Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 September 2000 — Page 7

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'SWAT team ending an alleged now questioning the actions of the “I hate to second guess people rsuspect’s escape by firing an estj- sheriffs department citing that their who put their lives on the line,” he

-Aated 60 gun shots at his vehicle, aggression in capturing a suspect said.

to' According to Col. Scott Minier who didn’t have a violent past or Elder Lionel T. Rush, pastor of faf the Marion County Sheriff De- > return fire althObgh he had a regis- Greater Harvest Institutional -partment, undercover narcotics tered gun in his possession. *i Church of God in Christ, said the 'deputies had a search warrant for More importantly they said t(ie community is rightfully appalled •JOwicne T. Radford, 26 on the 3700 department disregarded their safety and held a press conference in the ,block of Payton Ave. and planned > n an attempt to capture Radforf. front of the Marion County Sheriff ifo arrest him on preliminary drag “Oh my God. I thought it was Department building, 40 S. Alaicharges. Parked outside his home, over hill,” said Loverlee Gigure, bama to express the community’s

llhey were, waiting for Marion whose house stands near the disgust.

(County SWAT team, which assists “warzone.” T ve lived here nearly Rush said the department used Jn serious or dangerous cases. 30 years and have never seen any- excessive force in capturing Radford was labeled as armed and thing like that. When I saw them Radford and put surrounding resi.dangerous, despite the previous ac- pull up with all of those guns, I just dents in inescapable danger, quittal of a previous drug posses- took cover. Oh my God. All of the “They improvised in ways that sion arrest and the lackof a violent bullets. If we are not safe with the were detrimental to themselves and -past. policeldon’tknowwherearesafety others in neighborhood,” he said. ■jt Before the SWAT team arrived, h es - The situation could have been “It’s an aggressive and faulty efRadford left his home and headed far worse.” fort at policing and at worst an [toward Ruskin Place. The deputies Tor the son of one resident, who assassination attempt. I hate to think (followed him and informed the chose to remain anonymous, the the worst but that’s the way it looks. SWAT team of his location, but possibility of tragedy hits home Ambulances were already on the

1 Radford had already spotted the every time he sees the two bullet seen prior the shooting,

’undercover officers. holes on the side of his mother’s “They need policing to the .•ItcMinier alleges Radford then house. '“She could have been wishes of the community,” he (tried to escape by backing irito a killed,” he said. added. “It is clear that this issue is

ptilice car with his GMC Yukon. "They shouldn’t have shot at far from being over.”

Wearing protective equipment him like that,” added another resi- One member of the community •members of the SWAT team ran dent- “They were aiming to kill havinganextremelyhardtimecomxkrtof their armored cars withrifles him, but there is no way they could ing to terms with the department’s -drawn and demanded that Radford control all of those bullets. What if action is Renel Radford, Dwione’s

laxit his vehicle. When he didn’t, they had shot someone in their mother,

they unleashed an Onslaught of house? They should have taken u| “I don’t know why you need fo (gunfire at his vehicle with inten- their chances chasing him. shoot at anyone 59 times who never itions to kill. 1 “It was just a shock because it ever shot back,” she said. “For a sh When the gun smoke cleared, happened right by my house,” she search warrant, I know it was too (the Yukon was still and full of said. much force used. I don’t know why bullet holes, however Radford mi- Col. Minier said Radford’s ac- they thought he was so dangerous Uaculously only sbffered a bullet tions left officers with few options, they would put everyone at risk, wound to his shoulder and was but properprocedure was followed. Radford faces four Class A 'arrested. An officer was hit by a He added that they would thor- felony counts of dealing cocaine 'ricocheted bullet, but his injury oughly investigate the event. Wit- and six Class C felony counts of ^was not serious. nesses are encouraged to submit possession of cocaine and the pos- (' Members ofthe community'are documentation of the event to the sibility of additional charges.

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' by Prof. Howard Fuller Distinguished Proiessor of Edu'r.ttion.. MArquette Dnivei'iiy •former Suiwintendenr, Milwaukee Public Schools ; ■ .■ : 1 ■ ■■ I he American Federation of Teachers says HP repI utable studies show that school choice proI grams work. The National Education Association agrees, claiming: 'There is no evidence that vouchers improve student learning.' ' 1 History is replete with examples of protectors of the status quo ignoring and maligning any information that would lessen their power and control. In fact, the undeniable truth is that a consensus has developed among respected researchers that school choice programs help students, particularly black stu-

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This is critical, because new data show that the academic gap between black and white students has

widened in the last decade.

Several research teams have evaluated school choice programs in Cleveland, Milwaukee, Charlotte, Dayton, New York City, and Washington, D.C. Most students in these programs are low-income, mostly of color. Every evaluation finds some positive effects. All support continuation or expansion. Justin the last month, new reports have emerged

from New York, Washington, D.C, Charlotte, and Dayton, wherei high-quality, randomassignment comparjsons took place. Patrick Wolf (Georgetown University),

William Howell (University of Wisconsin), and Paul Peterson and David Campbell (both of Harvard) found that black choice students in New York, Washington, D.C., and Dayton scored 6 points higher than students who applied for choice but were randomly not selected and attended public school. Jay Greene, of the Manhattan Institute, studied a similar program in Charlotte. He found that scholarships to attend private school increased student achievement by 6 points. There have been three evaluations of Milwaukee's program. The Brookings Institution

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Researchers at the Oral Health Research Institute (IU School of Dentistry) are currently looking for people who wear partial dentures to participate in research studies to test dental products. These studies have been conducted with partial denture wearers since 1981 but now more participants are needed to fill the ever-growing study needs.

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reported on one, by Greene of the Manhattan Institute and Harvard's Peterson and Jiangtao Du. They found that choice students benefited by 6 points in reading and 11 points in math after four years. Princeton's Cecilia Rouse analyzed the Milwaukee data and found that: 'students selected for the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program likely scored 1.5 - 2.3 percentile points per year in math more than students in the comparison groups.' A third evaluator, John Witte, used a different method of comparison and found that choice did not raise scores.

Witte nevertheless has

Parental school choice is endorsed Milwaukee's pro- . , , gram, saying, 'choice Widespread — can...aid families and educa- , t tors in inner city and poor Unless you re poor. communities where education

has been a struggle for several

generations.' He noted, 'it is not trivial that most people in America already have such choices.' In Cleveland, Indiana University's Kim Metcalf reported last fall 'that scholarship students in existing private schools had significantly higher test scores than public school students in language (45.0 versus 40.0) and science (40.0 versus 36.0).' While teacher unions might continue to claim that no reputable study of voucher programs shows any gains, the facts speak louder. Someday soon, the AFT and NEA must face the evidence.

baeo Mack Alone* for Educational Option*

BAtO Bond fmkkrt Howanl Fuller thinks the fo/towmg for afport of BAfO s ptanror* tnd ofniutional dforts. The Icyce Foundation, The lynde tnd Harry Bradley Foundation, The Helen Bader Foundation. The Wakon Family Foundation, The Fleck Foundation, The Milton t Rote D Fnedman Foundation, Q3 Conpany, The American Education Rehm Council, BAtOBoaid Members, and anonymous dontxy

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