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Klap Bak

03-09-2006, 06:57 AM

Yet More "Lies" About Public Servant Ras Baraka

Yesterday, a good, fine upstanding member of the Newark Police Department was assigned to Weeqhahic. The officer was driving an official police community stabalization van and he was trying to make a turn near the school. Ras and a group of guys were standing in the street talking or whatever. The NPD officer was trying to make a turn in order to position the van and Ras and the guys were in the way in the street. The NPD officer waited and waited and waited. He eventually lightly beeped his horn. Ras and the guys didn't move FROM OUT OF THE STREET. The NPD officer then got out of the van and walked over to Ras and his gang and asked them to move so that he could make the turn. Ras blew up at him and said, "Don't you know who I am?" :mad:

The NPD officer was transfered to another location this morning. :( People that know the officer are trying to talk to the Puerto Rican Legal Defense Fund.

Yep - more "lies" about public servant Ras. And he thinks I'm dangerous?

Footnote: Ras is looking for the mole. That's why he's interested in how I knew.

NO MORE TRICKS IN 2006! EVERYONE MUST GO!!!

Sidewalk for Pedestrians ,,, Street for Cars

….. unless you are a Councilman who is allowed to live above the law ,,,,,,,,,, of plain commonsense.

Councilman Baraka, Sir, yes Sir ……. You were wrong about this small thing. You were wrong about the big thing (our 80 Million) ,,,,,,, can you be right about anything in between??

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ChiefAziz

03-09-2006, 10:49 AM

Standing up to violence: A job for all
Thursday, March 02, 2006
They stood in the street, about 20 of them, on a Friday as students were dismissed at Weequahic High School in Newark.

The day before, about 30 showed up. All of them were men, resolute in their cause, taking a stand with their presence.

They came after a school fight between two sets of youths. A group of fellas who didn't go to Weequahic came to get with some students who did. Over what? Who knows?

School security was out there to break it up when the fists started flying. So were Principal Ronald Stone and Vice Principal Ras Baraka. One of the outsiders had a gun, but walked off before using it.

The cops came. They were out there the next day after Baraka, who also sits on the city council now, asked that they be present. It was the kind of help he has wanted for two years. Thirty minutes in the morning, 30 minutes in the afternoon to make sure nothing jumps off. That's what he has wanted daily, not when something happens.

But he made another call -- more like several -- and the men came. While the police were across the street, some on their motorcycles, others nearby in a patrol car, the men stood in the street at the corner of the school. They were there to set a tone that said they were not going to tolerate violence.

The Street Warriors, a group of ex-cons, and Saving Our Selves, a group of ex-gang members, were on hand. The Muslim community from Masjid Ali Muslim stepped up with their brothers. There were others, some getting off work in construction clothes, and more concerned men from the neighborhood.

Like Fred Murphy. Anything to help the kids and he's there. If it's just to listen to them, to talk to them and show them there's another way.

"It's easy for kids to do the wrong thing these days," he said. "Doing the right thing for kids is tough. That's backward. They need to be taught that."

Two days after the fight, the police caught an 18-year-old man with an Uzi-style machine gun outside of the school in the morning.

One man, Ali Muslim, shook his head when he heard about it.

"This is not our dream," he said. "That's somebody's else's dream."

He doesn't know any of the kids, but he came out when the call was made to have them understand the nonsense has got to stop.

"You're not going to come here and take over our school," he said. "At some point, the man has got to stand up and be accounted for."

The students are used to seeing Baraka, Stone and school security on the grounds. And they've grown accustomed to Baraka walking several blocks with them to make sure nothing happens on their way home.

"It's a shame that our vice principal and principal have to act like cops to make us feel safe," said Karin Tarver. "They don't have to do this, but they do."

But seeing the others there was a bonus, something the students didn't expect, something they appreciated and would like to see on a regular basis. Most of the problems, they say, come from outsiders trying to disrupt the "I.P," the students' acronym for Indian Pride, their school spirit derived from the school mascot.

Go to any community meeting, street rally or neighborhood gathering spot and inevitably the discussion will pivot toward people organizing to take back the community.

There was no more preaching to the choir on this day. The call went out and the men responded in a big way. Everybody always talks about what needs to be done. Maybe this can be the catalyst to get others on board.

The same people can't do it all the time. If enough men volunteer, the powerful statement they have made with their presence will reverberate not only at Weequahic, but it could cause a movement at other schools as well. The police are not going to stay forever. They can't, but the community can.

Barry Carter covers Newark. He may be reached at bcarter@starledger.com or (973) 392-1827.