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Trang chủ / Đề mục / Detroit, Fall 1986 41
Ngày khởi tạo / 2013 / Tháng Bảy
- ADAPT (275)
THE DETROIT NEWS / Wednesday, Oct. 8, 1986 The two articles that appear here are continuations of articles from ADAPT 285 and the entire text of the articles appear there for easier reading. In addition to the articles there is a photo and news graphic that appear here. NEWS GRAPHIC: Handicapped accessible buses Here's a look at the number of buses that are handicap accessible and average number of daily riders on 6 transit systems: Wheelchair Lifts : Baltimore has 100. Chicago has 0, Cleveland has 0. Denver has 440, Detroit has 196, SEMTA has 140. Total Buses: Baltimore has 900, Chicago has 2,275, Cleveland has 656, Denver has 760, Detroit has 603, SEMTA has 203. Daily Riders: Baltimore has 240,000, Chicago has 1.6 million, Cleveland has 263,400, Denver has 160,000, Detroit has 180,000, SEMTA has 203,000. (59 small vans for handicapped, all wheel chair accessible.) PHOTO News Photo by W. Lynn Owens: A man with bushy hair and beard and hoodie and jacket stands by the open door of a city bus. He looks down as another person sitting on the steps of the bus pulls himself/herself up the steps. On the sidewalk in front of the man and the bus is an empty manual wheelchair with a small bag on the back. Inside the bus is dark but you can see the outline of the driver looking on. Caption reads: Protester tries to board city bus from wheelchair. - ADAPT (273)
PHOTO: Three police officers tip Ken Heard, an Asian American man, way back in his motorized wheelchair in an apparent attempt to stop him. The two on his side look somewhat taken aback, while the guy behind him looks determined and wary. Ken looks like he is waiting for his moment. Ken's hand and arm are up by his side and his control for his wheelchair, mounted on his footrest, is flipped over. Between and behind a couple of the officers an African American man is standing watching, with a smile on his face. - ADAPT (323)
Mark Johnson sits against the wall between two elevators. He is in a manual wheelchair and is looking intently down the hall past the camera. On either side of him stands a uniformed police officer. - ADAPT (292)
[Image] [Image caption] Police arrest Edith Harris, of Hartford, Conn., after she blocked and then hung onto the open door of a bus when it stopped on Woodward next to the City-County Building. UP Press [Headline] 17 handicappers face charges after protest By Jim Finkelstein Free Press Staff Writer 10/7/86 Police arrested 17 handicappers Monday as the wheelchair users protested for the second day to get the attention of a transit convention meeting downtown. About 85 protesters rallied outside Mayor Young's office Monday morning for wheelchair-accessible public transit, a protest they have brought to several past conventions of the American Public Transit Association. Then the members of the American Disabled for Accessible Public transportation (ADAPT) tried to board city buses downtown to demonstrate the lack of lift equipment on several buses. Police said the 17 were charged with disorderly conduct. Sixteen of the 17 were released on $100 personal bond. One protester was held because she would not give police her name or other information, according to ADAPT member Glenn Horton, 46, of Dallas. An Oct. 24 hearing date was set. Police said wheelchair users who were arrested were put on a van with an electronic lift and taken to police headquarters downtown. SEMTA spokesman Mike Niemann said SEMTA agreed to lend police a lift-equipped van, but he was uncertain whether police took the offer. The bus-boarding protest ended around 2:30 p.m. after the arrests, said Molly Blank, an ADAPT spokeswoman. She said the demonstrators were arrested for crawling onto the buses, blocking their doors or blocking the buses' paths. [Image] [Image caption] Keynote speaker Ed Bradley of CBS News said that after investigating ADAPT and its tactics, he decided he couldn't support the group. [text continues] The protesters were meeting at the Day's Inn hotel Monday afternoon to decide their next move, said Blank. [image] [image caption] Protesters in wheelchairs are arrested by police after they blocked a bus on Woodward near Larned in Detroit. UP Photo [text continues] ADAPT members who lined downtown bus stops Monday, trying to board Detroit Department of Transportation buses, said they came from around the country to win wheelchair accessibility on public transit systems. Free Press Staff Writer John Castine contributed to this report. - ADAPT (277)
