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...acquittal of four police officers in the first Rodney King trial raised havoc in large part because they were freed by a jury with no blacks, drawn from a California community with very few. In May the retrial of Hispanic police officer William Lozano, whose 1989 shooting of a black motorcyclist set off three days of rioting in Miami, was shuffled five times among three Florida cities in search of a "balanced" jury. Ultimately, a jury consisting of three whites, two Hispanics and one black acquitted Lozano...
Other airlines also delayed and canceled planes, creating havoc for returning holiday travelers...
...Liberties Union. But it is his nomination to the Pentagon's newly created position in charge of peacekeeping operations abroad that has turned him into an object lesson in the way a band of conservative Congressmen, bureaucrats and ideological crusaders are using the Senate's confirmation process to wreak havoc with President Clinton's effort to create a new policymaking vanguard...
Joining Butler in the spotlight is 5'6" sophomore point guard Elizabeth Proudfit. Last year's Ivy Rookie of the Year, she averaged 10.2 points, 3.3 assists, and 2.7 rebounds a game. She is the leader of the break and the press, and her aggressive style of play creates havoc on both offense and defense...
Government basically has two options: suppressing the violence with force or removing the causes of the violence. It was the former that prompted Mayor Kelly's plan to deploy the National Guard. The presence of armed troops would no doubt have a sobering effect on those spreading havoc. Knowing that help was really around the corner would also embolden citizens of these areas and alleviate the siege mentality present in these urban areas...