Contents: TO OUR READERS • SOUTH AFRICAN COPS - UNUSUAL ADMISSION • NO BACKSLIDING • IT'S IN THE AIR • THE NEXT STEP • UC COPS THREATENS PROTESTER'S LIFE • The newsletter says we are forced to suspend publication of Biko Plaza News for two weeks; at that time we plan to resume publication in a much larger format. The newsletter reports the South African police have finally admitted to the death of an 18-year old Black man on March 29; he had been hospitalized in police custody since February 23 and died while in the custody of the police;. Two other incidents of Blacks dying while in custody of the cops have occurred in the past month as well. The newsletter notes that the call...
Contents: TO OUR READERS • SOUTH AFRICAN COPS - UNUSUAL ADMISSION • NO BACKSLIDING • IT'S IN THE AIR • THE NEXT STEP • UC COPS THREATENS PROTESTER'S LIFE • The newsletter says we are forced to suspend publication of Biko Plaza News for two weeks; at that time we plan to resume publication in a much larger format. The newsletter reports the South African police have finally admitted to the death of an 18-year old Black man on March 29; he had been hospitalized in police custody since February 23 and died while in the custody of the police;. Two other incidents of Blacks dying while in custody of the cops have occurred in the past month as well. The newsletter notes that the call for divestment in America is far from revolutionary, but the mere mention of it in South Africa is grounds for treason. The newsletter says the sit-in at Biko Plaza has created a new political climate on campuses across the country, which should be tapped to its fullest extent. This spring has shown that students will respond to a decisive call for action; a nationwide strike was organized in one week. The newsletter says UC Police Officer Hickman, known around campus for the shooting death of a young Black man almost three years ago, threaten to attack one of the divestment movement's most active members this week. The last page of the newsletter says DEFEND THE BIKO HALL DEMONSTRATORS; DROP ALL CHARGES. The newsletter discusses founding and contributing editors, Nancy Hallgren, Stacy Johnson, Jeff Kravitz, Ben Robinson, Roy Werbel, graphic artists, radicalism, the divestment movement, UC (University of California), and Billy Nessen.
