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RALEIGH, N.C.,
THURSDAY,
JUNE 4,1992
VOL. 51, NO. 56
N.C.'s Semi-Weekly
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N A ACP Calls Together Largest Anti-KingVerdict March
oaukamento, Calif—Under a
cloudleaa aky, a crowd of more
than 7,500 gathered in front of the
California atate Capitol on May 7
to proteat the not-guilty verdicts in
the Rodney King case at a ‘Hally
for Dignity and Justice" called by
the NAACP.
urgaratM Dy tne riAAUif in tne
■pace of a few day*, the demon
stration was the nation's largest
nonviolent protest against the ver
dicts.
Fresh from a riot-torn Las Ange
les, where he had toured the
stricken areas and talked to com
munuy leaders and private citi
zens, the NAACFs executive direc
tor, Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks, told
the large and racially mixed audi
ence that the rally was convened
not merely to address the obvious
iiifuatie? in the King case, but to
protest .the way law enforcement
officials go about carrying out
their duties while not adhering to
codes of conduct they are sworn to
uphold.
Dr. Hooks was one of the first
national leaders to respond to the
acquittal of the four white police
men in the beating of King, declar
ing momenta after the verdicts
were rendered:
“The gross injustice done by the
jury in the Rodney King case
ranks in infamy with that handed
down in the Scottsboro Boys case
of the 1930s. In the latter, an all
white jury convicted nine innocent
black boy* of rap*. In the former,
an all-white jury ha* in effect *aid
the brutal beating of Rodney King
■een by million* on videotape waa
justifiable and all the officer* in
volved acted properly.
(See NAACP. P. 2)
Etta Clayton Makes
History With Win In
1 st District Runoff
Eva Clayton is on# election
away from making history.
The former chairperson of the
EVA CLAYTON
Sail
WORKERS DEMAND
PAY HIKE
More then 400 state em
ployees descended on the
Legislative Building Mon
day to voioe demands for
their first pay raise in two
years. Sen. Henson Barnes,
the Senate’s top-ranhing
Oemoorat, promised the
workers a raise this year,
but stopped saying exactly
how much they can expect.
TEACHER OF THE
YEAR
Patsy Hester, a math and
computer science teacher at
William G. Enloe High
School, is one of two teach
ers in North Carolina se
lected as state semifinalists
in the nationwide ’Teacher
of the year” competition
sponsored by IBM and
Technology and Learning
Magazine. The other semifi
nalist is Libby C. Gray of
Charlotte.
CAMPBELL SAYS “NOT
YET”
District C City Council
man Ralph Campbell, Jr.,
responding to a recent
story in The CAROLINIAN
that indicated that he may
have chosen someone al
ready to replace him on the
council if he is elected state
auditor in November, says
that in fact he has not.
Campbell says that he-has
spoken to several people,
but has not and will not in
volve himself in the pro
1 only have one vote, and
the council decides, not
me,” Campbell said.
Souroes, however, have
bean bussing about several
candidates already lining
up for Campbell’s recom
mendation to the council,
with one reportedly saying
that ha will replace Camp
bell. Campbell says he told
the gentleman to stop say
ing that.
NAACP PREXY SAYS
HaP ALL STUDENTS
The president of the Ra
leigh-Apex chapter of the
(See NEWS BRIEFS. P.2)
Warren County Commissioners
handily won her runoff race 66
par cent to 46 percent Tueeday
night, againat atate Rep. Walter B.
Jonea, Jr. for the Democratic
nomination from the Firat Con
greaaional District.
She will now face Republican
Tad Tyler of Rich Square in the
November electiona. And if ahe
wine, Me. Clayton will become the
firat African-American woman in
modern history to repreeent North
Carolina in the U.S. Congress.
It was a jubilant Eva Clayton
who, along with more than 100 of
her family, friends and campaign
supporters at a Rocky Mount ho
tel, noted the significance of her
victory.
“We cannot minimise the signifi
cance of this historically... We
know we made history because you
got involved in the process. This is
your day... this is our day... this is
the people’s day.”
From the start, it was a hard
fought battle for Ms. Clayton.
