wfn.org | Update: Police Treatment of Pastor

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"UNITED METHODIST DAILY NEWS" by SUSAN PEEK on Aug. 11, 1991 at 13:58 Eastern,
about FULL TEXT RELEASES FROM UNITED METHODIST NEWS SERVICE (3514 notes).

Note 3514 by UMNS on March 25, 1997 at 15:54 Eastern (1173 characters).

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CONTACT: Linda Green                          160(10-31-71B){3514}
         Nashville, Tenn. (615) 742-5470            March 25, 1997

                            U P D A T E

     EDITORS NOTE: The following paragraph is an update to UMNS
#154 {3508} dated March 24, 1997, Police treatment of clergyman
protested by Black Methodist Caucus. 

     According to a report in the Christian Science Monitor, about
400 people marched on police headquarters in Wilmington, Del.,
March 24, to demand reform after a week of racial tension that
forced the city's first black police chief to step down. Claims of
excessive force by a local church coalition and the NAACP have
triggered a federal investigation into possible civil-rights
violations and renewed calls for a police civilian-review board.
Although about one-half of Wilmington's 73,000 residents are
black, only 36 percent of the police force comes from minority
groups    

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