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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1997
Page
2
In New York Abner Louima, the Haitian immigrant who alleged police shoved a stick into his rectum in a stationhouse bathroom, exited Brooklyn Hospital Center after nine weeks of treatment. Four Brooklyn officers are charged in the attack and Louima sues the city for 55 million dollars.
District Attorney Barrown Lankster said six to seven boys watched as a female classmate was stripped, held down, and harmed inside Paramount High School in western Alabama during Monday classes. A 17-year-old was jailed on a first degree charge. an 18-year-old and four younger youths face conspiracy or attempted charges.
In Ephrata Washington 16 year old Barry Loukaitis was sentenced to two life terms without parole plus 205 years for killing two classmates and a teacher at Frontier Junior High on February 2 1996. He was convicted of two counts of aggravated first degree murder and faces multiple related charges including second degree murder kidnapping and assault. The shooter was 16 at the time and death penalty was not allowed due to age.
Conservatives mobilize for a major veto-override battle after President Clinton rejected a ban on partial birth abortion. House and Senate votes fell short of two-thirds required to override. Clinton cited health risks and his opposition to the procedure saying it is inhumane, while opponents label him the Abortion President.
In Acapulco the Camarones River surged through hillside shanties after rains from Hurricane Pauline, sweeping away hundreds as poor residents say bad planning and neglect worsened a disaster. Squatters in Veladero National Park amid deforestation fueled the deadly mud flow, with authorities reporting 141 deaths this week.
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The piece notes illegal settlements growing without city oversight or building code adherence as river floods repeatedly devastate shantytowns from Tapachula to Monterrey. It cites political influence shielding squatters, calls for relocation, and mass displacement as authorities face recurring flood risk.
In Rainbow City a drug task force chief, Chris McCurley aged 46, was killed when suspects at a house opened fire during a search. An officer and four others were wounded as Petersen Ezra George, 50, and Cony nne Stozzie, 30, exchanged fire, with Petersen later shot by police.
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