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SCHREFFLER and TRACY Cisse

DAILY'NEWS STAFF WRITERS.

It was 8:30 on a spring

that his head shattered a car
morning and a gung-ho

window.
young cop named Mike
a FE Oliver was cracking oHe grabbed my neck behind
Andinted One Ts Banquet § ¢°W20n double-parked me, ? Ndiaye, 40, told the
next issue ~--Cats outside an East. Daily News. oHe pushed me.

Harlem livery base. to the car, again he pulled me

_ One cabdriver, African to him and pushed me to the

car again the second time.
immigrant Moussa That's when my head hit the
Ndiaye, got into an = ey
argument with the
officer about moving oAfter my head hit the
the car and said he window, I fell down. ... My
didn Tt have a license head was bleeding. ?
when Oliver demanded
one. The May 1995 incident
resulted in a report to the
cae Oliver, on the force Civilian Complaint Review
Maya Angelou "barely a year, allegedly " Board and led.to a lawsuit by
| became enraged and Ndiaye against Oliver. It was
pg 10 shoved Ndiaye into the

settled by the city for about
cab with enough force 10.000.

_ SERVING PRINCEVILLE TARBORO WILLIAMST ON
AND PITT COUNTY SINCE [980

NORIT Voice
What lies behind his Badge=

Bell cop had early wild streak and a cabbie-bash rap

BY NICOLE BODE, MIKE JACCARINO, ALISON GENDAR, CRISTINA KINON, LAURA

" Oliver, from his youth in

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But the case drew no public
notice, and it probably would
have stayed that way if Oliver
hadn Tt fired 31 bullets outside
a Queens strip club 11 years
later.

To most New Yorkers, Oliver,
35, is the detective who:

emptied his weapon, reloaded
and emptied it again, shooting

at Sean Bell and his unarmed Tatamilie
buddies on Nov. 25.

he in tragic |
But the Daily News has" 3

uncovered new details about a oom slay ) r i J e

Clifton, N-J., to his late nights
in Manhattan. :

Badge cont. pg4....

Sow A Seed professional and personal accomplishments,
Pp g4 Church, where she is
Lucille Gorham is a involved with the Senior
retired educator and Missionary Circle and Senior "
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE active member of St. Choir.
2006/2007 oe ire Line Gabriel Catholic |
ny ree ) Church who helped Beatrice Maye is a retired
lead the church educator and community
COREE TOT DEW | civist, A graduate of North
7 f location in 2006, She Carolina A&T State Univer-
a hs devoted herself to sity with a double major in
i He needs of oe French and English, received
i seme A large, a master Ts degree in library
iB With special interest on sciences from N.C. Central
the marginalized, and University, She integrated the
served ? the school faculty of Ayden High School
board in Pitt County for in 1968. An avid reader and
4 years: She is a columnist, she is a member of
member ofthe ECU: Delta Sigma ThetSociety, 2 i . di
ates, * ee national nonprofit public 2007 WOMEN OF DISTINCTION , .,.. From left to right is Mrs Ella Tyson Harris, Mrs
Fame. service organization of Lucille Gorham and Mrs Beatrice Maye posing for the M TVoice Newspaper. photo by Jim Rouse
" a women dedicated to assisting
Ae ener Sand supporting local commu. NAACP Annual
Rose High School For She teaches a 16-week course Banquet
the past 20 years, she for Pitt Community College The Pitt County branch of the
" has planned and " at the Council of Aging, She National Association for the
d an annual ey Advancement of Colored
fag es has played.a dominant role in People held its annual Freedom
Ce wal the Davenport Neighborhood Fund banquet at the City Hotel
SUPPOr Association and was honored & Bistro, The Rev. William J.
uAlpha Kappa. in 2003 for her devotion to Barber Il, president of the state
sorority, that improving the quality of life NAACP, was the speaker for
emorializes the in this part of Greenville by the event with the theme
F Saniributions of having a park named in her Nat origami
P African-American bonne Mae tio as Equality, Education, Justice.
_ senior residents in Pitt wrap Pictured from left to right:
coloumn printed in the Mr & Mrs Council,
| County, She is a Minority, Voice Newspaper, Mr & Mes Hende
member of Sycamore . Rev William Serber ?
Hill Missionary Baptist and Mr Earnest Lee

; Minority Voice April6- 13,2007, pg?

