European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 b the stars and stripes saturday May 23, 1992 a amps Kevin Robinson Deandre Oliver Johnson sits with his sister Jasmine and brother Mario in Aschaffenbur s handcuffing of boy 13, prompts investigations training by Kevin Robinson. Staff writer Aschaffenbur Germany a military police in Aschaffenbur will receive refresher training in the use of Handcuffs after separate investigations revealed that an my erred in handcuffing a 13-year-old family member the Community commander said Friday. A it was not appropriate for this particular person to be handcuffed Saia it. Col. Richard Benjamin commander of the Aschaffenbur base support battalion. A no citizen is to be cuffed by an my without showing threatening gestures or Benjamin spoke about the incident in an interview Friday after reviewing the results of two investigations one initiated by the Community commander and another by military police investigators. At 6 . On May 16, Deandre Oliver Johnson 13, was handcuffed and questioned by military policeman spec. Shane Waldrop after the my station in Aschaffenbur received a report that a Black male was hitting a Small child with a stick or Bat in Aschaffenbur go Sallen Park housing area. Jacqueline Eubanks a neighbor of the Johnsons who lives in the same building said her daughter told her that an my was taking Deandre away in Handcuffs. Deandre had been at Home alone while his Mother brother and sister were out. A when i came out Waldrop was taking Deandre upstairs to put on some shoes a Eubanks said. A i asked the my what were the charges what had he done. If he had been resistant. I asked him Why Deandre was in Handcuffs and i told him he was Only 13. He told me a its my prerogative to do a Deandre was crying and he was upset but he did no to resist Quot Eubanks said. Waldrop escorted Deandre to an my Van parked around the Corner according to a statement from the Community commanders office. Later according to the statement Waldrop questioned Deandre and a determined that the boy posed no then he removed the Handcuffs. Aschaffenbur officials said that during questioning Waldrop found out Deandre had not hit anyone with a Bat or a stick but in fact had broken up a fight Between his 10-year-old brother Mario and his 5-year-old sister Jasmine. The two had been fighting with a Broom and a mop. A a my brother and sister were fighting with Sticks so 1 broke it up a said Deandre who attended Aschaffenbur Middle school As an eighth grader before his family flew to the United states on thursday. A fall the time i asked him what 1 had did. He Tell me a Deandre said. �?o1 was in Handcuffs for about five minutes before Waldrop decided to let me go. He told me not to run or try and hit him. He did say be was sorry if he put the cuffs on Loo Waldrop has been suspended pending the results of the investigations Aschaffenbur officials said. He is assigned to the 127th my co in Hanau and attached for duty in Aschaffenbur. Be Andrea a father sgt. David Johnson of co a 9th engr in in Aschaffenbur said he did no to know Why his neighbors called the maps. Quot the kids were playing and there was no baseball Bat a Johnson said. Barbara Sarabias id the Call to the maps came from her quarters located on the third floor across the parking lot from the Johnsonsr building. She said she her husband and three other couples were having a Barbecue when they witnessed the incident. One of Sarabias guests who declined to give her name said she called the maps after she observed Quot a Black male grab a Small boy and shove him into a Wall. The Little boy was crying. The male hit the child with the Straw portion of a Broom and poked at him with a she said she did no to see two children arguing. By the time Deandre a father arrived on the scene his son was sitting inside the my Van crying. He said he could still see the prints from the cuffs on his songs wrists. A i asked the my Why my son had been in Handcuffs Quot Johnson said. A the said it was Standard my procedure. But later capt Terry Burks the Provost marshal told me my son should have never been in Johnson said Waldrop is about 6 feet tall and 200 pounds. He said he still can to understand How the my could View his son a who is about 5 feet 8 inches and 130 beit Jamin pounds a As a threat. According to Ruth Hatcher the assistant principal at Aschaffenbur Middle school Deandre is a member of the National Junior Honor society a a neat kid and a Fine a when Deandre talked to me about in he was crying because he was embarrassed that his friends and teachers would know about it a said Tina Johnson Deandre smother. A a in a sure if the situation had been reversed he Waldrop who is White have put a White kid in _ Michael Lamberg the president of the european chapter of the National association for the advancement of coloured people looked into the incident at the Johnsonsr request. He said based on the information he received that Waldrop overreacted in handcuffing Deandre. However he did no to feel the incident was done Benjamin said the findings and recommendations of the two investigations will be sent to Waldrops unit in Hanau. The my commander there will conduct his own investigation based on the Aschaffenbur investigations to determine what actions if any should be taken against Waldrop. One immediate result of the investigations is a refresher course on the use of Handcuffs ordered by Benjamin for Aschaffenbur maps. A a two hours after our investigations were Complete 1 had Waldrop and our Community command sergeant major James Lee apologize to Deandre and his family Benjamin said. World. Korean gunmen killed in gun Battle on Border front wire reports Seoul South Korea a three armed North korean infiltrators were killed in a Border gun fight with South korean Security guards the american led United nations come said Friday. A command announcement said one South korean Soldier was wounded in the gunfight that occurred near the Central korean Border at 11 30 . Friday. It denied a report by the state South korean television lbs that two North korean soldiers were captured and another escaped Israel plans satellite Jerusalem a Israel is Likely to launch its own spy satellite before years end an israeli newspaper reported Friday quoting unidentified defense officials. The satellite would be the third in israelis a of eke horizon series the respected has Aretz daily Saia. Israel has launched two experimental satellites ofek-1 and ofek-2, since 1988. The ofek-2, launched in 1990, was termed a communications satellite by Israel. However it was widely viewed by the Arab world As a spy arrested in theft at Augsburg snack bar Augsburg Germany a amps a an american civilian Man and a woman whose nationality was unclear were taken into custody thursday in connection with the May 4 theft of $6,000 from an cafes snack bar in Augsburg according to the criminal investigation come and Community officials. German authorities Are expected next week to charge the two both . Government id card holders. Until then their names cannot be released Community spokesman Fred Milton said Friday. The couple Are alleged to have taken the Money before the snack bar at Sheridan Cavern opened for business German authorities said. Citing police reports Milton said initial reports of an armed robbery resulting in the loss of the Money May have been inaccurate. Milton said he could not elaborate. The stolen Money has been recovered. . And German authorities Are Force sergeant found dead in his German Home Kaiserslautern Germany a amps a an air Force master sergeant was found dead Friday morning by his two children at their Home in Bechhofer Germany near Wei Nicken. Master sgt. Richard b. Pounds 38, was assigned to the 86th communications group at Ramstein a. Pounds was pronounced dead at his Home and his body was transported to the Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center. The cause of death is not known said Marie Shaw a medical Center spokeswoman. An autopsy is being performed. Pounds of san Angelo Texas is survived by his wife Darlene and the two children. No information on a memorial service was available Friday said staff sgt. Doyle Tillman a Kaiserslautern military Community s Green machines out of service monday Frankfurt a merchants Bank customers will be unable to use the Bank a Green machines on monday beginning at 9 . Bank officials said the machines will not be in use for about three hours so that the system can be upgraded. Officials Are urging customers to conduct transactions in the Bank branches monday morning. All branches will be open that Day except those in Bonn and Garmisch in Germany and Oesterberg and Shin Nen the Netherlands