When the First Congressional Dis
trict was created by order of fed
eral mandate to ensure majority
black voting, Ms: Clayton was one
of four black candidates and two
whites who competed for the
Democratic nomination.
After coming in a close second
during the May 6 primary, Ms.
Clayton mounted an aggressive
“let’s make history* campaign that
caught the imagination of the die
trict
“A message goes forth to all of
North Carolina, that in eastern
North Carolina, people of good
will, whether they be male or fe
male, whether they live in north
east or southeast, whether they be
black or white, can unite together
and push forward to have a better
district,” said Ms. Clayton.
Her son, Raleigh attorney
Theaosius Clayton, Jr., said that
his mother's victory was a tremen
dous accomplishment that the
family was proud of. “We were sur
prised by the number of people
present at the victory celebration
that did not live in the First Dis
trict,” he said.
One of those people who helped
(See EVA CLAYTON, r. i)
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Local Community Outraged By No
Civil Rights Violation Comment
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Staff Writer
"The difference between the Far
rell case and the Ingram case,
even though they were both police
shootings, is you had a white of
ficer and a black victim in the first
case, and a black officer and a
Mack victim in the second case. I
don’t think at that time when we
looked at that, there was any sug
gestion that [Ivan Ingram’s] civil
rights, under the civil rights laws,
were violated.”
That statement from District D
City Councilman J. Barlow Herget
during last’ Thursday’s Police Af
fairs Committee meeting, was sup
posed to clarify why the Raleigh
uity council wasn t required to
ask for a FBI civil rights probe
into every police shooting of a citi
zen, and specifically why it wasn’t
done in the case of Ivan Lorenzo
Ingram.
But what it did was stir up a
storm of protest in the African
American community.
The comments are said by some
to show exactly how out of touch
the city government is with
Raleigh’s African-American com
munity, and added yet another
brick to the proverbial wall sepa
rating them.
A federal law enforcement offi
cial has confirmed to The CARO
LINIAN that Councilman Hergefs
Wake County Sheriff Recommends
Programs For Better Understanding
BY CASH MICHAELS
Staff Writer
In the wake of the violence and
destruction recently in Los Ange
les, Wake County’s highest law en
forcement official is taking no
chances. Sheriff John Baker, Jr.
knows that in the current highly
charged atmosphere of radal ten
sion, anything can happen. As a
lawman, he knows it’s Ms duty to
prepare for the worst. But Baker is
not doing it with riot gear, but
with human understanding.
“As humans we tend to fbar and
distrust that which we do not un
derstand,* wrote Baker in a May
26 letter to Wake County Commis
sioner Vernon Malone and County
Manager Richard Y. Stevens. “The
obvious answer is to learn about
each other’s society and develop
some communication. Communica
tion is the beginning of under
standing.”
Thus, the Wake County sheriffs
multicultural institute, “Ethics in
Civil Law,” was born. Baker has
asked Dr. Wiley Davis of St.
Augustine’s College to help de
velop a program for his deputies
and detention officers that would
sensitise them to the variety of
ethnic groups that currently reside
in Wake County. The program
would be loosely based on the hu
man relations training Raleigh po
lice officers reportedly receive at
St Augustine’s.
“We envision 16 two-day ses
sions of die Ethics in Civil Law
symposium to be taught partly at
our Mt Auburn facility, and partly
on the campus of St. Augustine’s
College. With theee 16 sessions,
we win be able to oner tne oenente
of this program to all of our depu
ties, detention officers, and some
of the clerical support staff who
come into daily contact with citi
zens,” says Baker.
He notes that beyond just the
black and white, Wake County has
a growing Asian, Hispanic, Middle
Eastern, African and Hindu popu
lation.
Sheriff Baker is also aware of
the growing discontent among
young people, and realizes that
~ many times that discontent mani
fests itself in violent acts, acts that
usually land youth in prison. After
meeting with a variety of sleeted
and community leaders, «-a well as
youth, Baker proposes to offer
young people opportunities:
1. Summer employment Sheriff
Baker recognizes unemployment
as a key reason for youth crime, so
he has created 10 clerical positions
within the department for young
people to work during the summer.