_ How Severe Is Immigrants Impact on Employment? Panes
Ea eee Ce , T Per gt. arte ese » fal; inantly negative: Ww
Immigration is a highly contentious, pivotal issue and opinions range from locked against to strongly supportive. Thou mixed, of course, Blacks T feelings are predominan y negat :
immigration ? has obvious far-reaching ramifications for politics, the economy, public education mate key areas. Black lenis were virtually silent concerning last year Ts immigrant rights
national initiative.) - eee ee oy ifornia Employment and Wages. ? It
This column focuses on immigrant effects on employment ~ excerpts from a recent Public Policy Institute of California study, oHow Immigrants Affect California Emp oye show it affects the
- offers an opportunity to assess conservative-leaning researchers Spin on immigration and its implications for Blacks. oOne of the most contentious issues about ron iot higher shate try
wages and employment opportunities of US natives. If immigrants hurt the labor market options of native workers, Californians should feel the most pain. California has a !
immigrants in its population and labor force than any other state, arid by 2004, immigrants constituted one-third of the state Ts labor forcé and population. ; f California native
The report analyzes the effect of immigration inflow on the employment, population and wages of US natives in California. It compares the size, trends and estimates of Californ
workers ? behavior and wages to national averages. wo i : . | d the exipfoyment
The major findings have implications for the national debate and California. First, there is no evidence that the inflow of immigrants over the period 1960-2004 worsened the ral ace
opportunities of natives with similar education and experience. No association was found between the inflow of immigrants and the out-migration of natives within the same e ~~ ona 3 id
group. Second, according to the study Ts calculations, during 1990-2004, immigration caused a 4% real wage increase for the average worker. Third, the results indicate that recent aaenees .
lower the wages of previous immigrants. Wages of immigrants who entered California before 1990 were T 17 to 20% lower in 2004 than they would have been absent any immigration be
1990 and 2004. | : | | ©
The supposedly dire labor market effect of immigration is one reason why some politicians called for tougher measures against illegal immigrants during the last Congress. Moreover, the new
_ Congress is likely to revisit potential reforms such as introducing guest worker and visa programs, Bee a | thout
3 2004, California was home to almost 30% of all foreign-born individuals working in the United States. Moreover, one-third of the state Ts 15 million workers and two-thirds of those A opit
~ high school diploma were foreign-born individuals in population and labor force. During 1990 " 2004, alone, new immigrants increased the size of the foreign-born population by over 40%.
very large number of those individuals were poorly educated Mexican laborers. . . _ : 7
The study poses the question: What is the effect of immigrants on wages? Immigrants increase the supply of labor. Hence, they should decrease the wages of native workers, reduce their

employment opportunities

By: Larry Aubry

et | Los Angeles Sentinel
Thetuore the African American comm inity tries e how ir, the more it opens itself up to greater criticism. It Ts is more difficult to have a public :
conversation without those who either exploit Black crisis or enjoy commenting the B: isis, as some form of catharsis for why such problem continue to persist. The racists

ime public intellectuals asset that the historical social construct has contributed to the problem. American stopped talking about race and the riation Ts complicit involvement in

that Ts a problem. American society created the problem, but wants no responsibility in, correcting the problem. Economic suppression is so great in poor communities that it is nearly impossible

to escape from the social ills created by economics alone. Complicate this by Poor education, poor health, poor family structures and poor values (choices), and you have a situation that Black

~~ people can Tt eseape from; ~~ i ae ae ae a: | |

| it's eathaation tha while not hopeless, leaves many feeling helpless. And where can the African American expect to get help from?, America cut Black America loose twenty years ago, By the
end of the Reagan Revolution, the separation, economic/social/political, was complete. We Tve spent the last twenty years looking for something that just isn Tt there. But unlike other races and.
cultures who turned inward to. cultur: L-values and community support systems, Black communities have turned on each other and there are few support systems to be found. That Ts'a problem.
Many in our community continue to be exploited by consumerism, gangsterism, and popular culturalism that undermines intelligence, morals, and discernment. eee ae
This eteates level of sophistication (or unsophistication) that makes it difficult for African Americans to relate to each other. Other cultures have generation gaps. The Black community has

ther more than they otherwise would; and de-empower our communities in ways that are unbearable. How do we escape the realities of our communities throughout
orse than slavery or segregation-but not give the oppressors of the nations more power than they should have? How do we escape the problems that are now becoming "

t intractable in how we see each other and how others see us? Only we can answer these questions. Questions like, why are so many Black men out of work (or the |
ly Black men in jail? Why are we the only race of people where the majority of families are headed by females? And if one more White person asks me, oWhy can Tt
If I knew the answer, I Td be richer than Bill Gates. Certainly, if others wonder this about us, we certainly wonder it about ourselves. It can Tt be the issue of being
been poor, It Ts can Tt be the issue of education-Black people were once barred from education. It Ts can Tt be the separation issue-Black men often went away, often-
ape the law, and the family survived. What makes 21* Century problems so difficult to escape? And what makes many in our society bask in watching the

: ur Of Black America? Mayt (ow that the social construct set up to work against Black America has finally engulfed it. Or that the disparities created by the construct to disadvantage
Black America has finally consumed.it. Or the frustrations over the injustices Wages against Black America has caused it to turn on itself. Of course, the racists will say, oNobody made them do

. it ? Or, oif they Td just instead of cars and bling-bling... and you see how it goes on and on. They say us as the problem, we see

us as the problem, and Sp owledge, though. This new iteration of slavery, of segregation that promotes a new form of social
af rol, by remote control, that is :justias ef there is. a problem, They just. can Tt escape itwAund that Ts a.problem. When do we UHL oursélve
@ nd at tha ice Mn em tod; here T aici ae . T ein

answets the escape? ? Bscltpipg thiprgblem is now Black
problem. u ai oS82 x | as By:

The Black Anglo Saxon "

For dil the talk of defining ourselves as African Americans, there are those of us who define ourselves based on the culture we have adopted, which is most] ;
pretend to be African American, many of us are really Black Anglo Saxons. James Ear! Jones, an icon of the Black Anglo Saxons once mused that there is not Black culture,
culture is shaped by language Tand our language is English, therefore, our culture can not be anything else. . . . | |
According to James Baldwin, oThe making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land. In
the case of the Negro, the past was taken from him whether he wouldorio. ? 9 | | :

For many of us, Black History begins in America with our ancestors being brought over in chains from savage lands, delivered mercifully to civilization and Christianity, without which we
surely Would have perished. ange Ree To Sa | nmstianity

And, even after a quiet admission that slavery could not be continues it é ju i¢8 continued boundlessly, even extending to the chaining and abuse of our self-image and according self-worth.

