European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday june 20, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7 a rapper ice to at a news conference in new York on thursday dismisses a police Boycott Over his body count album. Rapper says police deserve to feel threatened by song new York apr rapper ice to dismissing a police Boycott of his body count album with an obscenity said thursday that his song cop killer should make police officers nervous. A i think cops should feel threatened. I feel threatened. I grew up threatened a he said before delivering the keynote address at the new music seminar. A they should know that they can to take a life without  the los Angeles rapper spoke on the Day a second music store Chain stopped Selling the album citing a various Community  a removing an album from Sale is an extraordinary measure for our company but management reluctantly made the decision because we did not want to be associated with the Blunt message expressed in the lyrics a said Jeffrey Jones of trans world music corp., which operates 600 stores in the East. On wednesday Atlanta based super club music inc. Announced it was pulling the album from 300 stores in 19 states. Law enforcement groups in new York and Texas have urged police officers nationwide to Boycott people weekly Magazine the new Batman returns movie and other of bouts from time Warner inc., which put out the album. The song cop killer is about a character who is Boston apr a music and comedy show at City Hall Plaza erupted in violence thursday after members of a crowd numbering in the thousands became enraged when police ordered the show halted. At least 16 people were Hurt including a 16-year-old boy who was stabbed in the stomach police superintendent William Bratton said. At least 18 were arrested. After the show was cancelled hundreds in the crowd of about 20,000 spilled out into a nearby neighbourhood smashing the windows of cars and stores setting fires in trash cans and vandalizing several stores police said. Police decided to cancel the free outdoor concert after people in the audience ignored orders to quit surging toward the stage and police feared the Large crowd was getting out of hand. Several minor fights had also broken out in the audience by that time Bratton said. The crowd was estimated at 18,000 to 20,000 people said police detective Bob of Toole. A the officers at an Early stage Felt it was an unruly crowd one with a High Energy level. And a decision was made to cancel the show Bratton said. A a a bout to dust some cops off a and the chorus includes the words a die pigs  the song is fiction not fact the rapper said. A at no Point do i go out and say a lets do  in a singing in the first person As a character who is fed up with police brutality a ice to said. A i ainu to never killed no cop. I Felt like it a lot of times. But i never did  the rapper said the song would not encourage people to Start shooting police. A a in be never seen any proof that music caused anything negative to happen he said. During his speech which received a standing ovation ice to said his problem was not with every Law enforcement officer in the country. A i done to have anything against All police. If they were legitimate and not corrupt id probably be a cop. I like things to be right but they re not a he said. At one Point he said a if the cops got a problem let them come after me not time Warner. They can to Boycott me. They done to buy my  he went on to Promise that the controversy would not keep him quiet. A a they re going to have to Lay Cross hairs on me and do me because i will not Stop telling the truth a he said. A i m incapable of Selling out. If they lock me up in a going to keep doing it from a  he said the violence did no to appear to be racially motivated. At least 16 people were treated at hospitals for various injuries including a police officer who suffered cuts when someone broke a bottle Over his shoulder officials said. The 16-year-old stabbing victim underwent surgery said Massachusetts general Hospital spokesman Martin Bander. His condition Wasny to immediately available. All of the City a police officers including metropolitan police officers in riot gear were ordered to the downtown Plaza when the trouble started just before 7 30 . A everyone just went crazy a said Mike Martin 19, who was visiting from Houston. A the emcee on stage said a this Isnit l.a., done to be like �?T a Martin said people began throwing milk crates Glass bottles and other items after the show was cancelled and at least one Man was waving a gun but not firing it. After police cleared the area and sealed it off a crowd estimated in the hundreds moved along a nearby Street vandalizing cars and businesses police said. Reputed . Crime Boss gets prison for extortion from wire reports Newark . A a reputed mob Boss who pleaded guilty last month to extortion was sentenced thursday to 12 years in prison and fined $25,000. . District judge Alfred Wolin ordered John Riggi into custody while awaiting sentencing on similar state charges july 10. Riggi 67, was placed under House arrest after pleading guilty in May to the state and Federal charges. Riggi a former business manager for local 394 of the labourer so International Union of North America in Elizabeth admitted to extorting kickbacks from four contractors. Riggi is the reputed head of the  Alcante crime family. Mistrial in court to Case Austin Texas a the first Texas civil trial covered by the National Cable Channel court to ended in a mistrial after a producer violated procedure by speaking to jurors during a break. Lawyers for both sides agreed wednesday to let court to return for the new trial later this month. In the trial Nancy Timbrook is suing Capitol police who arrested her during a demonstration on behalf of the homeless. She accuses the police of violating her rights of free speech and Freedom of Assembly. During a trial recess tuesday producer Michele Dumont told jurors in a hallway that she wanted to talk to them after the trial. She realized her error and told her supervisors who advised her to report her Contact with the jurors to the judge. Jury discovers evidence Parkersburg . A jurors convicted a Man of burglar izing a video rental store based on evidence they uncovered during deliberations. The Wood county circuit court jury had pre eared wednesday to acquit Wesley Scott of racking and entering assault and obstruction of Justice in the feb. 9 break in. But then a juror noticed broken Glass in the pocket of Scott a coat which had been admitted As evidence. The Glass appeared to match a broken window in a picture inc jury was Given of the store said juror Missy Ryan. Sentencing is set for june 29. Horse Roundup blocked Cape Girardeau to. A Federal judge has ruled that wild horses should be left to run free in the Ozark National Scenic River ways. . District judge Stephen Limbaugh a ruling wednesday permanently blocks the National Park services efforts to remove the horses that roam the 65,000-acre Park on the current and jacks Fork Rivers in Southern Missouri. The Park service wanted to remove the horses but area residents sued to Block the Roundup. The Park service was concerned that the animals were damaging the Parks foliage and Scenic Beauty. Opponents said the horses were culturally and historically significant and fun to watch. Teen addict visits family new York a a girl found shackled to a Radiator by her parents in a desperate attempt to get her off drugs celebrated her 16th birthday in her family a new suburban Home. A i love it Here such a different environment a Linda Marrero told the daily news on her birthday wednesday. A and there seven a Radiator next to my bed. I laughed when i saw  no one was laughing last september when police found her chained in her family a Bronx apartment. Linda a parents Maria and Eliezer Marrero said they were desperate to keep her away from drugs and off the streets. Charges against them were dropped. Child welfare officials placed Linda in the Hillcrest education health Center in Pittsfield mass. Her family threw a birthday party for her first supervised visit Home. 16 injured in Melee after police Stop outdoor concert in Boston