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...here really resent having to go over there to court the guy. We didn't think it was a perfect bill, but it was the best compromise that we could get." Two hours before the final vote in the Senate, Democratic Senators Thomas Daschle of South Dakota and Harry Reid of Nevada walked into Kerrey's office. Both looked grim. When they emerged half an hour later, neither was smiling. Asked if they were confident that the President had the votes he needed to win passage of his plan, Daschle said...
...report also cast doubt on an allegation made by current guard Howard Reid, who charged in October that he had witnessed two racist incidents in the department...
...Reid had alleged that in 1988 or 1989 a white guard, in the presence of Dowling, referred to Martin Luther King Day by asking "Who's going to take the nigger day off?" The report denies the incident, noting that Dowling and a former guard who allegedly was a witness denied hearing the comment...
...report acknowledged that a supervisor was present, although he may not have heard a comment made to Reid by a white guard during the time of the Los Angeles riots. Reid charged that the guard said, "you see you niggers getting your asses kicked in L.A. One reason we have so many problems in this department is you people...
...report claims that the actual statement was "No wonder you people are getting your asses kicked in Los Angeles." Reid said yesterday that he had told Ring the word "niggers" was used. The report called this "an improper racial comment by a guard which, if over-heard by the supervisor, should have been corrected...