Even when we were supposedly free, from the end of slavery to: Jim Crow and to the beginning of integration, we were still being captured many times over and li
freedom, while accepting the lie of acceptance. aa ame oee eer ane Tied to about

The goal all along has been to fit in, to melt with mainstream society,
Culture that will never acceptus, = Ph oe a
And even some of us who claim to be Afroceritric know of little of that which is intritisically African, For example, ask any so-called African American to name three
Kings or three nations in Aftica. Most of us have nothing that shows an intrinsic African understanding. Yet, even Italians who can Tt speak Italian know abou
_ have been there or not, and many have not. Hell, many Black Anglo Saxons know about Italy and Sicily, even though they know nothing of Africa as demonstrated by the wretch
" rappers who take name $ of Italian gangsters with pride. The point is that even the Black Anglo Saxon who loves the rhetoric of being Afrocentric, has no intention of
perp ogeophone ite , ris red we vere once kings and ach, but hae pis are doing vid but living like the heirs of royal blood.
Gane, SK them.-ol Altica today, and they believe that the entire continent is rife with AIDS, civil wars and pdverty, They acce this dismal view of Africa fr ietican news reno; .
have Blea pai and-have pram dapised the continent with native Aer . : * id | , " | Oo o Aneta aws TEPORRR, Da
Many Black Anglo axons want to be as quiet and as non-confrontational as possible, which often means exoneratin people who commit crimes against our community si ~
have ory overtures to us as in the case of former President Clinton, or when they are causing damage to out eins as in the case of 50 Cents eis y Saly Deca my
Blind and silly Negroes are still running around calling William Jefferson Clinton the first Black president, tacitly ignoring the fact that

ape Boy
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Apel BlockAagie tee step etinn during his y watch. hi ed % | _
And, Black Anglo Saxons are aftaid to do what is necessary to:garner freedom, which includes chastising our own in order to protect our community, We saw South Africa oain +
independent with the use of direct and productive tactics, including oNecklacing, ? where a tire was foisted around the neck of a sellout, filled with Kerosene and set ithe ending the life of
he Black Angl | orked wi amount to assault the inner city Black psyche with him cobuitt with
posters in Black neighborhoods, silly Negroes meekly attacked Paramount and still loved 50, excusing the moron Ts poor behstice simply because he 7 Black oisplayed prominently on
The community should have gathered around 50 and beat the snot out of his nose, but he gets defended or even pid try as a role model simply because he is making money And some of th
same Black men and women who refuse to take him to task, rage loudly otherwise about the destruction done by rappers and rap music, forgetting that Russell Simmons Puff Dad yi 4 J T
Z have all profited from harming our community even as we laud them for amassing cash from doing such harm, dy and Jay-

Entertainers in ay gone by ranging from Eartha Kitt, Sidney Poitier and Muhammad Ali placed their careers on the line for what they believed, but today, Black Anglo Saxons are more

Aad Bek e caipetaines ey ive rp a i i li
And, Black Anglo Saxons love their well-paid entertainers so much tha en Ohe of us attacks a cooning comedian or buffooning rapper, the Black Anglo Saxons will T
) minishing the Bl. C Ktale image, while desecrating the Black female image and Black Anglo Saxons ftom both ae

put thany ¢ is have done that so well that we Tve lost our own sense of history and our own sense of culture in favor of a

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st of us align ourselves with the Democrats " a party that systematicall ut Black sl
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une OF us to retutn to their side, while doing ing for any of us, 3 ae
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Minority Voice Amis. 13, 2007 Py

Mrs Beatrice Maye

Suggestions:
Should Teach Their Sons

1. If you speak
disparagingly of the
Opposite sex, or if you
refer to females as

Sex objects, those
attitudes will translate
directly into dating and
marital relationships
later on.

2. Your goal is to prepare a
boy to lead a family
when he Ts grown and to
show him how to earn
the respect of those he
serves.

3. It is great to laugh and
have fun with his

friends, but advise him
to not be ogoofy. ? Guys
who are goofy are not
respected, and people;
especially girls and
women, do not follow
boys and men whom
they disrespect. oGoofy
means silly or odd. ?

What Fathers "

4, Iti is s never, never right to

hit a girl under any
circumstances.
Remind him that she is
- not as strong as he is
and that she- is
Seserying of his

respect. |
5. Not only should he not
hurt her, but he should
protect her if she is
threatened.
6. When he is strolling

along with a girl on the "

street, he should walk
on the outside, nearer
the cars.

7. When he is on a date, he
should pay for her food

__and entertainment.

8. Girls should not call boys
on the telephone-at
least not until a
committed
relationships
developed.

9. Guys must be the
initiators, planning the
dates and asking for the
girl Ts company.

10. Teach your son to open
doors for girls and to
help them with their
coats or their chairs in
a restaurant.

11. When a guy goes to her
house to pick up his
date, tell him to get out
of the car and knock on
the door. Never honk.

12. Tell him to stand, in
formal situations, when
a woman leaves the
room or a table or when
she returns, This is a
way of showing respect

has

ofee = If te treats her
like a lady, she will treat
him like a man. It Ts a

13. Put forth a concerted
effort in teaching sexual
abstinence to your
teenagers, just as you
teach them to abstain
from drug and alcohol
usage and other

- harmful behavior.

14. Young people are fully
capable of
understanding that
irresponsible sex is not
in their best interest and
that it leads to disease,
unwanted pregnancy,
rejection, etc.

15. Tell your sons there is

no safety or no place to

hide, when one lives in

contradiction to the -

laws of God. T
16. Remind

repeatedly
emphatically of the
biblical teachings about
sexually immortality
and why someone who
violates those laws not
only hurts himself, but
also wounds the girl
and cheats the man she.
will eventally marry.
Tell them not to take

anything that doesn Tt
belong to them,
especially the pusty of
a woman.

