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African-American male who has ;■ perfonned services on behalf of the African-American community in Central Indiana for at least three years; and someone who has demonstrated a commitment to improving the conditions of African-American males. Organizers of the event hope people will come away with two realizations. “We hope to see the conference resolve problems and come up with solutions for healthy development of African-American males,” said McFarland. “We also hope they will recognize and appreciate the many organizations coming together to address the issues which affect all of our lives.” The conference will feature special panels and workshops devoted to discussions of social policy and political action. These will include “Developing the First Legal Defense Fund of AfricanAmerican Men” and “Developing Political Action Committees for African-American Men.” Other workshops will focus on a national audit study on discrimination in America, the influence of pop culture on AfricanAmerican youth, treatment of Black men in all aspects of the criminal justice system, effective programs
for working with Black boys, mentorship programs and educational issues. Organizers have been hoping that looking at the big picture of issues facing African-American males will drive the concept forward nationwide. “We hope this annual conference grows to the point where it moves from city to city, and state to state,” said Lyman Rhodes, director of the Indianapolis Commission on African-American males. “With the.'conference receiving support from a national level, they will be able to give us guidance and the leadership we need to make it effective on a local level.” Rhodes also felt increasing community awareness and the coming together of various groups are important aspects of solving problems in African-American communities. “I also feel that raising the level of awareness is the key to improving our plight, to make the proper decisions for solving the problems in our communities,” he said. “We can’t keep saying or asking government or other groups to fix our problems and make life better for us if we do not put forth the effort to do it for ourselves.”
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ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. Park did see Brian “Kato” Kaelin search for the source of thumps on a wall shortly after receiving a 10:52 p.m. cellular phone call from limo service boss Dale St. John. This timing would support the prosecution’s claim that those occurred later than the 9:45 p.m. time Kaelin estimated. And, the limo driver was considered among the most credible of prosecution witnesses. He talked to both ; sides, didn’t have an agenda, and 1 had phone records to back up his ' minute-by-minute reconstruction • of the early events at Simpson’s ; house. Legal analysts said a vote to I acquit immediately after I rehearing Park’s testimony didn’t '■ make sense. But then, legal • analysts said the jury would be ; deliberating for days and weeks; ; instead it was hours and minutes. And there were other time-line ! witnesses, as well, some '■ favorable to the defense: The • couple on the blind date who ; didn’t see the bodies when the ; prosecution said bodies should ; have been there; the woman with . two watches who heard a barking . dog later than prosecutors said a • dog should have been barking. The jury may have decided that even a person with Simpson’s fast moves couldn’t have killed two young people, ditched bloody clothes and a knife, bump into an airconditioner at 9:45 p.m. and catch a limo ride to the airport, all by 11 p.m. The larger issues — police corruption, racism, sloppy lab work — did not provoke the kind of lengthy, heated arguments in the jury room most analysts had expected. The times didn’t fit, so they had to acquit. For the record... O.J. Simpson issued a statement after the verdict. It was read by his son, Jason, at a courtroom news conference by the defense team and other Simpson family members: “I’m relieved that this part of the incredible nightmare that occurred on June 12, 1994 is over. My first obligation is to my
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young children, who will be raised the way that Nicole and I had always planned. My second obligation is to my family and to those friends who never wavered in their support. “But when things have settled a bit, I will pursue as my primary goal in life the killer or killers who slaughtered Nicole and Mr. Goldman. They are out there somewhere. Whatever it takes to identify them and bring them in, I will provide somehow. “I can only hope that someday, despite every prejudicial thing that has been said about me publicly, both in and out of the courtroom, people will come to understand and believe that I would not, could not and did not kill anyone.” He wants his kids ORANGE, Calif. (AP) — With his acquittal, O.J. Simpson is indicating he wants to regain custody of the two children he had with Nicole Brown Simpson. Ms. Simpson’s parents, Lou and Juditha Brown, were given guardianship of the children last year after Simpson was charged with murdering his ex-wife and her friend. Any change in „ custody would have to be approved in Orange County probate court. Sydney, 9, and Justin, 7, have been living with the Browns in a gated beach community at Monarch Bay, about 60 miles south of Los Angeles. They were inside her mother’s home the night she and Ronald Goldman were slashed to death outside.
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