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.:..JJ. Yl,;:)lVir lU-Hll-ULO ear at-torney WilliamM. Kunstler's oralargument in the case of YusefSalaam.

Salaam was convicted of rapeand related charges in what be-came known as the Central ParkJogger Case. He was sentenced tofive to 10 years in connection withthe attack on a White woman

.jogger April 19 ,1989. Salaam wassentenced on September 11,1990.

Kunstler asserts that there is

mg y the IewYork.Iudicial Corn-mission on Minorities and theCourts, which states, "We havefound that the apparatus of jus-tice in some areas has itself be-come a focus for distrust and hos-tility."

The commission concluded thatNew York State has two justicesystems in its courts, "one forWhites and a different one forminorities and the poor."

'The cloud of racism virtually

case, Kunstler says. His argumentrevolved around three specific is-sues.

First, the police acted illegallyby isolating Salaam, who. was 15years old when he was arrested,from his mother, an aunt and hisattorney during his lengthy inter-rogation by a White detective in athird-floor room in the 20th Pre-cinct. Later the detective claimedYusefhad confessed to him.

The defense lawyer pointed out

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detective's actionsfact that the victim

.class White wornarsailants were Africa"The police were dstampede Yusefintleged statements wused later against h

, "Secondly, jurorstated in a radio inanother juror broupers into the jury rc

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plagued by all sorts of rumors andscuttlebutt.

For the last several weeks therehave been at least three storiesswirling around the niovie, in-cluding Lee's continuing hasslewith Warner Brothers. Alreadydisturbed by Lee's budget prob-lems, which nearly forced thecompletion bonding company totakecontroloftheproject, WarnerBrothers was recently atodds withLee over the film's opening cred-its, in which a burning Americanflag dissolves into an X

Lee is as adamant about keep-ing this segment as he is aboutretaining the usage offootage fromthe Rodney King incident in themovie. According to news reports,Lee claims he paid $50,000 for theuse of the footage, but GeorgeHoliday, the man who filmed the'episode involving King, says hehas not received any money andwill sue the film maker if thefootage is used.

Several Black writers andjour-nalists, none of them yet threat-ening to sue, are disgruntled bythe spate of interviews with Leeon the movie that have appearedin such magazines asEsquire andL.A. Style, not one of themauthored by a Black writer.

According to one 'writer, whorequested anonymity, "Spike hassaid that he will make a specialeffort to make sure the Blackpressis allowed the first screenings ofthe film; however, all of the lucra-tive interviews are conducted byWhite writers. When is he goingto allow a Black writer an oppor-tunity to do a major feature witha top magazine?"

There is also a rumor makingthe rounds that certain Muslimgroups are upset that a repara-tions bill authored by U.S. Rep.John Conyers (D-Mich.)will becirculated at the various movie .theaters where "Malcolm X" isscheduled.

"This bill is a dangerous one,"

Reagasaid Silis Muhammad, Ieader ofthe Nation of Islam, "and will. keep us trapped in slavery. Weare demanding the bill be with- (Continued from Pagdrawn until we can develop one made much of the irthat will provide us with the repa- between the incomesrations we need to start our own percentofAfrican-Arrindependent nation." _ lies and that of those

And if Lee's film has not est one-fifth, the Urbrought enough dissent, it was says the when compadisheartening to learn that the incomes relative inecHaley estate is so deeply in debt ally increased.($1.5 million) that it was neces- While the total nunsary to auction off such precious lies falling below theitems as the original manuscript ure increased overall

. of The Autobiographx of Malcolm Black families the rat-X, which was purchased for was significantly great$100,000 by a Detroit attorney .for White families.representingvocalistAnitaBaker.While the percents

Haley's Pulitzer Prize was also families receiving $50auctioned for $50,000. The increased 38 percenSchomburg Center, unable to com- 1978 and 1989, the i:pete with the high rollers at the White families - of vauction held in Knoxville, Tenn., are many more-wascame away with first-run copies Thus, says the UrbaofRoots and some other items for- "Blacks fell into deep rits archives. Stay tuned. There faster rate and roseare sure to be additional prob- middle class status alems surrounding the life, legacy , cantly slower rate."and the commodification of The official poverMalcolm X $12,575 for a family (

Jagan appears victor in Guyana(Continued from Page 1)were winning the elections, with52 percent of the vote, to the PPP's .41 percent.

The full results are notexpectedto be known until later this week,a~ the vote count is proceedingvery slowly, causing some con-cern among a group of interna-tional observers, led by formerU.S. President Jimmy Carter.

However, Carter, who returnedto the United States on Wednes-day, has said he has received as-surances from both Hoyte andJagan that they will respect theoutcome of the elections.

The elections were markedby violence Monday, leaving atleast five people dead, severalinjured and more than 200 ar-rested, after young black sup-

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While most of the rioting tookplace in the capital of Georgetown,disturbances were also reported-in other areas such as McKenzie.

Reports indicate that manyGuyanese were leaving the capi-tal, fearing new outbreaks ofvio-lence when the final results areknown.

Monday's elections were thefirst in Guyana in eight years. Inthe .1985 elections, DesmondHoyte and the PNC trounced thePNP andJagan amid charges thatthe elections were rigged and thatmassive electoral fraud took place.

Based on the charges, a newvoters list was done, an electioncommission independent of thegovernment was established andoverseas voting by Guyanese na-tionals sto-pped.

in the national assembly to pre-vent the PPP from forming thegovernment.

For these elections, long linesfonnedoutside pollingstations earlyMonday morning, but the votingreportedly went slowly becausemany poll clerks were unsure oftheirinstructions andin some casesballots were wrongly printed.

Reports out of Guy an a are thatonce polling began.. voting wasalong racial lines, with East In-dian Guyanese voting for the PPPand Jagan and Afro-Guyanesebacking the PNC and Hoyte.

Guyanese of East Indian ex-tract make up 50 percent of theGuyanese population, while Afro-Guyanese make up just over 40percent. The other 10 percent com-prise Asians, mixed Tares and jn_

issues rather than rac,Guyanese of East ~

tract control the bush:Guyana, while Afro-dominate the security,.

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"hero" is likely to be tlpiece of his campaign.

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