17. Tell the guys that sex is
progressive in nature.
That is just the way we
are made. Tell them not

them

to start the engine if

Suiejette A. Jones
First Black Woman in NC
State Senate

State Senator Jeanne Lucas,
the daughter of a laundry
presser who used smarts and
self-confidence to become the
first black. woman in the state
Senate died recently. She ©

Mee Loam Ca a

fice she ever held, Now

Photo by Bro Jims Rouse 7
The usual methods of human crimiaal va fe hai Pr This is not to say that these
| reform are legislation, far more subtle, and Tfar more ory ree no eas te,
entered the Senate . education, and improved dangerous than the ignorant ve laws lor
valticien rs 1993 he: novice that she is gone, her two-year environment. Every problem criminal The educated mind of an orderly society. We
dine decades sh aithead ne in the Senate Ts 20° we face is usually approached may have a thin veneer of | _ should have education for the
civiohtene and Denioctatic District seat will be replaced. by using one of these reforms, _ sophistication hiding his sake of a literate and effective
Party functionary. She was a Flags were lowered tohalf if not all three combined. corrupt personality from society. And we should
foremost a teacher, Though - wail daring her death and Legislation is the law "the view, but the corruption is improve the living conditions
decades removed from her berial. T attempt to control the there nonetheless. Education of all men and women, for the
Hillside High School T eae behavior of the outward man. does not change the core of a sake of a just, compassionate,
(Durham, NC). Spanish oKnow your Black Leaders Law alone can do nothing to man or woman " it only and decent society. But none
~ classes by the time she arrived who made African " alter the inward man. Itdoes makes him or her more of these reforms has the
in the Senate, she often spoke eee 2 ye ew not change the basic nature of clever, and potentially more power to counteract the
with passion shout teacher - ~ American First... ? man but merely restricts him destructive. An improved __ invisible spiritual forces that
pay, standardized testing and under certain conditions. environment does not change are at war against us.
education reform, Lucas, Education is one of the worst apersoneither. When you Christians are perfectly
who grew up wearing hand- so-called remedies for a take a man out of the slums, justified by:the Word of God
- me-downs, was known by deranged personality or a for example, and put him into T when they say there is no
some in the Senate as oQueen . twisted minds. Scripture tells a nicer environment, youdo other answer to the problem
. Jeanne ? because of her ONE WHOIS STRONGER ys that we are all born into absolutely nothing to the man of man; that there is no other
- manicuted appearance and her. ry, this wotld with twisted minds. . himself. In a little while hell - power that can touch the basic
~ rank,..she Served for atime There is acontinuous failure (Some ate more twisted than make that new environment problem of human life
as the chamber Ts majority to correct evils and wrongs of others. which is why most of the slum as well. So taking a oexcept through Jesus alone. ?
, , eon simply epee ote us consider ourselves man out of the slums does not (John 14:6). He is oF |
! . methods -{pormal, ? while thinking the necessarily take the slums out stronger one. There is no
= was 4 pe! yo eae _ and they do so because they ther fellow is the one who is ofthe man, other,
thrived in politics in part do not come to grips with the sy ty adiicate
because she was supremely essential problem. All our sted ?).
loyal, Lucas began her efforts to correct the evils we
political career in. 1972 asa see in life are simply
favor to a friend who had. rearrangements of the
- . difficulties. We succeed only
in stirring them around a bit
- Until they take a different
form, Our methods carr never
solve the essential problem of
*! evil because they cannot come
|. to grips with the power of
oti, 2.1, Satan, We cannot threaten
odle Stig oe
a
Lucas gradually became more sudo hguacy tan thoaien
involved in Democratic the strangehoid of the evil one

on our world and our lives.

pal asin oges gon ape
national convention delegate, omelet ? And when the fll
She was rewarded for her of problems is run
work iOS sae a we Sant tora
tapped to replace AND Eek o History
Senator Ralph Hunt. It was nechrs |
the first and only elected

and.

they don Tt intend to let
it run,

18. Make it clear that sexual
morality is not just right

~ and proper; it is one of
the keys to a healthy
marriage and family
life.

REMEMBER:

Our Heavenly Father will
answer your prayers for
your kids if you turn to him.
He will guide them through
the storms of adolescence.
But it will not do for you
what you can and must do
for yourself, and that is
what we are here to talk
about.

Taken from: . .
oFATHERS & SONS ?
byDr. James Dobson

Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church recently held a breakfast in honor of the president
of Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust Foun wo was in town to meet = evita vl
7 ea County, Commissi ners. Shown. above is President o Masse

| Comnerstone Missionary Baptist Church |

oWe Can T t Blame White
People ?
By: Bill Cosby |

oThey Tre standing on the
corner and they can Tt speak
English. I can Tt even talk
the way these people talk:

Why you ain Tt,
Where you is,
What he drive,
Where he stay, ©
Where he work,
Who you be.......

And I blamed the kid until
I heard the mother talk. |
And then I heard the father
talk. : |

Everybody knows it? s
_ important to speak English.

~ except |
You can Tt be a doctor with _
that kind of crap coming
out of your mouth. In fact,

_ you will never get any kind
of job. making a decent
living. People marched and
were hit in the face with
rocks to get an education,
and now we Tve got these
knuckleheads walking
around. _-_ The. lower
economic people are not
holding up their end in this
deal

These people. are T not
parenting. They are buying
things for kids. $500
sneakers for what? And
they won't spend $200.60.

Sf...

