Portland Observer January 22. 1981 Page 3
Dick
T he m an p ic k e d up by A tla n ta
police last F riday w ho had lo llip o p s
and a badge in his possession was
never considered to be a suspect in
the k illin g o r disappearances o f 16
A tla n ta B lack yo u n g s te rs . T h a t’ s
w h a t fo rm e r P o rtla n d e r a n d now
A tla n ta C o m m is s io n e r o f P u b lic
Safety Lee B ro w n to ld me the next
day.
In an exclusive in te rv ie w . B row n
said police never felt the man was a
suspect in the m u rd e r cases. It was
the news m edia w h ic h ju m p e d on
the in c id e n t and blew it o u t o f
p ro p o rtio n .
B ro w n said th a t p o lic e have a
num ber o f leads in the case but due
to th e n a tu re o f th e in v e s tig a to n
ca n n o t m ake th e m p u b lic . He d id
say the evidence suggests there well
c o u ld be m ore th a n one suspect in
the 16 cases.
On the subject o f the news media,
B ro w n draw s a sharp lin e between
the A tla n ta m edia and the n a tio n a l
media. He is p a rtic u la rly c ritic a l o f
A B C news and its program 20-20.
He said he c o n sid e rs a segment
done on that program an a ttack on
A tla n ta ’ s Black leadership by being
ra c ia lly n e g a tiv e . S p e c ific a lly ,
B row n feels A B C came in w ith pre
d e te rm in e d s c rip t and th e n fo u n d
f ilm to f i t th e ir s c rip t. H e s a id ,
“ th e y s ta rte d o f f by s a yin g , ‘ you
have a B lack m a yo r, a B lack C o m
m is s io n , a B la c k c h ie f and th e n
m o ve fr o m th e re s h o w in g B la c k
people.’ I'v e never seen anything on
television where they w o u ld go in to
another city saying you have a w hite
m a y o r, a w h ite c h ie f and th e n
proceed w ith the negative racial im
plications which they d id .’ ’
B ro w n d id say th e lo c a l m e d ia
was responsible in its coverage. He
says there are re a lly tw o stories in
A tla n ta . The firs t being the tragedy
o f the c h ild re n and the second, the
way the C ity has responded. Brow n
says, “ c o n tra ry to what m ay be the
b e lie f o f those o u ts id e th e c ity ,
A tla n ta is n o t a d iv id e d c ity b u t
Future jobs projected
Blacks are most like ly to fin d em
p lo y m e n t in la rg e m e tro p o lita n
areas, w ith la rg e c o rp o r a tio n s
(e sp e cia lly those w ith s u b s ta n tia l
Black consum er m arkets such as in
co sm e tics, to b a c c o , and p h a r-
meceuticals) and those that contract
w ith the governm ent, reports Black
E n te rp ris e M a g a zin e in its a n n u a l
jobs issue fo r February 1981.
U tiliz in g a nationw ide survey o f a
num ber o f executive recruiters, per
sonnel agents, and c o rp o ra te and
university placement o ffic e rs . Black
E n te rp ris e
announces
w hat
professions Blacks are being sought
fo r and where.
The N o rth e a st places its highest
d e m a n d o n c o m p u te r s c ie n tis ts ,
te c h n ic ia n s , and p e o p le w ith
a n a lytica l a b ility . C o m p u te r scien
tis ts , in c lu d in g p ro g ra m m e rs and
systems analysts, m ake $12,000 to
$ 30,000 a year at e n try le v e l and
$30,000 to $40,000 a year at levels
requiring a few years ot experience.
This is follow ed by a need fo r ac
c o u n ta n ts , m anagers in c o rp o ra te
banking, finance, brand m arketing,
and
sales.
These
business
p rofessions have a salary range o f
$11 ,(XX) to $17,000 a year fo r college
graduates, $3().(XX) to $50,(XX) a year
fo r M B A s in ju n io r m a n a g e m e n t
leading to m iddle management, and
$40,(XX) to $75,(XX) a year fo r M B A s
in m id d le m anagem ent p o s itio n s .
B eyond
these
h ig h -p o w e re d
p ro fe s s io n s is the d e m a n d by the
service in d u s trie s fo r se cre ta rie s
w ith a d m in is tra tiv e s k ills w ith a
s ta rtin g salary range o f $ 12,000 to
$20,000 a year.
As m a n u fa ctu rin g firm s continue
th e ir d e c a d e -lo n g f lig h t fr o m the
N o rth e a s t and th e M id e a s t to the
S u n b e lt, the S outh has com e a live
w ith
hot
jo b
p ro s p e c ts
in
e n g in e e rin g , b a n k in g , r e ta ilin g ,
finance and personnel. Fngineering
g ra d u a te s can s ta rt at $ 2 0 ,0 0 0 a
year, w ith a master’ s up to $24,000 a
y e a r; and w ith som e e x p e rie n c e a
salary range o f $25,(XX) to $45,000 a
y e a r. R e ta il sales and p ro d u c tio n
su p e rvisio n , the tw o most p le n tifu l
fie ld s in term s o f openings, have a
salary range fro m $15,000 a year to
a b o u t $40,(MX) a year w ith eight to
ten years experience.
DW
EXXON
ogle
rather A tla n ta n s have come together
w ith Black, w hite, young, o ld . rich,
p o o r a ll a skin g the same q u e s tio n ,
that being what can we do about our
p ro b le m . The to ta l c o m m u n ity has
come together and 1 expect this may
be c h a ra c te ris tic o f A tla n ta n s w ho
in times o f adversity come together
to solve the p roblem s.”
Som e have c r itic iz e d A tla n ta
police o ffic ia ls fo r m aking what the
c ritic s c a ll a " g ra n d s ta n d ’ ’ p la y in
bringing in some o f the n a tio n 's top
h o m ic id e in v e s tig a to rs to w o rk on
the case. B row n says it was never the
intent to have these super sleuths do
th e a c tu a l in v e s tig a tiv e w o rk b u t
ra th e r th e ir m ission was to lo o k at
w h a t was b e in g don e by A tla n ta
detectives, in te ra c t w ith them and
see w h a t a ssistance th e y c o u ld
provide based on their experience in
w o rk in g
such
c o m p le x
in
v e s tig a tio n s . Said B ro w n , “ based
on that, it was very successful.” He
says it was lik e a d o c to r seeking a
second o p in io n .
1 th o u g h t m y c o n v e rs a tio n w ith
Brown w ould be a good o p p o rtu n ity
to discuss the resurgence o f the Ku
K lu x K ia n w ith a to p Black law en
forcem ent o ffic ia l.
Brow n to ld me that he hasn’ t seen
such a resurgence in A tla n ta . He is
concerned how ever w ith its g ro w th
th ro u g h o u t the n a tio n , sees it as a
menace and feels there has been an
absence o f a re sponse fr o m the
federal governm ent. Brow n says, “ 1
can im a g in e i f we had B la cks
tr a in in g to p ro te c t B la c k s and
h a v in g
p a r a m ilit a r y
tr a in in g
p ro g ra m s , I w o u ld have no d o u b t
the machinery o f the federal govern
ment w ould go in to m o tio n and they
(Blacks) w o u ld be under the ja il and
then th e y w o u ld s ta rt lo o k in g fo r
w h a t charges to p la ce o n th e m . I
th in k th e fe d e ra l g o v e rn m e n t
response to th e re su rg e n ce o f the
K ia n has been to t a lly in a d e q u a te
and a disservice to the e n tire c o u n
tr y .”
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