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...contrast, the stated purposes of Farrakhan's march seem almost Republican. The complement to the black separatism that has always alienated whites is a philosophy of self-discipline and self-reliance. During a recent speech, Farrakhan told the story of Deletha Word, a black woman who dented the car of another motorist, also black, on the Belle Isle Bridge over the Detroit River. The driver allegedly beat Word with a tire iron, then watched as she flung herself to her death off the bridge. "She wasn't killed by Mark Fuhrman," orated Farrakhan. "She wasn't killed by the oppressor...
Just when Detroit was beginning to beat its reputation as an urban war zone, a flurry of gruesome news reports put the city right back in the headlines. Deletha Word, a 33-year-old mother of one, jumped from a bridge to her death following an angry altercation that occurred when her car hit another vehicle. Early accounts said Martell Welch, the driver of the other car, stripped Word naked on the Douglas MacArthur Bridge, smashed her car window with a tire iron and then forced her to jump while dozens of people stood by cheering. Prosecutors now call these...
...woman jury-astonished Plaintiff Attorney Jon Kidneigh. "We did win, didn't we?" he asked. "I've never won one and got nothing." Other lawyers, though puzzled by the verdict, had considered the case one of the weakest among those pending. After using Rely in May 1980, Deletha Lampshire, now 18, of Littleton, Colo., said she experienced typical TSS symptoms, including low blood pressure, high fever and peeling skin. She spent six days in the hospital. Since then, Lampshire told jurors, she has suffered memory loss and depression. "I felt dirty, and I still do," she said...