European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday july 6, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7 officer taped while beating suspect fort Worth Texas a a police officer who we videotaped beating a suspect who kicked out the window of his patrol car will be charged with criminal assault the City a police chief said. A the hit me so Many times i passed out a the accused car thief Ernest Anderson said from jail. Police said Anderson 21, was handcuffed during the beating by officer . Parnell. The officer could be charged As Early As Friday police chief Thomas. Windham told the fort Worth Star Telegram. The videotape shows Parnell hitting Anderson 28 times with his Baton using a two handed Over the head swing that Windham said Wasny to necessary. An explorer who was Riding in Parnell a car to learn about police work is seen helping restrain Anderson. The scout was not named. A when a police officer utilizes any amount of Force that is not necessary then there Isra great likelihood that the officer has crossed Over into the criminal aspect a Windham said thursday. Bob Hasty attorney for the combined Law enforcement association of Texas which represents police officers said Windham a assessment was premature. A a in a surprised and appalled at some of the comments that the chief has made Quot said Hasty who is representing Parnell. A there Are definitely two sides to this. ?. The suspect was pretty riled Parnell 32, a three year Veteran of the Force was suspended with pay. A woman recorded a the beating wednesday from a nearby Yard. It was broadcast by fort Worth skuas to. The broadcast was similar to that of the March 3 beating of a Black Motorist by a group of White los Angeles police officers. The Rodney King beating which was also videotaped by a bystander prompted a Federal investigation into police brutality cases nationwide. Four los Angeles officers have pleaded not guilty to felony assault charges in the King Case. In the fort Worth incident both Anderson and Parnell Are Black. Anderson charged with evading arrest resisting arrest criminal mischief and theft of stolen property remained jailed thursday after a county magistrate set Bond at $2,500. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. A police report listed his injuries As cuts to the head left Arm Chest Back and right leg. Teachers at convention share budget blues Miami Beach Fla. Apr for Many of the 8,000 teachers Here at their Union annual meeting its a last fling before returning Home to the Grimm est school budgets in More than a decade. Delegates to the National education associations annual convention which ends sunday swapped depressing tales of overcrowded classrooms no Money for textbooks salaries Frozen wages deferred and anticipated layoffs. The 2.1 million member Nea also released a report Friday accusing the Federal government of falling far Short in providing educational programs to qualified students. The report said Only 633,000 students were served this past school year by head Start an Early childhood program aimed at the needy even though 2.5 million Are eligible according to the report. On the state level tales of deep cuts this past year mid fears of worse to come in september were abundant among delegates from states with the biggest budget problems including Maine Massachusetts California and Florida. A there is no textbook Money in our budget next year. None. Zero a said Doug Tuthill who teaches social studies at St. Petersburg Fla High school. A we spent our mornings this year Selling Candy and doughnuts to kids to have enough Money to buy paper and other supplies a he said. A in our school system which president Bush says is supposed to be preparing students for the year 2000, we have no school libraries a said Virginia Kirby ii 29-year Veteran who teaches third Grade at Conley elementary school in Whitman mass. A we have no computer instruction. We be eliminated instrumental music. Our Supply budget is Zero. In three years we re Down to 102 teachers from 150, and this fall the District has issued another 26 Layoff notices a in Maine which had a $1.2 billion budget Gap Ann p. Anthill president of the Maine teachers association said a for sure 858 jobs have been Cut from Public schools and the University system. And by september that May Rise to 1,500.�?�Florida teachers say class sizes Are exploding in Many districts As the student population grows and approx. Privations shrink. A a we be already lost eight out of 63 teachers at our school a said Ira George a health education teacher at Milwee Middle school in Longwood Fla. That Means there will be 35 students in each class but Only 20 books George said. Georges Supply budget for september is $150, Down from $500. Even in relatively prosperous states such As Washington teachers complain that there a not enough Money to reduce class sizes to manageable Levels. A in Washington we have 30,000 new kids coming in each year but spending Hasni to kept up a said Carla m. Nuxoll president of the Washington education association whose members staged a statewide strike for 12 Days in april. The strike involved More than 20,000 teachers and helped gain new state funding to lower elementary class sizes. But those classes still generally exceed 30 pupils Nuxoll said. A i know one second Grade teacher who has 42.�?� changes in Black populations Here is a breakdown of changes in Black populations that took place from 1980 to 1990 in some metropolitan areas based upon census Bureau figures. Chicago Gary Lake county 1,547,725 1,557,287 -0.6% Seattle Tacoma 23,266 87,976 40.1% St. Louis 423,182 407,918 3.7% Indianapolis 172,326 167,254 9.6% Detroit Ann Arbor 975,199 921,168 5.9% Cleveland Akron Lorain 441,940 425,861 3.8% Columbus 164,602 137,287 19.9% Sacramento 101,940 a 61,594 65.5% san Diego v 159,306 104,452 v52.5% los Angeles Anaheim Riverside 1,229,809 1,059,124 16.1% san Francisco Oakland san Jose 537,753 468,477 14.8% key St. Louis City area 423,182 1990 population i 407,918 1980 population i 3.7% percentage change j Jackson 167,899 149,457 12.3% new Orleans 430,470 409,076 5.2% Mobile 130,512 126,835 2.9% Miami fort Lauderdale 591,440 394,042 50.1% Jacksonville 181,265 156,025 16.2% Boston Lawrence Salem 239,059 176,265 35.6% new York North new Jersey Long Island 3,289,465 2,825,102 16.4% Baltimore 616,065 560,952 9.8% Washington 1,041,934 870,657 19.7% Greensboro Winston Salem 182,284 162,134 12.4% Charleston 153,227 133,478 14.8% Blacks head to Sun Belt census says by the Washington Post Washington a signalling what could be a historic change in Black migration patterns census figures released Friday showed Black population declined or barely grew in the metropolitan North and Midwest during the 1980s but shot up in economically booming areas across the country a Black patterns and Black destinations Are becoming More like White destinations a said William Frey a demographer at the University of Michigan. Unlike Black migration in the past away from poverty and racism in the 1950s South movement in the �?T80s appears to have been toward the financially healthy cities of the Sun Belt and motivated More strictly by economic factors As has always been the Case for Whites. Seattle and Sacramento also gained Blacks. Metropolitan Dot Imago and Pittsburgh lost Black population. In other areas including metropolitan Cleveland and Philadelphia Black populations grew Only slightly. At the same time the Black population Rose by 40 percent in metropolitan Seattle and 65 percent in metropolitan Sacramento. Nationally Black population grew by slightly More than 13 percent. The figures gathered in the 1990 census also show a dramatic movement of asians and hispanics into Urban centers that before had not attracted either group. Among the largest gainers was metropolitan Washington where the hispanic population increased More than 130 percent and the asian population about 143 percent
