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	Drugs in Harlem and how they affect our Youth by: Obatunji McKnight and Matt Renner Photos by Jamal Severin Name: Regie Palamer Occupation:Computer Technician How do you think drugs affect the youth of Harlem?"Being one that grew up in harlem, I think it was put here and when they use it they effect themselves in education and dont have any concept of what needs to be done for the future. The year two thousand is coming up and we have our youngster considered as X-factors. How do you feel about schools testing students for drugs? Actually it's against the law as far as law abiding if you wanna be as far as your rights but at the token unless you can prove to me that you know how not to use it I geuss I have the right to invock the ability to take that test as I paying for your eduction. How do you feel gangs effect drug use? I feel there is no such thing as a gang it just a bunch of people who just don't know what that they need to do. What do you think about legalizing weed ?"As far as the legalization of weed is the cash crop in California as a matter of fact it is the number one crop in California.God put that here. You can go to the pigmie environment and they have weed back there I don't think that there is anything wrong with it if I had my choise of those indeviduales doing weed or alchol I prefer them to do weed because I dont see anyone bding busted and driving into things for being incopasitated." Name: Occupation: Name: Occupation: Name: Occupation:

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There was a man in the bus that would not give his name. The police wanted to take him to the precinct as John Doe. He began to get fresh with the police. He then became aggressive. I didn't quite understand what was happening. Apparently, the officer wanted to cuff him, although he was already cuffed. The officer asked the man to stand up to be cuffed. He refused. So the officer told him that if he didn't get up, he would forcefully cuff him. There were two cuffed men, shielding us from the struggle between the police and the cuffed man. So, it was hard to see. 'John Doe,' complained that the officer had punched him in the face. The officer denied it. At first I just thought that the guy was lying and that he just wanted to make a scene.