Unattributed quote "It seems to me that this group of yelling protesting handicappers is to the handicapper rights movement what the freedom riders were to more conservative members of the civil rights movement. They are righteous hellions whose goals are shared by other handicappers, even though their extreme tactics are sometimes rejected." PHOTO: A large round man in a manual wheelchair (Jerry Eubanks) is being escorted by three uniformed police officers. Jerry, a double amputee, holds his arms up from the wheels and two of the policemen are trying to hold onto his arms, while the third pushes him forward. Jerry looks slightly surprised and amused. - ADAPT (286)
A man [Rick James] sits in his motorized wheelchair, finger on his joy stick, in front of glass doors. The doors have a sign reading Mayor's Office, and from inside you can see a man in a suit peering out. Rick is wearing his mountain man hat, a full beard and mustache, a no steps ADAPT logo T-shirt, several ADAPT buttons, a jacket and plaid pants. - ADAPT (289)
Protest for disabled PHOTO (from an unknown newspaper) By Melanie Stengel, UPI: A heavy set older woman (Edith Harris) in a scooter is surrounded by three uniformed police officers. Behind them on one side, a bus; behind on the other side, a large city building. Edith, who has no legs is sitting at an angle in the scooter, looking at her left hand. Two of the officers have her by her wrists, and a third, is doing something behind her back. The caption reads: BUS-TED: Edith Harris, of Hartford, Conn., is arrested for blocking a bus in front of the City-County Building in Detroit Monday. Harris, with ADAPT — American Disabled for Accessible Public Transportation — was among about 18 arrested Monday, the second day of demonstrations to gain the attention of the American Public Transit Association. ADAPT is protesting the lack of wheelchair accessibility on the nation's buses and trains. The association is meeting in Detroit. - ADAPT (330)
[The first part of this photo is a continuation of the story that starts on ADAPT 131 and the full text of that article is included there for easier reading. Below is a second article that is included here.] Non-violent civil disobedience effectively promotes change By Verna Spayth Power is not inherently violent, however, in governmental form it is often expressed in a violent manner. Governmental power is maintained through the agreement of the oppressed and the tacit compliance of the majority of the governed. Any significant withdrawal of that compliance seriously restricts, or even removes, governmental control. Apathy in the face of injustice is a form of violence. Struggle and conflict are often necessary to correct injustice. Our struggle is not an easy one. We must not think of nonviolent civil disobedience as a safe and easy way to fight our oppression. The strength comes from our willingness to take personal risk without threatening others. When a compliant majority sees us risking our personal safety and health for our cause, they will be forced — perhaps for the first time — to confront their stereotypical images of people with disabilities and to begin to change those images. However, it is essential that we separate the individual from the role played. Non-disabled people are not the enemy. The “enemy” is the system that forces people into the roles of oppressed and oppressor. A nonviolent campaign must focus on the issues and the system, rather than on the personalities involved. Nonviolent direct action is an attempt to produce change. It should be treated like a conversation where one is communicating a particular message. We should always be willing to listen and learn from the other side. If we treat our opponents with honesty and respect, our truth will be easier for them to hear. Avot d’Rabbi Nathan has suggested that the “strongest of the mighty” is the one who “makes a friend out of an adversary.” We must begin to confront and move beyond our own personal fears. There is true strength and power to be found when we come together. Pandit Nehru described the core of Gandhi’s campaign for Indian self-rule this way: “It was against this all-pervading fear [of British repression] that Gandhi’s quiet and determined voice was raised: BE NOT AFRAID.” - ADAPT (291)