HELLER TO THE EDITOR:
America has become a corrupt
and sinful nation, There are
many professihg Christians
who live ungodly lifestyles.
We break God's
commandments and don Tt feel

_it Ts wrong, Satin has blinded.
Us to the truth. We have lost

othe fear of the consequences

for not loving and obeying
God. (Luke 12:4, 5 & Matt.
10:28). We need to get a
backbone to stand up for our
God-given rights, This
country was founded upon
Christian-Judeo values and
Our rights to practice our
Christian faith in public have

sh been sipped away
from us

We are in a battle that we
dare not ignore. We can not
sit back and let sin rule this
land.

Write your senators and
representatives and let them
know where you stand, Pray

for our leaders and our nation
that we will turn back to God.

We can be saved by faith in
Christ (Romans10: 8-13), But
we cannot keep on
(Romans6:1-13 & Matt.
&:21-23). Jesus Christ
deserves our whole-hearted
devotion (Rev.3:15, 16-
Matt,22:35-40 John 5:3, 4).
If this nation does not repent,
we have only begun to see
our troubles. to escalate. God

us Soule ook pd.
(Deut.8:5,6 Heb, 12:5-
13&Rey.3:19). God loves
America and wants us to
come back to Him. We need
Geaeddiod ee tocrn
» Pray
pire 9 omaha

The handsome, dark-haired bya free-spending
cop now under indictment for client, and Oliver
manslaughter grew up in - was invited by
Clifton, then a white, another attendee.
working-class suburb.
ra oT thought you were
He dropped out of Clifton keeping a low
High School after his junior _ profile, ? Henley told
year and enrolled at Passaic Oliver when he
County Technical and showed up to the ui
Vocational High School. A dinner, according to am
school official said he gota _ "her aunt Holly Grant. gem
GED. : ON
| Manhattan maybe i
Friends from that era have Oliver Ts playground,
mostly fond memories of him, but he makes his .
though some said he ran with " home outside the
arough-and-tumble crowd: borough - perhaps
too far outside for a
oHe was a-genuine true friend imember ofthe
- pretty sincere, ? saidformer ypp.
classmate Lou Dakis,35,who
still lives in Clifton. oThe oMy informationis "
kind of guy that would stick that my clientlivesin eae fot News
upforyou. ? = New York City, ? ° Cabdriver Moussa Ndiaye, 41,
Id Mactenoineaect an Oliver Tsattomney. outside his apartment last month.
met OF ote cand a +, Jammie Cillenion tol eg ek
skating tak in Wallington ot New would hive been arrested? ? _
N.J., which became their Oliver has registered his 2000. Cullerton told The News.
hangout. = ~ " " "____ Lexus SUV and 2002 Yamaha _ oWouldn't the Police ~_
tenes 441 hog ti, +, Motorcycle in Queens, but he Departmenthave brought
Not once did hear him raise owns acondo in Clifton, where hares? .
ollie ines: SPORE © © Tue CRB dint opinan
seen him mad. ? «Property records show Oliver - ficial probe into the
. bought the apartment for - "= "=~=incident because they could
Mastrogiovanni saidhe $974,900 last May. Ifit Tshis _ "0teach the witness,
invited Oliver to his house primary home, it would violate __ Cabbie Abdel Falll, who filed
one Easter and remembers the state residency laws for cops, he initial complaint,
Se ere. A Cte selbst or oes Fal
, a sunumer, stays there full time wn eee
ods outa lot at nicht ? Moved out of New York,
Another pal, who asked that and odoes go out.a lot at night. said the blow from Oliver
his name not be used, said The man identified himself to knocked him out and he was
Oliver took part in plenty of the neighbor as an electrician _taken to the hospital in
hell-raising in Clifton. named Mike Oliver, but the handcuffs. |
oEverything that we did was ve ae one Lexus On the ambulance ride,
excessive, ? the friend said. detective Ts : Ndiaye said Oliver told him,
oWhen we partied, we did . oT don Tt know what you Tre
things full throttle. ? A tax lien against Oliver from dong oes nr eon to
send you back to Africa. ?
Aoditapenrs Olver cared WO ste aden Fresh Sd
his thirst for the nightlife well answering the phone there shed . Whatever any problem I
into adulthood. ~ no light on Oliver Ts have with him, he should
. : n 7? :
He Ts been identified as a whereabouts. to Seeiee are
pagure at several Manhattan «aie ived here, he didn't ive country, ? Ndiaye sad,
hot spots, including here, ? the man said. oWhy 4 -
Bungalow 8, where he was don Tt you check with the Police That was not about moving
known as Undercover Mike. Department? ? the car. That was about
. 2 something he had deep
He used to partyaton with 5 ike the other cops.involved in inside him. That was some
Jamie [Mullholland] and crew the Bell shooting, Oliver isthe anger he had inside him
since the days of their first big target of an internal NYPD against black people, ? the
club, Pangaea, ? said one investigation, and his residency cabbieadded. ¢
insider, 3 _ is likely to come under scrutiny. |
tee 3 : ore rata Until he was contacted by
Mullholland, who co-owned " gince the fatal shooting outside - The News, Ndiaye did not
Pangaea, now runs Cain in the Kalua Cabaret in Jamaica, _ realize the officer who
Chelsea, Oliver's latest the NYPD has released few arrested him in 1995 was °
momping ground. Oliver dates details about Oliver, but the cop in the Bell case, But
Cain Ts VIP hostess, Tara Lee officials did say he had never _ he said he didn Tt need the
Demmi pers Ununetto. * Aeecthis gun until that night details of the shooting to tell
oFam dating him. Viiave been and has logged more than 600 pr ore was a loose
dating him, ? the 27-year-old oTests, : ae :
oa eNews. "Hopefully,, One of those arests was the oTkriow that day, if! [made
everybody will respect my cabbie, Ndiaye, who was hit _ little move, look like I was
Benvacy. , with disorderly conduct and een 3 _ orn
er ; resisting-arrest charges after his Was going me!
owas leave bien to Cain os with Oliver Nie chee « cout kis pulled out his
that led to his infamous arg ? he said,
postindictment meal at swank W°Fe later dropped. oe 7
oy 8, where the tab Two months after Ndiaye and © oWhat a dangerous map. ?
wag 7 dy ayer Oliver crossed paths on Second Chivur's lawyer ox ee d
Despite earlier reports, sh pk a seh a city concern the details could
rs tone thera corporation counsel settled the Poison the jury pool.
March I? gettovsthet which ¢a8 for about $10,000, said, )
Bell punpertce aned ten Ndiaye T lawyer Michael Lee Rhhrbe ban ota
asa ° true are, ? n
oslap in the sole the sss Wittman, said.
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nas Oliver's lawyer said he was o{But] if they were true, the
Brits Nene unaware of the lawsuit. city would never settle any
The soiree was thrown for oIf these allegati ONS Were true, °48¢ for $10, ). That's a
Cain hostess Lauren Henley gon you think my client - nuisance settlement. ?

