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Finally, in response to the strain of the antiwar years, the administration took definitive action, as Robert S. Sturgis '44, president of the 70th Guard, enumerated the results in a letter to the editors...
Some say the Palestinian's bill of health isn't very hopeful. According to an intelligence agency, Arafat has taken to telling close aides that he doesn't think he'll make it to his 70th birthday, two years away. After noticing his trembling hands, some observers believe he has early symptoms of Parkinson's disease. As far as the fainting episode is concerned, a high-ranking aide explains that Arafat, who keeps a notoriously irregular schedule, hadn't slept the two previous nights. But if Arafat, the only leader the Palestinians have known for 28 years, should depart...
...respond to sweet persuasion, the police must use force. Sadly, the only logic many criminals understand is the big stick. Thus to handcuff the police is to liberate the thug. Of course, there is no excuse for the extreme brutalization of a Haitian immigrant at Brooklyn's 70th Precinct, but a citizen like me has far more chance of being viciously attacked by a hoodlum than by a rogue cop. I would rather take the risk and let the police make tough decisions. I trust the cops more than the crooks. JOHN B. CARPENTER Vernon Hills...
...York City police, was supposed to be confined to a station-house bathroom. But now that the attack is a public outrage--his injuries took him to the hospital, and from there to newspaper front pages--much more is at stake than just the reputation of Brooklyn's 70th Precinct, where four officers face charges. All around the country, the aggressive, "zero tolerance" policing strategy--which has contributed to New York's plummeting crime rate and is being imitated in other cities--is now getting a second look...
...dropped, but the case against the police officers who allegedly tortured him has just begun. One officer, 25-year-old Justin Volpe, was arrested and charged with aggravated sexual abuse and first-degree sexual assault; another, 31-year-old Charles Schwarz, was indicted; and 12 other officers from the 70th Precinct were either transferred, suspended or demoted to desk duty. Both the Brooklyn district attorney's office and the U.S. Attorney's office are investigating the incident, and more arrests are expected. New York City police commissioner Howard Safir called it a "horrific crime" and pointed out that...