one at the school even
saw the [broken BB] gun.”
Scales, himself a former police
officer, also cited the high bail that
Willie got, and the fact that he was
not considered for the first offenders
program, something that those with
no criminal record regularly are
considered for. It still stuns Scales
that Willie got no probation, no
suspended sentence, no considera
tion... just a straight two years.
Willie’s new attorney, Ron
Campbell, tried to avert a new trial
last Monday by aski ng As si stant DA
Randy Poole to allow Willie to do 100
hours of community service (which
he has already started at the Help
ing Hands Mission). Campbell also
has Willie bringing home a weekly
report card, showing not only how
well he’s doing in school but reflect
ing his teachers’ opinions about his
character, but according to
Campbell, Poole was not impressed,
and said Willie should do “active
time,” something his parents refuse
to let happen.
“We’ll fight this. I don’t care how
high a court we have to go to,” said a
determined Jim Scales.
Even though the new trial on
April 27 will represent another or
deal for the family, at least it will
have something the District Court
trial didn’t: a jury. The question for
the parents and Willie, however, is
’ what kind of a jury it will be.
• CRIME BEAT
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A
CHARGED WITH BREAKING
- DRUGLAW
Christopher Cogdell, Rt. 4 Box
b 44M, Greenville, has been arrested
i and charged with possession with
, intent to sell drugs (marijuana) and
- speeding. Duane Odell Smith, 302
- Suydan St., New Brunswick, NJ.,
i has also been arrested and charged
■ with possession of marijuana. U.S.
5 currency in the amount of $924,
$2,000 in assorted jewelry, and six
[ packages of marijuana were alleg
t edly recovered from the duo at 2200
t Atlantic Avenue Saturday at 10:45
■ p.m.
CHARGED WITH VANDALISM
Alvin Anthony Gist, 111 Newport
Avenue, has been arrested and
charged with damage to property.
The 22-year-old man allegedly
damaged $250 worth of property at
an apartment located at 804-H
Elkhart Drive, Saturday at 5:50
a.m.
“ASSAULTING AN OFFICER”
Marcus Dontez Chavis, 323 Da
cian Road, has been arrested and
charged with assault on a law en
forcement officer and damage to
property. Chavis reportedly as
saulted a law officer in the 300 block
of South McDowell Street, and
damaged the left rear door of Ve
hicle 135, a 1989 Ford. Property
damage was alleged to be $200.
BILL CLINTON
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March, was concocted as the vehicle
to achieve that end. The strategy
might have worked in ’88 with Sen.
A1 Gore of Tennessee as the candi
date, except for one major over
sight—Jesse Louis Jackson.
Racial blinders led the DLC to
overlook the potential impact of a
second Jackson candidacy on the
massive black vote in the South
after Jackson’s crusading campaign
in 1984. This oversight proved fatal
as Jackson wrecked the DLC plan by
capturing five primaries and plac
ing second in the majority of the
remaining Southern states. A1
Gore’s campaign collapsed in New
York, and with it the hopes of the
DLC expired for ’88. The Dukakis
debacle, however, seemed to lend
credence to the DLC’s contention
that only a moderate-conservative
would dislodge the Republicans
from the presidency. Hence the DLC
went back to the drawing board
determined to get it right for 1992.
Bill Clinton, who was a constant
critic of Jesse Jackson’s liberal-pro
gressive politics in ’88, emerged as a
likely standard bearer for the DLC’s
cause in the 1992 election. Warning
that Jesse Jackson’s brand of poli
tics in particular, and liberalism in
general, are a liability for Demo
cratic presidential aspirations,
Clinton garnered substantial DLC
support for his ”92 run for the Demo
cratic nomination.
With Jackson electing not to run
in ^2 and the ambitions of Virginia
Gov. Doug Wilder faltering in New
Hampshire, the path was clearifor
Clinton to fiilfill the DLC’s “South
ern Strategy.” Clinton swept Super
Tuesday and in so doing was pro
pelled into the position of frontrun
ner.
Essentially Clinton is a moderate
conservative who is well suited to
carry out the DLC’s strategy for
winning the White House. Though
he favors modest reductions in de
fense spending, Clinton has taken
pains to cultivate a tough-on-def
esne image. Despite his apparent
efforts to avoid service in Vietnam
(which made sense as a matter of
conscience), Clinton supported the
Reagan-Bush contra policy in Nica
ragua. He even sent the Arkansas
National Guard to Honduras for
military exercises. He was also an
unabashed hawk in support of the
U.S. war against Iraq.
Clinton has also sought to foster a
tough-on-crime posture. He favors
the death penalty and recently
made a point of being in the state
when a mentally defective African
American prisoner was executed.
Clinton ignored numerous appeals
for clemency on behalf of the pris
i
oner.
In addition, Clinton appeared
with Sen. Nunn of Georgia at a boot
camp where he allowed himself to be
photographed with a phalanx of
African-American inmates in the
background. It would appear that
Clinton wants to send a clear signal
that he is indeed tough on crime.