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VYYUUVY TO

WaltA } iii et ele : o4 j Ye
Biuik Valle esue MW OG

- Badge...

= oSingle Me Out!

Single...Single...and more

Single! Yes, I am singlé and |

loving life to its fullest. Do I

. - desire to be single? No,
__ however, I am enjoying where

God has me until He has

". prepared the man of valor to

assist, compliment, and
enhance me. Exactly! I refuse
to settle for less when I can

~ have God Ts best. God Ts best for

me is beyond my imagination.
Single people, when it comes
to your osoul mate, ? I apply
Ephesians 3:20, oNow unto

him thatis able to do exceeding
abundantly above all that we
- ask or think, according to the

power that worketh in us. ? I
have been trained to vividly

_. think outside of the box, thanks

to the teaching of my great
mentors, my mother, Virginia
L. Brown and Pastor Vanessa
R. Byrd. I don Tt just want
anyone in mty life but I want

_. Someone who can add value

(Pastor, I must pay you for this
one) to my life.

Many times we settle for less
because we think less of

_ ourselves. According to Psalm

139:14, oI will praise thee; for
I am _ fearfully and
wonderfully | made:
marvellous are thy works; and

_ that my soul knoweth right
_ well. ? If God thinks that highly

of me, why would I depreciate

His thoughts by thinking less of

_eréate you, He knew that you

myself? Learn to love yourself. _
Learn to appreciate who God
has created you to be. Don Tt
allow the opinions of others to
cause you to depreciate in.

JOY R BROWN aa
As Paul encouraged the

singlés, learn how to be
content or satisfied in the state
you T re in at this present time.

Embrace it with joy. You. .

value T If God took the time t0~ omust first understand that you

would be great investment
property. Begin to believe that
anyone who I come in contact
with will increase in value,
because I am valuable.

One night in Bible Study my
Pastor spoke such a profound
word that it changed my whole
outlook on life. She simply
stated, oAnyone or anything
that I connect or attach myself
to instantly goes up in value
because I add value. ? I caught
that oWord ? as it was lingering
in the atmosphere. If you begin
to think highly of yourself,
others, in return, eT think the
same about you. Appreciate
your attitude, your look, your
talk, or anything associated
with you. Dare to see the cup
half full and not half empty.

have been positioned for that

place of single-hood for this

moment. Maximize your
potential. Go after that career,
start that business, invest in

stocks and bonds, buy your

first house, or buy the car of
your dreams. As a single
person, you have greater
freedom.

Dare to appreciate who you
are until God strategically
places the man or the woman
ordained for your life beside
you. My prayer is that this has
sowed a seed into your life,
let it grow through your
relationship with God, and
watch it flourish.

Sowing a seed into your life
Joy R. Brown

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By: Larry Aubry
Los Angeles Sentinel

Immigration is a highly
contentious, pivotal issue and
opinions range from locked
against to strongly supportive.
Though mixed, of course,
Blacks T feelings are
predominantly negative. The

onew immigration ? has obvious _

far-reaching ramifications for
politics, the economy, public
education and other key areas.
(Black leaders were virtually
silent concerning last year Ts
immigrant rights national
initiative.)

This column focuses on
immigrant effects on |
employment " excerpts from a

HOWARD PIERCE

recent Public Policy Institute of " .

California study, oHow
Immigrants Affect California
Employment and Wages. ? It
offers an opportunity to assess
conservative-leaning researchers
spin on immigration and its
implications for Blacks. oOne
of the most contentious issues
about immigration is how it
affects the wages and
employment opportunities of US
natives. If immigrants hurt the
labor T market options of native
workers, Californians should
feel the most pain. California
has a higher share of immigrants
in its population and labor force
than any other state, and by
2004, immigrants constituted
one-third of the state Ts labor
force and population.

The report analyzes the effect of
immigration inflow on the
employment, population and
wages of US natives in
California. It compares the size,
trends and estimates of
California native workers T
behavior and wages to national
averages.

