European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday june 20, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 7 a rapper ice to at a news conference in new York on thursday dismisses a police Boycott Over his a body county 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 says 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 thursday before delivering the keynote address at the new music seminar. A they should know that they can to take a life without a Day after ice to made the comment sound warehouse became the third music store Chain to Stop Selling the album at its 145 stores in 14 states marketing director Annie Bendalin said. A we Felt it was inappropriate. We just did no to feel it has a place in our store. End of conversation a said Bendalin of the Dallas based company. The los Angeles rapper spoke on the Day another 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. 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. 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 products from time Warner inc., which put out the album. The song cop killer is about a character who is 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 a 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. Tiv ated. 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. charged in Case of missing . Executive from wire reports Newark . A a former Exxon Security guard and his wife were arrested Friday and charged with kidnapping the president of the Oil company a International division who was still missing. The executive Sidney j. Reso disappeared april 29, when his empty car was found idling at the end of his driveway in suburban Motris township an hour after he left for work. Arthur and Irene Jacqueline scale were a rested Early Friday in Hackettstown in Northwestern new Jersey by Fri agents officials said. The Scales both 45, were charged with kidnapping and extortion. They made an initial appearance before . Magistrate Donald Hancoc who ordered them held without bail until a hearing chopper crashes Virginia Beach a. A a Navy helicopter crashed Friday into a River and at least five bodies were recovered. As Many As seven people May have been aboard authorities said. The crash was reported shortly before 2 ., said Lewis Thurston a Virginia Beach police department spokesman. The cause of the crash was under investigation. At least five victims had been recovered from the Eastern Branch of the Lynn Haven River by mid afternoon. Officials at the Federal aviation administration Tower at Norfolk International Airport and with the Virginia Beach fire department said the aircraft was an h-53 sea stallion. It usually carries a Crew of three and can hold 55 people. Its primary use however is in the transport of heavy equipment and armament.5th Man held in beating los Angeles police Early Friday arrested a fifth Man in the attack on Reginald Denny a White truck Driver who was pulled from his Rig and beaten during the los Angeles riots. A task Force of police and Fri agents arrested Kevin Davis 26, at a House in riot ravaged South Central los Angeles about 20 blocks from the intersection where Denny was critically injured april 29, police said. Davis hit the truck Driver with a Hammer said police it. Bruce Hagerty. He said Davis would be booked a on a variety of three other men charged in Denny a beating have pleaded innocent. A fourth Man pleaded innocent to picking the truckers pocket after the attack which was captured by television 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 prepared wednesday to acquit Wesley Scott of breaking and entering assault and obstruction i 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 the jury was Given of the store said juror Missy Ryan. Sentencing is set for june 29.horse Roundup blocked Cape Girardeau to. A a Federal judge i 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 i jacks Fork Rivers in Southern Missouri. The Park service wanted to remove the horses i but area residents sued to Block the Roundup. The Park service was concerned that the animals were damaging the Parks foliage and Scenic Beauty. I opponents said the horses were culturally and historically significant and fun to watch. 16 injured in Melee after police Stop outdoor concert in Boston he said the violence did no to appear to be racially to
