Page 8 Portland Observer November 29. 1979
Behind the Wall
by Larry Baker H35O21
O.S.P. Correspondent
THE ONLY ONE LEFT
t>v David H right 39816
When I walked through the
security gate, she was sitting on a
blue setee clutching a locker key and
occasionally straightening the change
so evenly arranged on a form ica
table. It had been live years since I
had seen her, longer yet since, in a lit
ot anger, she had told me where all
bad children go. I remembered the
lury in her eyes, the clenched lists,
and the belts, hair brushes, and
shoes, still warm from contacting my
bottom side. I he lury is gone now,
replaced by a deep hurt, but the lists
aie s till clenched, sweating and
holding dearly to that key.
I hugged her, called her mom, and
felt the dampness of a tear on my
cheek H iking the key from her
hand, I noticed its number, filty -
lour,the year of my birth, and retur­
ned it to her fingers, the look in her
lace telling me how much the irony
meant to her, bow hurt she was to be
hcie I hurl too, but I could not mat­
ch the pain in her lace.
D idn 't she know o f the grand­
father clock, the green plants and
colonial wooden entrance signs tnat
cheered our movements from
destination to destination.’ At her
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Assistant Correspondent
first words, solemn utterances o f
contempt, it was obvious she was not
impressed. The back o f her mind
tained steel gates, uniform s, nine
hours o f freeway, and a question for
tne-why? Why had I hurt her so?
And I ’ m prepared to explain how
three hot meals a day, recreation and
twice a week movies h u rt, but I
don't.
Last time I hurt, lying in a hospital
bed with th irty stitches in my ab­
domen, a journey to Keno kept ner
from my side. When I needed a
friend and sent her plane tickets
from A tla nta, she had to work; I
made the best o f my need with an
acquaintance. And now, separated
by a small form ica table, locked
behind steel doors, and restricted by
five pages o f regulations, I need not
explain what hurt is.
I thought about her yesterday
while walking the track, the red cin­
der clinging to my shoes, and an old
con resassuring me the world did not
end with a prison sentence. C on­
versation drifted to a dialogue on
mothers. Moms can put up with a
lot, he said; fathers, friends, lovers
and brothers are quick to desert an
imprisoned one. Hut, regardless ot
the guilt she carries for me on her
Lucid Walls o f Time
Julius Snowden 38013
Editor
I Miss You
I need to feel the touch of you,
I believe you know how i feel,
Being away from each other for so long,
don't you think that this is so wrong.
I need to see you honey,
For i feel so lonely,
So lonely it hurts to think of the pain,
Or could it be that I’m going insane.
For each letter that I get,
I think of the first time that we met,
You look at me so strange,
Then my whole body felt this change.
You asked if I was going home,
I said, "No, I want to be with you alone,”
You looked at me with a smile,
Then you took my hand and said, "For awhile.”
T hat for awhile was just fine,
For it was a long time.
For that time is still going on.
Cause we re together as one.
i cron J. Turley 39839
shoulders, no matter the intensity o f
her son’s hate, violence and crimes,
Mother is the last person to abandon
a son. When she doess, the old con
explains, a guy has no one to blame,
no one but himself-he has gone too
far, messed up one too many times.
He was so right. There in the visiting
room, on a blue settee, sat Mom; all
I had left.
Atlanta signs
consent decree
The Community Relations Service
(CRS) o f the Department o f Justice
has obtained a negotiated settlement
o f civil suits charging the Atlanta,
Georgia, Departm ent o f Public
Safety
(DPS)
w ith
racial
discrimination.
CRS Director Gilbert Ci. Pompa
said the agreement, which formed
the basis for a consent decree, was
won in negotiations in v o lv in g
representatives o f the A fro -
Am erican P atrolm en's League,
Fraternal Order o f Police (FOP),
and the city.
The settlement ends a seven-year-
old dispute. The league sued the city
in 1973, alleging d is c rim in a tio n
against Blacks in h irin g and
promotion pratices. The FOP coun­
tered w ith a suit alleging reverse
discrimination.
While the city expressly denies the
allegations o f discrimination, it has
agreed to a number o f actions, in­
cluding the following:
- Black applicants rejected for entry-
level positions in DPS's Bureau of
Police between A p ril, 1971, and
December, 1974, may now reapply.
I f they pass the current selection
process, they will be hired and awar­
ded back pay.
--Certain white and Black officers
who were demoted in late 1974 from
the ranks o f captain, lieutenant, and
sergeant, and who are still with the
Bureau o f Police, may compete in a
new p ro m o tio n process to be
developed by the city and an in ­
dependent consultant.
A minimum o f nine captains, 20
lieutenant, and 40 sergeant positions
will be filled in this round o f promo­
tions.
The city also agreed to monitor
continuously its entry-level selection
process to insure that racial dis­
crimination does not occur. It is ex­
pected that the Bureau o f Police will
proceed to fill 200 officer positions
that it is authorized.
Implementing the agreement will
cost the city $370,000.
CRS was established by the Civil
Rights Act o f 1964 to help com ­
munities resolve racial and ethnic-
disputes. The agency conducts fo r­
mal negotiations when the parties
believe that it is a perferable way to
seek settlement o f their differences.
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