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Reverend Sharpton, C harging
Get The Love You Want And Deserve: Do
P rosecution W ith “ Foul Play” in Yusuf Not Compromise Yourself. . .
H awkins Case, Leads 500 People in
by Ullysses Tucker, Jr.
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always find Blacks in crimes against whites,”
continued the outspoken minister, adding
that the killing of Hawkins, “ a cold-blooded
murder mourned by the governor, mourned
by the mayor, mourned by mayoral candi
dates--now it seems that no one will pay for
it. What will they tell Black people now?
That Yusuf did it to himself?” The refer
ence was to the Tawana Brawley case,
where a grand jury led by New York State
Attorney General Robert Abrams concluded
that Ms. Brawley, who had been kidnapped
and raped by white law enforcement offi
cers in Wappingers Falls, had fabricated
the story and left herself in the brutalized
condition she was found in over two years
ago. Reverend Sharpton and attorneys
Maddox and Mason served as advisors to
the Brawley family.
The trial of Hawkins’ accused killers is
scheduled to begin on Monday in Brooklyn
supreme court, but District Attorney Hynes
is said to be seeking a postponement so that
Mr. Vento can be located. The Hawkins
family has charged that both Mr. Hynes and
his predecessor. New York City Comptrol
ler Elizabeth Holtzman, violated an agree
ment both district attorneys had reached
with the Hawkins family by making a deal
with Mr. Vento in exchange for his testi
mony against his friends. Mr. Vento was
one of the 30 youths who attacked Mr.
Hawkins last summer.
Reverend A1 Sharpton, charging that
mishandling of the Yusuf Hawkins murder
case by the Brooklyn District Attorney's
office has left the case in “ serious trouble” ,
led 500 marchers through the streets of
Bensonhurst in protest. Demonstrators from
Reverend Sharpton’s United African Move
ment were joined at the rally's starting
point at the Slave Theater in Brooklyn’s
Bedford Stuyvesant community by 100
supporters brought by the New Alliance
Party. The sixteen-year old African Ameri
can youth was killed by a mob of 30 young
white men last August when he and two
friends came to the all-white Bensonhurst
neighborhood to look at a used car. Seven
of the Bensonhurst residents have been
indicted in the case.
Yusuf’s mother Diane Hawkins, his
father Moses Stewart, Hawkins family at
torney Alton Maddox, Jr., attorney C. Vernon
Mason, and Dr. Rafael Mendez of the New
Alliance Party led the march with Reverend
Sharpton. The demonstration was a response
to the announcement earlier in the week by
Brooklyn district Attorney Charles Hynes
that a key prosecution witness in the Yusuf
Hawkins murder case, John Vento, has
been missing since December.
‘ ‘It seems that this case has never been
taken seriously by the District Attorney's
office,” said Reverend Sharpton after the
rally. “ It is amazing to us that they could
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egotistic trappings that alter the com
and to my surprise, it has developed into munications process or create ulterior
a very healthy friendship. A bit skepti motive for wanting to interact with a
cal in the beginning, I am now most person. It was not the type of automo
happy with our personal growth and bile we drove, how much we earned an
interaction shared to date.
nually, what neighborhood we lived in,
Regardless of the outcome, both of our net worth, or all the other elements
us agree that we will be good friends for some people gravitate towards. The op
the rest of our lives. Most relationships portunity to communicate with another
should end that way. How many times human being openly and honestly ranks
have you seen relationships end in bit very high on my list. It is a great
terness, great pain, and hostility? In feeling. Because of the distance and
many cases, families are divided, kids lack of insight about the physical attrib
get caught in a “ tug-of-war” between utes about each other, we were allowed
parents, and eventually, everybody loses. to grow. No worries about dressing to
Yes, everybody is affected when rela impress, mindless intellectual games,
tionships end in confusion and high or fears about jumping into each other’s
drama.
pants before it was time.
When the communications process
By not being threatened by each
started between my “ pen pal” and I,
other, we were able to share our dreams
the sharing of thoughts and ideas was
and pain. My graduate school advisor
very general. More like two boxers
once told me that people have the
feeling each other out in the early going
tendency to self-reveal more with strang
or early rounds. Later, it became real
ers than to those they know. The real
honest, very open, free, objective, and
threat comes when people, who they
more importantly, we learned to trust
do reveal to, use what is revealed against
each other with our feelings or ‘ ‘emo
them for individual gain. Feelings are
tional baggage” from past encounters
very fragile. The last thing people
or our childhood. We all have emo
need is for another to stomp on their
tional baggage whether we acknowl
heart with a spiked heel or “ trample
edge it or not. Some people deal with it
their feelings in the mud.” No one
and others suppress it to the point where
likes to hurt or have their shortcomings
it affects their ability to communicate
used against them. This is probably
positively, with other humans.
why people are very selective about
We established a sold friendship base
sharing their “ baggage” or feelings
because it m ight scare away a potential
mate.
With my “ pen pal” , we have ex
plored our experiences as children
together, talked about our families, the
neighborhood we grew up in, whether
our family said grace at the table or
not, our educational background, mates
of the past, likes and dislikes in people,
and a host o f other elements essential
to understanding another human being.
If more people took the time to listen,
ask questions, trust, and share more,
there would probably be fewer misun
derstandings. Too often, individual
selfishness and needs prevent interac
tion that is positive and growth-ori
ented. Expectations, be they sexual or
demanding a committment before it is
time can lead to stress, ill-advised
decisions or choices can be the Kiss of
Death in a relationship. Why be a
victim o f such pressures and eventu
ally regret your actions?
These decisions can lead to unhealthy
relationships, divorce, and separation.
There is nothing worse than a “ bone-
head” or “ deadend” relationship.
People should hold tight to their con
victions in the mate selection process.
We all know what we want in a mate
and the type of person we think we
deserve. So, why compromise what
you want? When one does establish a
set of convictions, there will be mo
ments of doubt and loneliness. The flesh
gets weak, allow people into their per
sonal space for all the wrong reasons,
and then they wonder what went wrong.
People need to keep the faith.
‘ ‘Faith is the substance of things hoped
for, the evidence of things not
seen...’’(Hebrew 11). What is worse,
being alone with somebody you do not
care about or alone, but not lonely?
Hold tight for what you want in the mate
selection process. Do not compromise
what you w ant
The ability to communicate with some
one openly and freely cna definitely lay
down a solid foundation for the future.
Be it permanent mate or life-long friend,
I’m glad that 1 took the time to experi
ence a wonderful growth process with
out expectations, emotional reconstruc
tions, or selfish motives. More people
should. . .
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