This is a continuation of the story on ADAPT 292 but the entire text of the story is included there for easier reading. [this page also includes a second article] [Headline] 17 disrupt bus service, now facing court date The 2,300 APTA delegates, meeting through Thursday at the Westin Hotel, heard keynote speaker Ed Bradley of CBS News condem the tactics and positions of the handicappers. Bradley said he was lobbied by the Denver-based ADAPT to cancel his speaking engagement at the convention, but, after checking with Mayor Young and investigating ADAPT and its tactics, he decided he couldn't support the group. Bradley said he also checked with civil rights leader Rosa Parks, who canceled an appearance at a downtown ADAPT parade Sunday, saying she disapproved of their tactics. Mayor Young, in a press conference after his welcoming remarks to the convention, defended the city's efforts to provide wheelchair lifts on buses. He said the protesters, who have staged similar demonstrations at previous APTA conferences, using "Sabotage and sensationalism" to take "advantage of their disabilities tothrow themselves in front of buses. That's not the way to win co-operation." Young said the city recently bought 100 new buses, 20 of which were lift-equipped. "Rumpelstiltskin could make gold come out of straw," he said. "If I had that facility I would be able to do what they (ADAPT) ask." - ADAPT (276)
PHOTO by ?: A man in a manual, sports-type, wheelchair (Glenn Horton) has his mouth wide open chanting, and beside him another man in older manual chair (Bernard Baker) chants with him. Behind him two police officers look like they are taking Glenn away. A third officer faces Glenn and looks down at him. The dark police uniforms, cause Glenn to stand out, and his dark sunglasses give him a slightly crazed look. Behind this little group you can see other officers and a TV camera man by a downtown office building. - ADAPT (274)
PHOTO by Tom Olin: In a hallway next to an elevator bank, three people in wheelchairs sit in a quarter circle. Their mouths are open, chanting. Bob Kafka, left, and Stephanie Thomas, center, wear ADAPT T-shirts with the no steps logo. Loretta Dufriend, on right, has on a jacket and skirt. All have different, intense expressions on their faces and all are looking to their left toward the camera. In the dark behind them you can make out a couple of other protesters in the hall too. - ADAPT (280)
THE DETROIT NEWS / Tuesday, Oct. 7, 1986 Title: Wheelchairs block city buses [This article is continued in ADAPT 279, but the entire text of the article is included here for easier reading.] News Photo by Lynn Owens: View of a downtown city street. A bus fills most of the frame. In front of the bus two police officers stand on either side of a woman (Cathy Thomas?) in a motorized wheelchair. They are trying to pull her up the curb backwards. A man by the entrance to the bus stands watching. Caption reads: Detroit police arrest a wheelchair-bound woman after she blocked the passage of a city bus Title: Handicapped protest leads to 18 arrests By Robert Ourlian, News Staff Writer Wheelchair-bound demonstrators Monday flung themselves onto the steps of city buses and rolled in front of downtown traffic, to protest what they called the lack of public transportation for handicapped people. At least 18 were arrested by specially trained police after efforts failed to keep the streets clear. But dozens of others were ignored. "This town is crazy" said Bill Bolte of Los Angeles, one of the protesters. “You can’t get arrested here." Bolte was one of several demonstrators who rolled up to a parked bus near Kennedy Square, dragged himself out of his wheelchair and wriggled up the bus steps. The demonstrators, members of American Disabled for Accessible Public Transportation, conducted organized disruption actions throughout downtown Monday in a second day of protests aimed at a Detroit convention of the American Public Transit Association (APTA). The group, which traditionally stages protests in conjunction with APTA conventions, has showed up since 1982 in Los Angeles, Washington and Cincinnati. Members plan to remain in Detroit through Thursday. Monday’s demonstration began in the morning, when about 50 handicapped protesters jammed the hall outside Mayor Coleman A. Young's City-County Building office and chanted. “We are here to express our outrage