The major findings have
implications for the national
debate and California. First,
there is no evidence that the .
inflow of immigrants over the
period 1960-2004 worsened the
employment opportunities of
natives with similar education
and experience. No association

_ was found between the inflow of
immigrants and the out-
migration of natives within the
same education and age group.
Second, according to the study Ts
calculations, during 1990-2004,
immigration caused a 4% real
wage increase for the average
worker. Third, the results
indicate that recent immigrants
did lower the wages of previous
immigrants. Wages of
immigrants who entered .
California before 1990 were 17
to 20% lower in 2004 than they
would have been absent any
immigration between 1990 and
2004. |

The supposedly dire labor
market effect of immigration is
one reason why some politicians
called for tougher measures
against illegal immigrants
during the last Congress.
Moreover, the new Congress is
likely to revisit potential
reforms such as introducing
guest worker and visa programs:
In 2004, California was home to
almost 30% of all foreign-born
individuals working in the
United States. Moreover, one-
third of the state Ts 15 million
workers and two-thirds of those
without a high school diploma
were foreign-born individuals in
population and labor force,
During 1990 " 2004, alone, new
immigrants increased the size of
the foreign-born population by
over 40%, A very large number
of those individuals were poorly
educated Mexican laborers,

The study poses the question:
What is the effect of immigrants
on wages? Immigrants increase
the supply of labor. Hence, they
should decrease the wages of
native workers, reduce their
employment opportunities

Minority Voice April 6 - 13,2007 pg5

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Minority Voice April 6- 13,2007 pg6 °

~ SENATOR SHAW C

ALLS.

SLAVERY BILL oA START ?.

SENATOR SHAW
CALLS SLAVERY BILL
oA START ?, WEEK OF
APRIL 5-11, 2007
by CASH MICHAELS
The Wilmington Journal .
Originally posted 4/6/2007

A prominent Affican-

American state senator says
a proposed slavery apology
bill on behalf of North

Carolina ois a start, ? but _ io

clearly isn Tt enough,

oIt Ts a great step in the right
direction, ? State Sen. Larry
Shaw (D- Cumber-land),
obut there should be some
remedies for the having
done this kind of thing. ?

oWhen they interred the
Japanese-Americans in this
country, Congress came
back and gave some type of
compensation. I Tm not
going to calfit reparations, ?
Shaw continued.

Ironically, state lawmakers
have yet to act on long
promised reparations to the
survivors of North
Carolina Ts forced
sterilization program for
poor women, nor has it
acted on the 1898
Wilmington Race Riot
report. Lawmakers in the "
House have yet to take up
Rep. Larry Womble Ts bill to
require all companies doing
business with the state to
reveal any history of
profiting from the slave
trade in the past that it may
have.

oThe Wilmington issue, the
sterilization issue " these

acts were carried out by the
establishment, the status _
quo...and to just say I Tm sorry T
is just not quite enough. There
needs to bé some type of address
to the situation in some form or
fashion. ?

Following in the path of
Virginia Ts recent apology to.
African-Americans for slavery,
state Senate Majority Leader
Tony Rand has introduced a
similar bill this week that would

~ put North Carolina on record.as

expressing oprofound regret ? for
its part in the slave trade. Rand Ts
bill is co-sponsored by 35 of the
Senate Ts 50 members, and calls
for racial healing and |
reconciliation among the state Ts

populace. Maryland has also
officially passed a resolution:
apologizing for slavery,

while Georgia and Missouri
are still debating the issue,

Rand says he ran the bill by -

the Senate members of the =|

NC Legislative Black
Caucus before submitting it.
Sen. Shaw confirmed that he
did see the bill before it was
filed. It is not know what
position the NC Legislative
Black |

Caucus has taken on the
measure, if any.

Published reports say the bill

has bipartisan support, and
that House Speaker Joe
Hackney is supportive.

Still, Shaw says, to ignore
real issues or redress that
require some tangible action
in terms of policy and

_ dollars, but to symbolic

exult what amounts to an
apology without action,
means little to African-
Americans.

- oIt appears that it might be

just a feel good T bill. ?

"Still, Shaw believes it is an

important ofirst step. ?

oT think it Ts long overdue.
There should be some
admission of wrongdoing °
here, but that Ts just the
beginning, ?

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their families throughout the
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oWe are extremely pleased to
report that this year Ts effort has
raised $2 million for critical
programs and services in
communities across the North
Carolina, ? said Connie Cochran,
President and CEO of Easter
Seals UCP North Carolina.
oThe wonderful support of Food
Lion employees, vendors, and
brokers, and the incredible
generosity of Food Lion -
customers make an enormous
positive impact on the quality of
life for the individuals and
families our organization.
serves. ? An additional $700,000
in Easter Seals hang tags raised
in Food Lion stores in other
Southeast and Mid-Atlantic
states will support local Faster
Seals programs. |
Food Lion and its customers
teamed up with manufacturers
and brokers to raise money for
children with disabilities.
Manufacturers and brokers
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through 243 participating
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customers made donations
~ during checkout at all 1200
Food Lion stores company wide.
Over 1.5 million hang tags were
purchased during the month of
February and displayed
throughout Food Lion stores.
Food Lion experienced
breakthrough results this year
with the single largest
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largest fundraising week in the T
company Ts history. Charlotte
based ad agency Concentric
Marketing contributed creative "
support, designing the program Ts
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materials.
The Easter Seals UPC " Food
Lion partnership began sixteen
years ago as an effort to address
the growing need for services
among children with disabilities
and their families across the
state of North Carolina. The
partnership has raised $15
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intervention services, physical,
speech and occupational
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oFood Lion is committed to
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individuals with disabilities
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believe that everyone should :
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we support Easter Seals UPC
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help, hope and independence to
children living with
disabilities. ?
Easter Seals UPC North
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individual choice, and change
the lives of children and adults
with disabilities by maximizing
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their communities. Throu
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What Every Husband
Owes His Wife -

Marriage is the union of a man and
a woman as husband and wife,
which becomes the foundation for
the home and the family. God
instituted marriage when he
declared it is not good that man
should be alone. God then created
a WOMAN and brought her to the
man. We need to go back to the
Bible and do marriage God Ts way.

