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From the December 5, 1994 issue of The Spotlight (Subs 1-202- 546-
5621, 300 Independence Ave SE, Washington DC 20003)


DETROIT TURNED INTO WAR ZONE BY LAWLESS, LAWMEN

When both lawmen and the lawless carry automatic weapons and dress in
"stealth" outfits, you can't tell the good guys without a program.

Exclusive to The Spotlight
by Mike Blair

    The city of Detroit has become a virtual "war zone," as described
by one terrified local resident, with federal and local multi-
jurisdictional task forces on one side and vicious street gangs on the
other. Both groups roam the streets dressed in black ninja-style suits
and their faces covered with black ski-type masks to conceal their
identities.
    Members of street gangs have taken their cues from federal and
local police raiding parties dressed in the black gear and have been
dressing similarly to break into and rob Detroit homes in the middle
of the night.
    This apparently culminated in a shoot-out between one gang and
about 100 black-clad agents of a multi-jurisdictional task force on
November 11 in the Cass Corridor section on Detroit's east side.
    "It sounded like a war going on," one local resident who lives at
Pasadena and Homus streets, told the _Detroit News and Free Press_. "I
thought I was in _Lethal Weapons_," (a violent cops-versus-bad guys
"shoot 'em-up movie starring actors Mel Gibson and Danny Glover).
    When it was over, one gang member lay dead in the streets and
three others were reported injured in what the Detroit newspaper
described as "a blazing gunfight that terrorized two neighborhoods."
    Fifteen supposed gang members were arrested.
    The SPOTLIGHT has obtained a statement from a witness at the site,
who found himself caught up in the November 11 shootout.
    He said the multi-jurisdictional task force was "comprised of FBI,
BATF (the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms), IRS and
other federal agencies' personnel, along with state and local police
representatives.

Who's Who

   He said they all "used a standard uniform--matte black jumpsuits
and black ski masks, black body armor and black jump boots. It was
impossible to distinguish males from females. Both were present. No
one wore any type of identifying markings, not even the word 'Police."
They looked like black clad terrorists. What did make them stand out
were their weapons: H & K submachine guns and very short 10-to 13-inch
shotguns.
   "Some of these troops were asked to identify themselves to medical
personnel following a fatal shooting of a criminal by their members.
They refused to identify themselves or their agencies."
    According to the Detroit newspaper "bullets hit parked cars and
homes but no residents were injured."
    In one instance, a source told The SPOTLIGHT, the black-clad
agents entered a station house where ambulances were housed and
ordered a supervisor to turn an ambulance over to them.
    When the supervisor refused, stating that he could not release the
vehicle to them without proper authorization and without them
identifying themselves or what agencies they represented, which they
refused to do, a shouting match ensued.
    The supervisor was reportedly threatened with arrest for
attempting to delay the task force until he could check with a
superior.
    The ambulance was turned over to the task force , which used it as
a vehicle to transport agents and for surveillance. It was wrecked
before the night was over.
    Also taken in similar manner by the agents were a Department of
Public Works step van and a lighting and utilities truck.

Wrecked in Chase

    "The only reason they even admitted using the ambulance was
because they wrecked it during a chase," a witness stated.
    "It's federal business," those responsible for the vehicles were
told by the masked agents. "You'll get this truck back when we are
done with it."
    A witness at the scene said that one emergency medial technician
(EMT), who was later called to treat the injured, was in the process
of working on one man shot down in the street when he found someone
taping him on the side of his head with a flashlight.
    The EMT turned to find the flashlight was attached to a shotgun,
which was pointed at his head. He was ordered to get out of the way by
the black-clad agent who apparently wanted to examine the wounded man.
    A witness to the shoot-out told The SPOTLIGHT that he wanted to
advise residents of the city to "call your legislators immediately.
Tell them what is going on. Insist that these troops be required to
identify themselves to insure accountability."
    "An officer who upholds the constitutional rights of citizens has
no need to hide his or her identity," the irate witness stated.



JANET RENO READIES REGIONAL FORCES IN AMERICA

Regional, multi-jurisdictional task forces, under federal control, are
being established throughout the country.

Exclusive to The Spotlight
by Mike Blair

    The U.S. Justice Department is in the process of establishing
Rural Crime and Drug Task Forces within each federal judicial district
of the nation, as provided for in the 1994 Omnibus Crime Bill, which
has been signed into law by President Bill Clinton.
    Under the new law, Attorney General Janet Reno has the authority
to establish the task forces in each judicial district and to deputize
local law enforcement officers as federal marshals.
    The SPOTLIGHT has learned that various federal agencies, which
were designated by the law to be part of the task forces, are in the
process of being trained and organized for their new duties.
    As an example, The SPOTLIGHT has learned that officers of the U.S.
Park Service are to begin receiving training in the use of the
military M-16 assault rifle, which they then will be required to carry
in their vehicles.
    According to SPOTLIGHT sources the training is to be undertaken at
Fort Gordon, Georgia.

Semi-Automatics

    Sources said the rifles to be provided to the Park Service will
have their selective fire mechanisms removed, which will make them
capable of firing only semi-automatically.
    However, this semi-automatic version of the M-16 is one of the so-
called "assault rifles" that was banned from civilian sale and
ownership in a provision of the crime bill.
    In addition, The SPOTLIGHT has also learned that members of the
enforcement division of the U.S. Forest Service are no longer under
the jurisdiction of the supervisory personnel of the districts they
serve.
    Now they receive their orders directly from the Washington or
regional offices of the service.
    Further, The SPOTLIGHT has received a copy of a Forest Service
requisition submitted to a local ammunition supplier in Montana for
300 boxes of Federal Premium Hydra-Shok .45 caliber pistol ammunition
for the rangers' sidearms.
    This ammunition features a cartridge with a bullet designed for
its expanding, destructive power that has been highly criticized by
anti-gun forces.
    The requisition, which was for the approximately 30 Forest Service
officers who serve the Kootenai National Forest at Libby Montana, also
includes 240 boxes of regular Winchester ball or jacketed .45 caliber
ammunition and 80 boxes of Federal 12 gauge shotgun 00 buckshot
cartridges.
    Under the crime bill, the membership of task forces will include
state and local law enforcement agencies, as well as the Drug
Enforcement Administration, Immigration and Naturalization Service,
Customs Service, United States Marshals Service, U.S. Park Police,
U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management "and other Federal law
enforcement agencies as the Attorney General may direct."
    The law gives the task forces, including the federal officers,
jurisdiction to act on non-federal land.
    The task forces, according to the new law, will be financed
largely through "Assets seized as a result of *investigations*
[SPOTLIGHT emphasis] initiated by a Rural Drug Enforcement Task Force
. . . "
    In other words, the subject of an investigation will be in danger
of having his assets confiscated and liquidated by a task force,
regardless of the fact that he has not only not been convicted of any
crime but has not even been arrested or charged.



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