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August 08 2000
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Minister Farrakhan comments on Democratic Party's Selection of Senator Joseph I. Lieberman (D.-Conn.)
LOS ANGELES�Is white America ready to have a Jewish vice-president, who is a heart beat away from being the President of the United States of America, was the question raised today by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan during an hour-long, morning press conference held at the Radisson Hotel on Aug. 11. "If America answers that question well, then America has indeed matured," he said.

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Minister Louis Farrakhan's press conference, Los Angeles, Ca. 08-11-2000

See Also: Text excerpt from Press Conference Transcript
LA Times story 08-11-2000: "Nation of Islam Leader Raises the Loyalty Issue"

Blacks outraged at deaths
from new weapons
NEW YORK�When demonstrators take to the streets of Los Angeles for the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 14-17, they can expect pepper spray and rubber bullets, if they get out of control. Police Chief Bernard Parks shared his crowd control plans with the media after courts ruled the city could not limit protests. The chief�s remarks after the July 24 legal decision are another example of how law enforcement is moving toward the use of so-called non-lethal weapons to control crime.

GOP adds Black symbols, substance questions linger
PHILADELPHIA�While the numbers of Black delegates at the 2000 Republican National Convention may not be substantial compared to their representation in the general population�92 Black delegates and alternates, amounting to 4.1 percent of the total, which is larger than the 57, or 2.7 percent who attended in 1996�the participation of prominent Blacks from both inside and outside the GOP did increase dramatically at this convention.

See Also, Political Commentary: On Colin Powell and White America