I Corinthians 7:3 Let the husband
render unto the wife due
benevolence: and likewise also
the wife unto the husband.

In marriage, the husband and wife
_ owe each other. You cannot have
a self-center life in marriage
wondering what your spouse can
do for you. You have to bring
something to the table. The
_ Amplified Bible states that the
husband should give to his wife
her conjugal rights (goodwill,
kindness, and what is due her as
his wife), and likewise the wife
to her husband. "

What Every Husband Owes
His Wife
1. Love

Mandela Ts
grandson
becomes
tribal chief,
political heir
By Andrew Quinn |

_ Nelson Mandela Ts grandson
was draped in the lion Ts skin
of an African tribal chief on
Monday Apr.16,2007 at a
ceremony that anointed the
32-year-old as political heir
to the anti-apartheid icon.
Mandla Mandela, who
recently graduated with a
political science degree from
South A frica Ts Rhodes
University, vowed to lift up
the people of the rural
Eastern Cape, which is home
to Mandela Ts Xhosa tribe and
one of the nation Ts poorest
regions, ° :
oThere are a lot of
expectations, especially with
the surname I carry, ? the

younger Mandela said before

the ceremony that installed
him as chief of the Mvezo
Traditional Council.

. creditor. You do it. It is your

~ Husbands vow to love their

wives ~ not based on if the wife
continues to look the way she

was when they first married, if

she can cook like his mother, or
do all the things he wants her to

_ do. The love hastobe -

unconditional. Love is a

decision that you make. You
love the one that you set your

affection towards.

_ Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love T

your wives, even as Christ also

- loved the church, and gave.

himself for it

The love husbands have for their
spouses will cause them to give
themselves for their wife.
Husbands have to lay down a part
of their lives for their spouses as
Christ laid down his life for the
church. For example, if it is cold
outside and the T family needs
something from the store, the
husband should go. Do not send
your wife, If your family is going
through financial pressure, do not
send your wife to talk to the,

responsibility to take the load.

2. Provisions

Ex 21:10 If he take him another
wife, her food, her raiment, and
her duty of marriage, shall he
not diminish

When a man takes a woman to be
his wife, she should not have

anything less than what she

already has. Men are responsible
of taking care of their wives and.
wives need to live within their

Maya Angelou,

~ husband Ts means. If a wife works
outside of the home, she is helping

the husband carry out his

responsibility. .

3. Nurture & Intimacy

- Corinthians 7:5 Defraud ye
not one the other, except it be
with consent for a time, that ye
may give yourselves to fasting -
and prayer; and come together
again, that Satan tempt you not
for your incontinency.

If husbands and wives are not .

intimate with one another or have
Tomance in the marriage, the Bible
says they are giving place to the
devil. Husbands need to build up
their wives and minister to their
womanhood. He should spend
time with her and speak kind
words to her. In-Genesis T 26:8,
Isaac was osporting ? with his wife
Rebekah. Sporting means he was
fooling around with his wife. This
is fit, proper and necessary in the
marital relationship. Keep
courting throughout the marriage.

_ Rejoice and live joyfully with

your wife. -

4. Fidelity.

Prov 5:15 Drink waters out of
thine own cistern, and running
waters out of thine own well.

Every man owes his wife fidelity,

honesty, and truth in their

relationship. Be true at home.
When Christians get married,
there is a covenant relationship
that is established. There is a
spiritual union that takes place

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keynote speaker for the ,
inaugural Power and Pearls, a Pati, comic All
by the Ledonia Wright Singin "and Swingin and
Cultural Center and the = Gettin T Merry Like Christmas
Chancellor Ts Committee on (1976), Gather Together in
|. the Status of Women. 2 hee (1974), and J Know "
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4, 1928. She grew up in St. Among her volumes of poetry
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She is an author, poet, Truth (Random House, 1995),
historian, songwriter, The Complete Collected
playwright, dancer, stage Poems of Maya Angelou
and screen producer, " (1994), Wouldn + Take
director, performer, singer, Nothing for My Journey Now
and civil rights activistShe Song(1987).

when two believers come
together. Afterwards, the
anointing of God comes upon you
and you are graced to be married
to one another. a

5. Godly Leadership

Tor 11:3 But I would: have you

know, that the head of every
man is Christ; and the head of

the woman is the man; and the ¥

head of Christ is God.

God set the order in the home and
he made husbands to be the head.
In order to be a godly leader, the
husband must submit to the
Lordship of Jesus Christ. You

must lead the way into the things "

of God. God looks to husbands to
stand in the gap and make up the
hedge around their families (Ezek
22:30). The husband should take
responsibility for the family while
not abusing his position of
authority.

6. Time

Eph 5:31 For this cause shall a :

man leave his father and mother,
and shall be joined unto his
wife, and they two shall be one.
flesh. .

_ Time is the number one thing that

wives want from their husbands.
How and where you invest the
most of your time displays the
most important things to you.
Giving your time to your wife is
giving yourself to her. She longs
to be first on your list of priorities.
Have a set time to spend with your

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Time together keeps couples out heirs together of the grace of

of trouble. life; that your prayers be not "
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husbands dwell with them ~ Wives highly. You have to treat
~ according to knowledge, giving her delicately. Give her your best
th S the wif a unto because she deserves the best.
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