that a leader like Coleman Young of the civil rights movement would invite an organization (the APTA) that discriminates against disabled people into this city and, in fact, speak to them," said Bob Kafka of Austin, Tex. “Like speaking to the Ku Klux Klan would offend black people, well, speaking to APTA offends all disabled people.” Some demonstrators were blocked from building elevators by security guards under the supervision of a dozen Detroit police officers. At least one elevator was shut off. The demonstrators remained in the 11th floor hallway for more than an hour, finally leaving after being threatened with arrest. Two men met briefly with Fred Martin, Young's chief executive assistant. (Please see Protest/4A; continued From page 1A Protest Wheelchairs block buses) NEWS PHOTO / W. LYNN OWENS: Two lanes of a downtown city street are blocked by about six ADAPT folks blocking two buses. From right to left front to back the ADAPT folks are Mark Johnson, Rick James, possibly Bobby Simpson, possibly Jane Jackson? (wearing a hood, hard to see), Cathy Thomas, and one other behind her. Everyone is wearing warm jackets. The bus in the center of the street has an access symbol on the front, by the door. Rick and Cathy and the last person are sitting right up against the middle of the bus. On the sidewalk someone is standing with her chin on her palm. The street is otherwise empty. Caption reads: Members of American Disabled for Accessible Public Transportation (ADAPT) block buses. [return to article] “Martin told us we were welcome to ride the city’s transit system,” said Michael Auberger of Denver, as fellow protester Arthur Campbell of Louisville confronted police while boarding a bus. “We took him at his word and this is what happened,” Auberger said. “It's obvious his word is worth nothing in this city.” Demonstrations were staged throughout Sunday in Detroit and Dearborn, as protesters jeered APTA delegates at the Westin Hotel, rallied at Hart Plaza and paraded through downtown streets. Later, they traveled to Greenfield Village to try to block a scheduled visit by conventioneers. Police escorts managed to sneak buses carrying delegates in and out through side entrances. The protesters sparked debate last week, when city officials rescinded their parade permit on police recommendations. Later, civil rights figure Rosa Parks, famed for her role in instigating the bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala., withdrew from a planned news conference on behalf of the handicapped protesters. THE 18 arrested protesters were arraigned Monday on disorderly conduct charges before 36th District Judge Adam Shakoor, who released each on $100 personal bond with the stipulation that they avoid arrest until their preliminary examinations, which he scheduled for Oct. 24. Detroit Police Inspector Jerry Soli said the charges are misdemeanors punishable by up to 60 days in jail. The arrested protesters were carefully directed to specially equipped vans provided by the Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority and driven to Detroit Police headquarters for booking and lockup. Soli said police faced no special problems during the arrests other than the obvious — the transport of a disabled person. One veteran officer lamented that the situation is “going to make us look bad no matter what we do. “Here we are locking up a bunch of crippled folks with no arms an legs. How do you think it looks?” (News staff writers Bruce Alpert, Mike Martindale and Richard Chin contributed to this report.) - ADAPT (294)
PHOTO by News photo / Gary Porter: Large group of ADAPT protesters behind barricades that sandwich them up against the wall of the front of the Westin Hotel. In the crowd you can see, among others, on far left Bernard Baker, facing backwards Frank McComb, next to Frank Lori and husband from Chicago, Caption reads: [Headline] Disabled protesters Members of American Disabled for Accessible Public Transportation (ADAPT) demonstrate in front of the Westin Hotel on Sunday. ADAPT members are demanding improved access tor the disabled on buses and other public transportation. They attempted to disrupt the meetings of the American Public Transit Association which convened in Detroit last weekend. Story / 3B. - ADAPT (272)
