Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 September 2000 — Page 7

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' iRulihg in a racial profiling case X-against state police, a federal < 'judge has granted a request by ,2jthe American Civil Liberties .* /Union to add the NAACP and «iits members to the lawsuit, v:which may clear the way for systemic changes should the

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* ! “The ACLU is seeking < justice not only for its clients, ' i -but for all people of color in ‘ Oklahoma who have been * victims of racial profiling by the state highway patrol,” said lead '.■attorney Reginald Shuford of . f the national ACLU, which filed '/.'the case with the ACLU of

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ko . Shuford said the Aug. 16 (Staling by Chief U.S. District tiri .Judge David L. Russell may If i clear the way for the ACLU to seek changes requiring state Ly troopers to stop racial profiling * land to establish legal safeil guards, including a traffic stops ^■■(reporting system, to prevent (;ifuture incidents. In May 1999, the ACLU sued li the state highway patrol on . behalf of Master Sgt. Rossano rV. Gerald and his son, claiming r iviolations of federal civil rights law and of the Geralds’ consti*..tutional rights to equal treatment -and to be free from unreasontvable searches and seizures. .t i . During a two-and-a-half hour /traffic stop on Interstate-40 in 1998, state troopers dismantled the car of the Army veteran, /'.terrorized his 12-year-old son .'./with a police dog and turned off inwthe patrol car’s video evidence .'•.icamera halfway through the

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As part of a national campaign to end “DWB,” the ACLU has established a tollfree hotline, 1-877-6-PROFILE.

Black officer introduces . children to world of fighter pilots WASHINGTON (NNPA) — For children who have always dreamed of flying, there is a new video from Dream Come True Productions called “The Fighter Pilot & Me” starring Lt. John Raphael, an AfricanAmerican National Guard pilot. “The Fighter Pilot & Me” invites children behind the scenes to discover the way jobs are done in the real world. With a script written by an expert and scenes of real professionals in action, children will get an accurate picture of what’s involved on the job. The video has been released on home video. Lt. Raphael takes the viewer, who serves as his co-pilot, through the careful pre-flight check of the F-16 “Fighting Falcon,” explaining the complicated controls and monitors on the flight deck, and demonstrating the amazingly powerful and responsive capabilities of the craft. He shows how to put the plane into rolls and how to pull “G-warm up” maneuvers and then asks the viewer to try the same thing, coaching the participant to “stay tight” on a roll. Suddenly, an unidentified aircraft appears out of nowhere and begins firing. The ensuing action and scenes of other fighter planes — from an A-10 “Wart Hog” to an F-14 ‘Tom Cat,” plus Stealth bombers — will thrill even the most crafted aircraft professionals.

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