Florida National Guardsmen keep interstate safe
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Fla (AIM Sgt
Cregorv Lawrence
a n <i P v ! la m e s
Wilson sit in a i am
outlnged military vehicle on the median
"I InVr-.ln'e anil wahh tor .in un
known enemy lurking in the shadows or
In a passing car
The two arc among 150 Florida Na
tional Guardsmen involved in "Opera
tion Overpass, designed to protect inn
torists on a highway where a series of
sniper and rock-throwing attacks have
killed one person and injured others
The patrols began Friday night, two
days after the American Automobile A'
mk latlori issuer! a warning to motorists
to avoir! the bu$Y highway, ,i major gate
wav for tourists entering Florida from the
north
On Wednesday, polite announced the
arrest of t wo teen aye hoy s in one ait.u k
in which a woman was shot in the ear
The two were charged with attempted
murder
Lawrence and Wilson are members of
the Florida National (Liard's 1-tnth Sig
mil Battalion
Wilson, who works for a private set u
r11v company, said the patrols are net es
sary "so people will feel better about
'Our role as a deterrent
and reassure the public
is to be as visible as
possible
Sgt Doug Johnson,
National Guard sp<.
(raveling -‘<r> "
Norman l.ellert. general manager of the
Comfort Inn on US (7 and Interstate
2<»S in Orange Park thinks the patrols
are working
"I think, they tiro certainly ii welcome
M^ht." hn said "1 wish they were not
needed
Since I'ebruarv. them hiivc been .1’
confirmed risk, and sniper attacks One
motorist was killed when he was hit in
the head hv a < hunk of concrete He lost
control of tils car and it crashed into a
wooded area Another motorist was i riti
cully injured in late July when someone
shot her from another car
"Our role as a deterrent and reassure
the public is to lie as visible as possible,"
said Sji| Doug Johnson, a tiuard spokes
man
Detroit citizens mourn police victim
DETROIT (AP) At this in
tersection of Warren and 2.3rd,
where empty lots and boarded
buildings still hour witness to
the riots of the 1960s. there's a
new focal point: the police vio
lence of the 1990s
On a wall adorned by flowers
is a plastic-covered picture of
Malice Green, u 35-yoar-old
man beaten to death bv police
last week.
It has become a gathering
point for neighborhood resi
dents who come to see the s[M)t
where Green died, to see whore
gravol has been spread to hide
the blood stains
“I can't believe this is hap
pening in my city," Carrie
k Washington, a mother of three
* grown children, said in frustra
tion "The police used to l>e our
friends.”
The death of the black motor
ist at the hands of a racially
mixed group ol police has riled
this city, noted for its integrat
ed , n e I g h b o r h o o d - h a s e d
policing
The case resounds with dis
quieting echoes the Rodney
King case Hut those familiar
with Detroit's police say Malice
Green's death points to some
thing else an undermanned
force lacking the money or
leadership to weed ou t
"thumpers." the violent cops of
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