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AHEC inaction contrasts with-cities Complaints about response by city officers handled promptly, but Saker says charge against APS 'in error' Barry Tobin Deanna Allen Staff Writers
Manning Marable, a University of Colorado professor of political science and history, spoke Feb. 21 to a standing-roomonly audience in the St. Francis Center on the legacy of Malcolm X.
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Two hundred people packed the St. Francis Center Feb. 21 to hear a nationally known black educator speak on the life and legacy of Malcolm X. Manning Marable, a University of Colorado professor ofpolitical science and history and a nationally syndicated columnist, called Malcolm X one of the most important figures in American political history. He recalled Malcolm X as a man who fought for truth, freedom and dignity, not only for African-Americans, but for all people, and as a man who spoke directly and powerfully to the oppressed.
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"By honoring Malcolm, we are honoring ourselves," Marable said. 'The greatness in Malcolm reflects the greatness in ourselves." Marable put the black activist's life into perspective for his audience. He gave an overview of black nationalist politics in America, focusing on Elijah Muhammed's Nation oflslam. He recounted Malcolm X's rise as a minister in the Nation oflslam during the 1950s and 1960s, his emergence as an internationally recognized black leader and bis split from Elijah Muhammed at the end of his life. Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965 during a speech in Harlem, N.Y. Marable also drew parallels between Malcolm X and
The failure of an AHEC administrator to investigate allegations of slow responses by Auraria Public Safety would be unlikely in comparably sized communities, according to a survey. AHEC Executive Vice President JoAnn Soker told The Metropolitan last week that she "may have screwed up" and failed to pass on a complaint about Auraria Public Safety's response to a burglary reported May 7, 1991. In Englewood, they process complaints within 72 hours, said Sue Bradshaw, city manager's office spokeswoman. Englewood was one of the communities surveyed because its population is similar in size to that of the Auraria Campus. The police department is staffed by 60 patrol officers, Bradshaw said. The Aurora city manager's office directs complaints to each specific department. 'The best person to investigate complaints is the director of the department that the complaint is against," said Diane Eckels, spokeswoman for the city manager. Aurora, like Englewood, processes every complaint. In Arvada, complaints to the city manager's office are always passed on to either the police chief orcommanderof a particular division. "A complaint is never not passed on," said Brian Grauberger, acting assistant to the Arvada city manager. Soker's failure to pursue the allegations was brought to light through two letters of inquiry written to Soker by James J. Brodell, MSCD assistant professor of journalism. Brodell accused APS of refusing to release information that is public record in order to cover up its "continual blundering." In the May 7 burglary, APS reportedly was notified of the incident about 4:28 p.m. and failed to respond within 10 minutes, according to Brodell. In his May 15 letter, Brodell also alluded to an alleged sexual assault in the Auraria Library. "I cannot understand how a molester can ply his trade in the library without being caught more quickly than was the case," Brodell wrote to Soker. "I request that you have someone not connected with APS look into that matter." Brodell was referring to a March 1991 series of incidents at the library in which a man assaulted women on three separate occasions before he was apprehended by APS. The assailant plead guilty to third-degree assault March 21.
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