Detroit Free Press 10/9/86 PHOTO by Damon J. Hartley/Detroit Free Press: Two men in wheelchairs sit side by side but facing in opposite directions. One man, in a sports chair, who is dressed mostly in light colored clothes, has a bushy crop of dark hair and a mustache and beard (Bob Kafka). The other, in a more conventional manual chair without armrests, is dressed in dark clothes and has a headband and long hair and beard (Jim Parker). Bob has his inside arm up and his hand on Jim's shoulder. Behind them four uniformed police officers watch. Caption reads: Another Arrest James Parker, left, of El Paso, Tex., is greeted in front of Detroit police headquarters by fellow ADAPT member Bob Kafka, of Austin. Tex., after Parker’s arrest Wednesday on disorderly conduct charges. Thirteen handicapped protesters were released on personal assurance bonds Wednesday. They were among 37 members of the Denver-based group American Disabled for Accessible Public Transportation arrested Tuesday. The group is seeking lifts on all buses. - ADAPT (298)
Title: Arresting Theater By JIM FINKELSTEIN, Free Press Staff Writer An estimated 25 handicapped protesters were arrested Tuesday as they charged police guarding the McNamara Federal Building Tuesday in a third day of what one protester called "theater" over public transit's limited use of lift-equipped vehicles. Wave after wave of the estimated 100 protesters — many in wheelchairs and paralyzed, missing limbs, or suffering nerve disorders — were hauled away in lift-equipped vans while police photographers recorded the scene to ensure the protesters were properly arrested. Michael Auberger, a spokesman for the 100-member American Disabled for Accessible Public Transportation, vowed Tuesday that "we're going to escalate" the protest today and Thursday as the convention of the American Public Transit Association concludes at the Westin Hotel. “Everyone's willing to go" to jail. he added, hinting that the protest may move to the Westin today. Seventeen ADAPT members were arrested Monday as they tried to crawl aboard city buses to protest the lack of wheelchair equipment on 80 of 100 buses recently purchased by the city. THE DEMONSTRATORS want lift equipment on all new buses and trains purchased by U.S. public transit systems. The transit association won a court case to prevent more extensive federal regulations requiring lift equipment. Tuesday, the protesters began chanting slogans in front of the McNamara Federal Building just before 1 p.m. ADAPT spokespersons said the group wanted to present a position paper to Sen. Donald Riegle, D-Mich., whose offices are in the building. They refused a police offer to let two representatives meet with Riegle's aides, saying they wanted to send no fewer than nine. Police blocked the entrance and then began arresting protesters who blocked the entrance — both wheelchair users and non-handicapped ADAPT aides. Deputy Police Chief James Ingram said "a couple of hundred" police officers were given special training in arresting people who use wheelchairs. PHOTOS: Photo #1 Free Press Photo by GEORGE WALDMAN: A group of about 10 protesters chant out on the sidewalk in front of a large building. In front Bernard Baker and Stephanie Thomas, next row Kristen? (sitting alone), Fred (standing) & unknown, Renata Conrad (in manual) Marcos Quesada in wheelchairs. And Cathy Thomas and others in the background. Caption reads: Wheelchair-bound protesters chant outside the McNamara Federal Building in downtown Detroit. Photo #2: Free Press Photo by MANNY CRISOSTOMO Two uniformed police officers stand behind a man in a wheelchair (George Cooper) holding his push handles. The police are looking off into the distance and George holds a poster in his teeth that says "...With Liberty and Justice for All?" Caption reads: Detroit police officers carry George Cooper, of Irving, Tex., away from the scene. Photo #3: Free Press Photo by MANNY CRISOSTOMO A woman in a wheelchair (Paulette Patterson) holding the Holy Bible to her chest and with a pained and tearful cry, is being loaded onto a a lift equipped vehicle. Caption reads: An unidentified protester clutches her Bible as she's arrested. Photo #4 Free Press Photo by MANNY CRISOSTOMO A uniformed officer stands jauntily leaning on a barricade, on the other side of which are two ADAPT protesters in wheelchairs (Rick James and an unidentified woman.) Rick has a very intense expression on his face. Caption reads: Rick James, of Utah, left, watches Lt. Greg George, a federal policeman, at a barricade at the McNamara Federal Building.