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Another committee directed by PSP is the Public Service Advisory Committee, In the wake of the infamous Stuart case, in which Charles Stuart shot his wife in the Mission Hill area and then blamed a Black for the crime, the Advisory Committee decided that it should suddenly be concerned about the safety of volunteers going to minority neighborhoods in Boston...
Just like the Boston Police Department, PSP fell prey to Stuart's correct and devilish estimation that urban violence turns into a public problem only when Blacks are said to commit crimes against whites...
Once again, excessive bureaucracy, little substance and a display of power over other public service programs marks PSP...
...TIMES, public service control turns into public service obstruction. A good example is last year's Rock for Shelter concert. Mary E. Dibbern '93, a Leverett House students active in HAND, planned a rock concert to provide funds for homeless shelters, PSP and HAND initially co-sponsored the event and then decided to pull their sponsorship at the last minute, threatening the entire project...
...PSP had their way if would not have happened at all. Contrary to the assessment by PSP, the project was a great success...