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Nothing could be finer than to drive in North Carolina when the roadsides are gaudy with black-eyed Susans, wildflowers and dogwoods. Such spectacles have become more common during the past five years because of a beautification program launched by the state. The area in bloom has exploded from twelve acres in 1985 to about 1,200 now. But money problems may keep the program from blossoming much more...
...Javier Gonzalez, 18, watched in terror as an officer slammed Lewayne Williamson's head into the ground. "The cop asked if he was in a gang. Lewayne said no and was hit," Gonzalez recalls. "He said no again and was hit again. By the time they got to me, five or six people had already been whacked." Fearful of being beaten, Gonzalez blurted yes when asked if he was a gang member. Over the next two hours Gonzalez was tripped and shoved, called a "beaner," asked if he had a green card and told to get back on the predominantly...
Charges of an increase in excessive police force were recently borne out by a Los Angeles Times investigation. Last May the newspaper reported that 151 excessive-force lawsuits were filed against the sheriff's department in 1989, nearly double the number five years ago. It also disclosed that over a three- year period ending last September, Los Angeles County paid $8.5 million to settle brutality suits against the sheriff's department...
...repeatedly clubbed by a deputy and his wife was struck with nightsticks. Says Porter, a 58-year-old, white, retired maintenance worker: "I objected to the deputy's swearing at my wife, and I didn't stand exactly where he told me to stand. That's all it took." Five years later, the Porters received $57,500 to settle a suit they brought against the department...
...previous federal inspections, Harvard has been cited regularly for violations of basic care and hygiene. The federal Animal Welfare Act, which covers only five percent of the animals used in Cambridge labs, and prohibits any regulation of actual procedures carried out on animals, requires the presence of a non-affiliated member on it concerns for animal welfare. Yet Harvard's unaffiliated member has spoken out against the need for such an animal advocate in Cambridge...