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Reverend
Calvin
Butts
Calls
Rudolph
Giuliani
"Racist"
5/22/98
On Tuesday (5/19) during an appearance on "Inside City Hall" a local cable television program on news station "New York 1," Reverend Calvin Butts of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, one of New York City's most powerful and well-respected African American leaders, said of New York City's Mayor, "I don't think he likes black people." Then, on Wednesday, speaking at a news conference along with other religious leaders and several Harlem residents who say they've been harassed by police, Butts added "People say 'Reverend, why are you speaking out? The city is cleaner and safer.' What I want to tell people is that it's not happening in our community." Reverend Butts claimed that Giuliani's leadership has led to an atmosphere among police whereby more young blacks and Harlem merchants are being harassed and brutalized. He also stated at the press conference that he would "be big enough to admit I was wrong about calling you a racist" if the mayor would address his concerns. In response, Mayor Giuliani told the Associated Press "I think it's really a shame for him to be name-calling like that, particularly since he's a religious person. So I think this is a reflection on Calvin Butts."
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Issue #43, 5/22/98
"Operation Casablanca:" Feds' Big Money Laundering Bust Amounts to Chump Change | 40 Events Scheduled for Global Days against the Drug War | Another Bad Raid, Another Lawsuit for the City of New York | Reverend Calvin Butts Calls Rudolph Giuliani Racist | Medical Marijuana Summit Scheduled in California | House Amendment to Higher Education Bill Bars Marijuana Smokers from Receiving Student Aid | Bolivian Anti-Drug Squadron Eats Disabled Peasant's Fruit Crop, Leaving Her without Income | Quote of the Week: Milton Friedman on Colombia | Media Alert: Brandweek Takes on the Partnership | Link of the Week: Oregonians for Medical Rights | New Book: Dark Alliance by Gary Webb tells the whole CIA-Crack Story | Job Announcement: DPF Hiring an Assistant Communications Director | Editorial: Bad raids
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