Though he claims to be libera] on
civil rights, Clinton has been less
than vigorous in fighting for civil
rights legislation in the state of
Arkansas. And recent revelations
have it that Clinton frequently
plays golf at an all-white country
club near Little Rock.
All of the above suggests that
Clinton will be quite an even match
for George Bush. If Clinton can
avoid further embarrassments like
Jerry Brown’s ambush in the Con
necticut Primary, the DLC will fi
nally have the matchup it’s been
looking for: a contest between a
Republican and a Republicrat!
OPEN LETTER
(Continued from page 1)
My son had no reason to want to die, so why did this
happen? I want someone to tell me. To date... March 30,
1992... these reasons have not been given me. It bothers me
that the police said my son pretended to have a weapon in
his pocket. A person, especially an innocent one, would
have to be insane to pretend” they had a weapon when a
policeman or anyone else had a gun aimed at them. I will
never believe Ivan did this. Ivan loved life, had a good job
that he eqjoyed, co-workers he loved, wonderful Mends,
and he loved and cared about his family very much. Life was
important to him! Ivan was so afraid of guns that we never
owned one in our home. He had everything to live for; why
would he or anyone with good sense do something so
stupid?
I have learned over the years to accept death without
question when loved ones have been taken, but this I can’t
accept... He was shot down and left lying there on the wet,
cold ground moaning and groaning, turning his head from
side to side with no one there to even attempt to comfort or
help him. I will never get over this as long as I live. This is
what has given me the strength and courage to fight for
justice. I will fight for justice to be done as long as I have
breath in my body, and my family will also be right by my
side fighting for what we believe in... JUSTICE. As we all
say... NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE. An even worse slap in the
face was the professional recognition given to Mr. Vincent
Kerr. Can you imagine a mother picking up the morning
newspaper and readingthat her son’s killer had received an
award and was being honored from an "unarmed” citizen?
I had to relive the entire incident all day long. I was unable
to work and before the day ended was told by my physician
that my health was in jeopardy. As you readers can see, my
life is a daily nightmare.
We must do something to stop these tragic things from
happening.
Someone saw what happened, someone knows the truth.
Please come out and tell us what really happened that
horrible night when my son was killed. It is time for us to
come together to do something about police brutality,
about what happened to Lorenzo McKoy at Crabtree Valley
Mall, about what happened to Tony Farrell, about what
happened to my son. We as citizens must see that these
tragic, senseless things stop.
I lost my son, my best friend, my only child. I lost the one
who was concerned about my safety, the one who wanted up
for me at night when I worked late. I miss him so very much,
and his family and Mends miss him also. It’s still like a
dream, some terrible nightmare. It hits me sometimes like
a ton of bricks and I say Oh My God!!! MY CHILD IS DEAD!!!
Vincent Kerr, I want you to listen to me and everyone
else to listen to me. Do you have a son or daughter? It could
have been your child, walking on a street, or through
someone’s yard, an innocent bystander, who had no idea
what was going on. I want you jurf for two minutes, to put
yourself in my place, and my family’s place. Tell am how you
would feel about a policeman back on the streets after
killing an innocent man. Aren’t you afraid for yourself or
your sons and daughters? This could happen again, and it
could be you or yours the next time. It happened ones to an
unarmed man, it could happen again.
In dosing, I hope the readers will understand my mes
sage in the vein in which it is written. My concern is for all
parents... and I sincerely hope this will never happen to
you. The aftermath of an incident of this nature is a night
mare!
I
Mixing Business
With Pleasure
Entertaining prospects and asso
ciates as part of your business is a
long-accepted practice. But claim
ing those expenses as legitimate tax
deductions requires some knowl
edge of the tax laws.
Expenses for business entertain
ment are deductible as a business
expense, subject to certain limita
tions, only if they are ordinary and
necessary, according to the tax
rules. “Ordinary” expenses are those
that are generally accepted in your
particular line of business. “Neces
sary” refers to expenses that are
helpful and appropriate to your
business.
The entertainment expense you
want to deduct must be directly re
lated to or associated with your
business. This means that you
should have more than a general ex
pectation that the entertainment will
result in making money or getting
more business. You must either con
duct or discuss business during the
meeting, but the entire meeting does
not have to be business. Even if
your entertainment expense was not
directly related to business, it may
be a business deduction: for ex
ample, if your meal or entertain
ment comes before or after an im
portant business meeting. Business
entertainment can take place in a
restaurant, night club, sporting club,
or convention center.
You cannot deduct the cost of
entertainment for your spouse or a
family member unless his or her
presence plays a central role in the
business meeting. In such cases, his
or her expenses are “associated”
with the meeting.
Remember, for tax purposes, not
all business expenses are equal.
Generally, only 80 percent of the
cost of meals arid entertainment, in
cluding taxes and tips, may be de
ducted as a business expense. But
transportation expenses to and from
deductible meals and entertainment
are not limited to 80 percent.
See IRS Publication 463, Travel,
Entertainment, and Gift Expenses,
for more information on entertain
ment expense deductions. It is
available free by calling 1-800
TAX-FORM (1-800-829-3676).