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...tried to steer his friend to a neutral topic, asking about a community project in Overtown, a predominantly black neighborhood in Miami, and story ideas for his column. ?Where the conversation started in a very emotional way, with him almost crying, we had moved to where Art was on an even keel. I took that as a good sign. As the conversation came to an end, he said, ?Jim, I thank you for your kindness.' He said on the tape, ?You are one of the only reporters I trust. You are one of the few people I trust...
...tell his wife, Stephanie, hello from him. That was at 5:10 p.m. on July 27. Forty-two minutes later, Teele called DeFede again, this time from the Herald lobby. ?He said I have a package here for you,? DeFede recalls. ?We were talking about that project in Overtown. He said I have some things that you should see. I wasn't recording this conversation. I could tell he was not emotional. I even asked him, ?Do you want me to come down and pick...
...John Milledge. Witnesses saw some boys trying to sneak into Dorsey Park to watch a football game, saw Officer Milledge try to stop them, saw Strachan waving a rifle around, heard the shot, saw Milledge fall with a bullet in his throat. And when Leroy bolted, people in the Overtown ghetto knew where he went: to New York City, where his father lived, and where the Miami police might not bother to follow...
...allowed to patrol in black areas, could only question and arrest black suspects. When he was shot, the rest of the police force searched the neighborhood, asked questions, but eventually the trail went cold. Some people say that for all these years, most folks over a certain age in Overtown knew where Strachan was. But the police never found...
While another flare-up was averted, reaction to the verdict split along Miami's racial fault lines. Hispanics said the officer was being sacrificed to appease blacks. But in the Overtown ghetto, the site of January's worst rioting, some residents marched in celebration. "This is what the black community has been waiting for," said Overtown resident Alice Johnson, 43. "Justice...