For 10 weeks, 40 hours a week, $5
an hour.
2. Continuing education incar
ceration. For those youth who are
first-time offenders, Sheriff Baker
(See BAKER, P. 2)
opinion wu legally incorrect.
"[Councilman Herget's] state
ment was simply asinine,” said
Frank Roberts on his “Let’s Talk”
radio show Monday night Roberts
told his audience that Hergefs re
marks were "the kind the African
American community has come to
expect from the City Council
throughout the years. No one on
the council challenged Herget’s re
(See HERGET, P. 2)
Urban Violence
Target Of Ten
Year Plan By
Eisenhower
BY LABRY A. STILL
HNPA W«w ■mrlci
An Analysis
WASHINGTON, D.C.-A mnjor,
private foundation, which support!
modal youth-gangs training pro
grams in Los Angeles and several
other cities, is seeking to develop a
federally aided $300 billion, 10
year national plan to “beak the
cycle of urban violence,” officials
announced at a news conference
here in the U.S. Senate office fol
lowing the latest series of police
community “riots.”
Executives of the Milton S.
Eisenhower Foundation and
former members of the 1967 Na
tional advisory Commission on
Civil Disorders (Kerner Riot Com
mission) unveiled a comprehen
sive, decade-long “investment plan
to save the inner cities” at the rate
of $30 billion a year, provided pos
sibly by increased gasoline taxes.
The foundation urged the presi
dent and Congress to increase bi
partisan support of “proven effec
tive policiea and programs to res
cue generations of at-risk youth,
break the cycle of violence, invest
in economic growth for low-income
neighborhoods, instill pride and
restore safety through community
oriented policing on forgotten
streets,” fond president Lynn A
Curtis declared.
The foundation directors, police
mentors and youth members of
successful inner-city projects in
Boston, Chicago, San Juan (Puerto
Rico) and the LA. “Challengers
Boys and Girld Club” presented
testimonials for their projects
through poetry, dance, song and
statements. The Challengers club
has launched a campaign to build
a new community building with
the help of Los Angeles Lakers’
star Earvin "Magic” Johnson and
the Eisenhower Fund.
The foundation is the private
(See SAVE CITIES, P.2)
Editor’s Note: This column, a fixture of The CAROLINIAN in
years past, has returned to our pages in hopes of deterring crime
in our community. Tha information contained herein is taken
from public arrest reoords and docs not necessarily mean those
mentioned are guilty of crimes.
COCAINE VIOLATION
Twenty-four-year-old John Wayne Johnson of 913 South State St.
was arrested and charged with possession of cocaine and assault on an
officer. Police say Johnson was arrested on the 800 block of Bragg Street,
with 1.18 grams (nine rocks) of crack valued at $180. Johnson also alleg
edly assaulted Officer C.L. Lynch during +h« arrest.
ASSAULT ON A FEMALE
Russell Fort, 21, of 608 Nasareth St, was arrested and charged with
assaulting Carol Yvette Ratcliff of Suffolk Boulevard. Police say Ms.
Ratcliff received a swollen left eye during the assault in Moore Square
Park.
TASTY TAKE
Forty-year-old Carl Dwight Cannady of 2207 Milbank St. was
charged with stealing a beef loin steak and a filet mignon from a super
market at 5563 Western Blvd.
AUTO THEFT
Twenty-four-year-old Tony Lewis of 321 Matthew St. in Rocky
Mount was charged with attempted larceny of a motor vehicle, first
degree trespass, resisting, obstructing and delaying arrest. Lewis is ac
cused of trying to steal a $6,000 Daihatsu car from a dealership at 5500
Capital Blvd.
DRUG BUST
Robert Lee Atkinson, 39, was charged with posesseion of crack co
caine and conspiracy, and 45-year-old Robert Lee Purcell, Jr. of 2106
New Bern Avenue was charged with possession of crack cocaine, main
taining a vehicle for sale of crack, and conspiracy. $1,256 in currency
and $560 in crack were confiscated.