Black leaders
urge otlyers
to use system

By Perry Brothers
\Vi” ~ IalllW‘

lilack leaders urged the l.e\»
mIIton llaek communitI' to work
within the sIsteIII to ch. Inge it last
nIIIht in te'sponse to the grand
iutI s decision not to Indict the
poliIcmaII who shot a lIlack iIIaiI
last Iear.

"l‘his is our IIoIeI,rrIIIIcnt hut
when we step out oI it, then It
lIecoines their IIIIIeranIcIIt
Rohert IeIIcrson said last night.
IeIIersoiI spoke to ahotrt III)
niemhers III the hlack eommunitI
in the hasemtnt III Shiloh Baptist
Church, located at 3 I- [5. Fifth St.

:\Iter a private session with
Lexington .\lanr l’am .\liller on
the fifth Iloor III. the lexiitgton
I‘aIette L rlIan (ourItI Govern»
ment ( .-entci, Ie IIcrson and Iellow
citI council arid (:itizens .-\Ilvocat»
ing Responsihilitv and lI‘cpIalitI'
I(I.-\Rl’.) memher( (Ieorge I’Iiown
called the pulIlIc meeting at the
north end church.

Several local ministers, some In
tears, opened the meeting with
praI‘ers Ioi' peace IIII the streets HI-
Lexington, During the praI'ers
several audience memhers wept
quietlI‘. Including Sonora (IlaI,
the girlfriend III \rItonio Sullivan
the m. III shot III l.e\ington police
\Itt. l’ltil \ ogel.

.\s III late last night, the citI'
was calm with no signs oI‘the IiII»
leiIee that erupted after the ()ct.
I; shooting.

KIeIIerson and several other
(II\RI5 memIIers sat around .I talIle
in the I-l'ttttt III the packed hase--
ment rooru. ’l‘heI' addressed the
crowd. relayingI the events III‘ the
dII and askinII them to unite.
I lIeI IIiIIed them to \IIte and get
Involved

lhe speakers said thev were
not surprised III the grand IurI s
IiIIIlings, hut theI stated that
(L\Rl’ .Is a group plans to check

Day’s events leave some

By Stephen Trimble

liter Ill/I'I' lalllur

.-\ I‘emale iuror wiped tears Irom
her Iace I‘esterdaI' as the foreman
read the decision: The special
grand jury coIIlI I find no cause Ior
indicting lexinuton police SIIt.
I’hil \IIIIeI Ior shooting .\ntoriio
SulliI III on ()ct. _

The decision, which was deliv
eIed around 3 p. III. at the I .|\t tte
( .ouiItI ( .IIurthotrse, ended the
gr and IIIII s tour» daI investigation
ih. It recluued the testimonI III 43
'wltnesse s.

The llll‘I’ also studied hundreds
III pages of police documents
regarding the shooting that killed
Sullivan. 18’, as he stepped Iroin a
closet in his girlfriend's apartment
to he arrested.

“ \Ve were unable to con-

clride that an indictable offense
was conunitted ." the grand

e\ erI page otithe criminal investi
gatron packet distriIIuted earlier
IesterdaI III the maIIIr's IIItice.

lint some Ioungei iIieiiIIIers III
the audience said Iighting the sI's»
tern Irom within doesn‘t work.

“\Ve can‘t trust the sI‘sterII."
one Iouth said “he.enrse all III the
people in the sIstein arc we .tllttf‘
lslan hoods sew al III the crowd
sounded their aIIreenIcrIt

“lhe sIstem protccts itsclI,
Ittltcrsshotltcil.

lIut the panel III leaders held
their ground, telling the audience
to take action III other waI's.

"\Ve cannot put ourselves III
the position to lose .IIII more w .ir»
lirown said Mr liiIII III It the
commumtI needed to join togeth
ei Ind c all the council me I-rnIIcis
at~large and demand action IroiII

l'ltll'\

them or] this Issue. III‘ action.
Brown meant demanding the

council members vote {or a special
investigative committee on the
shooting.

'I'his Is rIecessarI. Brown said.
not only hecause ot‘ the grand
iIIrI"s decision. hut also lIecause III
\‘ogel's sllltsc‘tlllc‘ltt decision to
resign.

“I think it‘s safe to saI' that we
have lIeen caught III the sIstem
l\c\ I. ll. l’eoplI s said III
response to \IIgels resiIInI Ition.

lhouIIh \ oIIeI taces adminis»
trative charges. his resignation
IesterIlaI' will make those charges
moot, Brown said.

The talks then turned to the
I‘ttture, and Lilsv student (I'erald
(Ioleman urged the communitI to
unite and create a strong econornr
ic hase within the coiIImuIIItI'.

He said the hlaek commurutv
should take their IIIIIneI out HI.
lIanks and lIiIsinesses that do not
support their cause and spend it
\\'IIL'I'L‘ IIUUI‘II‘C (IIr-H .IIHHII IIIU
tuture ol' l.e\Ington‘s lIlack soci»
etI'.

