Word: ramseur
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...contrast, says spokesperson Howard P. Ramseur, the Rainbow's goal is a little more basic: to bring new people into the political process...
...When you walk through Central Square," explains Ramseur, "you see people of all types and colors and economic classes. Then you go to the Rent Control Board, and last time I was there, it was all white...
Goetz stood utterly motionless while Jury Foreman James Hurley pronounced 17 times the words "Not guilty." Not guilty of the attempted murder of Troy Canty, 20, and Barry Allen, James Ramseur and Darrell Cabey, all 21, even though the reedy, bespectacled gunman had said in a taped confession that he "wanted to murder" all of them. Not guilty of assault against any of them, not even Cabey, left paralyzed and brain damaged. The courtroom audience gasped at several of the verdicts and at the end applauded...
Cabey was physically unable to testify, and Allen took the Fifth Amendment, but the most important non-witness was Ramseur, who bristled under Slotnick's questions about his criminal record, particularly his conviction for the rape of a pregnant woman. When Ramseur finally refused to answer any more questions, Crane sentenced him to six months in jail for contempt. Crane ordered all of Ramseur's testimony stricken, but his appearance undoubtedly had its effect on the jury. "He had so much pent-up rage," Juror Serpe told the New York Daily News. "He reminded me of a caged animal...
Goetz, 39, is charged with attempted murder, reckless endangerment, assault and illegal possession of a dangerous weapon in the shooting of Troy Canty, Barry Allen, James Ramseur and Darrel Cabey on December...