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STATE
THE BATTALION
Church leaders support
ousted Dallas police duel
DALLAS (AP) — Several predominantly
black churches in the Dallas area threw their sup
port behind fired police chief Terrell Bolton over
the weekend, and vowed to support the city’s first
black police chief.
The Rev. Sheron Patterson led a congregation
of about 2(X) in prayer for Bolton at St. Paul
United Methodist Church.
“We have plans to keep pushing for justice,”
Patterson said. “We spoke up and said, ’We’re not
having this mess.’ “
City Manager Ted Benavides
abruptly fired Bolton last week,
saying he was dissatisfied with his
performance.
Under Bolton’s watch, the police
department faced a fake drug scan
dal, lawsuits by demoted command
ers and conflict over hiring practices.
The decision touched off a wave
of criticism and protests within the
city’s black community, many of
whom blame Mayor Laura Miller
for instigating Bolton’s dismissal
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“Dallas is a racist city and what are we going to
do about it?” said Rev. Stephen Nash, as about 150
congregants passionately clapped and shouted.
“What Terrell Bolton is facing is not a solo thing.
We want to send a signal to this city that we’re not
going to take it anymore."
Nash urged the congregation to attend a
downtown rally and march scheduled for
Wednesday, the Dallas Morning News reported
in its Monday editions.
Bolton himself took to the pulpit at the! 1
Bird-area church where he is a deacon to de
his own pointed message.
"I didn’t bow dow n. I refuse to bow down, ij
said, as supportive shouts of “amen" andb
claps rang out among the l ,500 people at Ant
Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church.
Both Bolton and Senior Pastor Karry D.
made references to tlte crucifixion of Jesus Chr.
w ell as the recent 40th anniversary of the civil r
march on Washington in desoi\
his situation.
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him reflect on his childhood inr.
Mississippi where “racism drfc>
like honey from a tree.”
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tor of the Camp Wisdom It;
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former Dallas police chief Bolton’s firing would not soho
department’s or the city’s prubr
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“This is a necessary conflict because this cor'!
has to do w ith a community that has been
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Federal law threatens shrimp industi
HARLINGEN, Texas (AP)
— A federal law requiring that
the captain of an American boat
is be a U.S. citizen is threatening
the existence of the Gulf Coast
shrimp industry, shrimpers say.
Residency visas aren’t sufficient.
In addition to the citizen cap
tain requirement, the law states
that at least 75 percent of the
crew must be citizens as well.
For the small crew of a shrimp
boat, having just one non-
American on board is a violation.
Boat owner Charles Burnell
estimates that 20 percent of
shrimp boats head into the Gulf
of Mexico with foreign crews.
Often, boat owners hire an
inexperienced American just to
have one aboard.
“You can’t find any cap
tains,’’ said veteran shrimper
Jimmy Russell, 79. “Now, we
put a captain on a boat that three
years ago wouldn't have made a
good rigman.”
Ironically, the law dives not
require shrimp captains to have
licenses, and no crew member is
required to carry identification
papers, said Mike White, com
mercial fishing vessel
coordinator with the EffJ
Coast Guard District.
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is a U.S. citizen, but thereM,
requirement to produce da;
ments that prove you areal
citizen,” he said.
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doesn’t speak English, Whiter
inspectors ask for paperwott
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tain, we believe that hes lit
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