(Ioleinan. accompanied III Stu»
dent (Iovei‘nment .\ssociation
Senators Shelli lied and and
II] he \tchch. drew loud appl ruse
Ior lIls lIleas. iIItd \ItchleI said later
that ahout live or six students on
campus have developed an agenda
to reach out and support the local

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IurI' Iorentair read aloud to II
courtroom attended III‘ reporters
and inemhers (II. the (Iiti/ens
\II\I)L;ltlltU ResponsihrlitI and
chualitII (( \RI)

()utside, Sullivan’s relative.
.-\nthonIl _. _Iohnson. vented his
I'rustration with the ruling to a
ei'I de oI~ reporters.

uThere‘s II lot IIIinnocent peo»

ple who are going to get hurt it.

this isn‘t done rightlI'," he said.

'l‘hen he stood IIehincl (:nltl‘
rIIIIIIw'ealth .I\ttorIIeI‘ RIII' Larson
afterward as l arson said he hoped
‘our cIIrIInIuiIitI can accept the
decision III this IurI.

\\ hen asked it the investigation
could have heen hetter corII ucted
III' an independent prosecutor and
II toxicologist. as CARI“. advised
two weeks ago, Larson defended
his Dec 3‘} decision to call the
grand jury.

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Reports: Officers teared Sullivan was armed

By John Kelly

(Jim/rm III/HIM

p iIIhteen Iear— old lonI Sulli»
van stood 5» loot (I, weighed ”5
pounds and scared the six police
officers attempting to arrest him
on Oct. 35 at his girlfriend's
apartment in the Bluegrass-
Aspendale neighborhood.

Investigative reports Into the
shooting w ere released Iesterdav
III .\lanr Pam \lille.r Ihe
reports showed police IIIIic'ers
thought Sullivan was armed. and
Sgt. Phil Vogel had told each oIIi»
cer to wear hullet»proIII vests
heIIIre attempting to arrest Sulh»
van.

()Iificer Rohert S. Davis
Ilesct'ilied the Ic'eltttg III that
morning to IIIIestIgatot‘s hours

after the shooting.
“You‘re thinking Iour huddies

are there and II' I‘ou are the Iirst
onc to see it, Ion Hot to do what

Iou Hot to do Davis said. “ l he
guI is noted to he armed. lle‘s
alt‘eatlI‘ sltot one person at least
one person that I know III and

the onlI' thing you’re worried
ahout is that iI' Iou see it Iirst.
I-ou‘re going to haIe to take action
hec‘ause otherwise it‘s one III \IIur
hudI lIes th at s going to get hurt

hnterrng the apa.rtment one
IIIIictr tcstIIIeIl that he saw SIIIII
Ian dart Into .I closet.

'l‘he IIII‘iceI‘s stood III a semi
L'lt‘c'lc' around the closet. tltc‘tt‘
weapons rI.eIdI

.\II III the oIItctts told llt\cstl

ators that tho Ie III-.Il (,ltlllt' out
with Iour hands tip "

lhen. \IIIIIIan stepped out of
the c loset. Itl‘l‘lt ers said \ halwsit
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'I‘homas. sard \ulhvau came out ot

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Is the IIrIlI part ol ltt'l testrmoirv
that c'oittt’atllc Is the IIIIchII‘s' state
lttc'ltls.

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standing IIe\t to pile III
c lothmg and .I couc II III the IlIIIilI
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tlte\ IIiillIl lIIIl see \lllll\.|l1~s
hands

\Iter several loud requests. the
situation Intensitied lhei'I- was .r
clIc king sound. IIttiIers said \ulli
Ian hegan to l‘llsc' his hands. hut It

was too late. IIIIII ers s IiIl

"\s that Ionversrtrorr was
IIIIIIIII on therc w. rs thIk ‘l)I\rs
sIId

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tired and \nlhvau IIIII to the
ground (Ither IIIIIIcrs IstrIIeIl
that Vogcl ktieelcd rt \thIarI's

head, saIIIIg It was .III .II I IIIIIIII and

“rapping the \ItillliWII‘l-s l.I'I.I
with It pII'Ii‘ III III~tlI to stop the
hleeding

\alflc'llltWL'lIt‘\llllt‘IIIl1lt't'I‘I to
local police IIIIIIers. IIut later w Is
Interviewed III the NH and this
week III the grand IriiI. III .I writ
ten stateiiteut to polIcI llt\t’stlL‘.l
\Iogel wrote. "\lr \ulhvari
raised his hands III shoulder luck
and .It Illls time.
was no Immediate threat of \Ir
\ulhvan prodming a weapon. l
pi‘oce'chcd to make no weapon
sale In lowering the hammer to an
uncoc'ked position.

“In the process III riiaking IIII
weapon sate. I moved It In .III
upward position to allowed the
hammer to he disengaged \Vhile
raising llt\ weapon towards the
ceiling. It disc harged. striking \Ir.
.\ulhvan In the ripper lett
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