Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Headline Article Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 14:51:51 EST Message-ID: \SE A;NATION;AMERICAN SCENE;MIDWEST \BY FROM WIRE DISPATCHES AND STAFF REPORTS S=NEW STORY Hundreds attend vigil at site of police beating DETROIT - More than 200 people gathered for a candlelight vigil at the spot where a man was dragged from his car and fatally beaten by police. The case evoked comparisons to the videotaped beating of black motorist Rodney King by white officers, whose acquittals this spring led to rioting in Los Angeles. "I think justice will be served," Venessa Brooks said at Tuesday night's vigil. "If it's not, we'll have trouble, I would say. That's what happened in Los Angeles, isn't it?" Police Chief Stanley Knox has suspended seven officers for watching or taking part in last Thursday's beating of Malice Green, 35, who is black. Wayne County prosecutors say warrants could be issued this week against some or all of the officers, most of whom are white. Mr. Green was beaten with flashlights by two white plainclothes officers who approached him after he parked his car near a suspected crack cocaine house, Chief Knox said. Five other officers watched or took part, Chief Knox said. S=NEW STORY Teen arrested in tear gas incident PORTAGE, Mich. - A 14-year-old has been arrested in the release of tear gas at a shopping mall that sent 160 persons to hospitals and forced 2,000 to flee. Police said they received information Tuesday that the boy had stolen two canisters of the chemical, sold for personal protection. About 2,000 people were inside the Crossroads Mall when a smoke bomb was reported Saturday. The mall was evacuated when customers and employees began gagging. About 160 people were treated at hospitals for symptoms including nausea, headaches, difficulty breathing and sore throats. The mall was reopened Saturday for two hours, then closed again that evening after more people became ill. It has operated on schedule since. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM