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Montgomery County Police officers at the 5th District station are developing an anti-gang program for Germantown fifth-graders. Capt. Thomas Didone, commander of the 5th District station, said his citizen’s advisory board came up with the idea during its January meeting. If elementary school principals and the school system endorse it, the program would start at the beginning of [...] Racism has been in this country for many years. It was present during slavery, the civil war, and the industrial revolution. Many have come to believe that equality is getting closer. However, what has come to be known as Jena 6 is a classic reminder that racism still exists. At Jena High School in Central Louisiana [...] Fierce rioting has broken out in Los Angeles following the decision by a jury to acquit four white police officers accused of beating black motorist Rodney King. The decision, made by an all-white jury, caused a political outcry, and provoked fury in the predominantly black neighbourhoods of south-central Los Angeles. An angry crowd, chanting “Guilty! Guilty!”, tried to [...]
THE CHASE
A drive ends in nightmare
Shortly before 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 3, King was driving fast down the Foothill Freeway near San Fernando, at the northern edge of Los Angeles. With him in his white 1988 Hyundai sedan were two friends, Bryant Allen and Freddie Helms.
On August 11, 1965, California Highway Patrolman Lee W. Minikus, a Caucasian, was riding his motorcycle along 122nd street, just south of the Los Angeles City boundary, when a passing Negro motorist told him he had just seen a car that was being driven recklessly. Minikus gave chase and pulled the car over at 116th and [...] |
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