stop the murders racial arrests. 'If the police by 2,000 protect it on DIULCCUIL On tion they patrols.
God I hate to say baseball bats black and green. By Tom Fiske in the US weekly newspaper The Militant patrols were established v the Techwood Homes Tenants Association because of police failure to disappearances of black children.
The cops have made no Mayor were doing their job we wouldn't have to antes president, Israel Green. "This is do this, explained the THTA police tolerated'. our community and if we don't nobody's going to defence 20 March the associa- outsiders' people the participants.
Most were armed with Tenants black liberation colours — red Hank Aaron Crime Stoppers bats known (Aaron was a top baseball slugger). Patrol organisers decided that a few participants shoulc jects also carry unloaded guns.
Maynard Jackson branded the patrols as 'vigil- ject and leclared that patrols did not work with the they will The police smeared the selfunits as the 'work of ana arresica lour or reacted angrily, saying: "The Ku Klux Klan has get labelled vigilantes. We get labelled because we are black and low income Other tenants' associations are selling up palrols. Ine us Veterans, black veterans' U gallsalion, talking residents in many housing proself-defence.
The group calls for a ProWatch to safeguard the streets and stop kidnappings of black children. 'We want the city to be one massive patrol, said Commande Anderson of post 7 of the US Veterans.
are glad to see people willing to come together to pro.
We wil branch out particularly in areas that have been victimised.
'Black people have to rise up to protect themselves.
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BLACK residents here are determined to continue self-defence patrols despite arrests and harassment from city officials and the police.