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Davis’ Apple Valley neighborhood
said police shot their neighbor
“like a dog,” dragged him out ofhis
car and left him in the street
about 45 minutes before paramed
ics arrived.
Denise Lipscomb of Augusta is
convinced double standards are
obvious when comparing law en
forcement handling of Davis and
Puetz encounters.
“If he would have been a young
black man, he (Puetz) would be
six-feet under. When the police
noticed he was a young, white kid,
they took the white community
into consideration and where he
lived. If the police had shot and
killed him, their community would
have been outraged. I think they
(police) figured it best to take a
‘safe approach,’ after seeing who
he was,” she said.
Meanwhile, Puetz is being
charged by North Augusta police
with aggravated assault with in
tent to kill; failure to stop for blue
lights and siren; reckless driving
and driving with a suspended li
cense.
Lt. Pearson says race had noth
ing to do with Raffield’s actions
toward Puetz.
“Really, no two pursuits are
alike. We do everything we can to
effect an arrest—bearingin mind
the overall safety of all parties. In
this case,” said Pearson, “the of
ficer had to get out of the way to
avoid being hit.”
Maxwell also compares Davis’
case with John Travis Mace, the
man who led Aiken County
Sheriff’s deputies on a nine-day
manhunt last July. Mace, also
Caucasian, had prior charges be
fore escaping from the Aiken
County jail. In avoiding capture,
Mace led authorities on a high
speed chase, reportedly, down the
wrong side of Riverwatch Park
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Donors respond to call for blood
after levels hit critical lows
ATLANTA
(AP) It had been awhile since
Lynn Ivester had felt the familiar
sting associated with giving blood.
But with the state in the midst of a
blood supply crunch, she figured
Monday would be a good time toget
back in the habit.
The needle prick “is not that bad
_theanticipationis theworst part,”
said Ms. Ivester, one of about 100
donors who gave a pint of blood
Monday morning at the regional
American Red Cross center.
The donation surge came a day
after health officials announced
that the state’s blood supply had
reached acritical low and that elec
tive surgeries were in danger of
being postponed.
Attheregional centerin Atlanta,
the wait was as long as 45 minutes
to donate.
“But we want to reiterate to
people that we need blood in steady
donations over the next 2-3 weeks
and not just today,” Red Cross
spokeswoman Cammie Barnessaid.
“We want to let people know that
we'd like them to hold off a day or
two and give later in the week,
because we need blood over the
next several weeks.”
Oneof Monday’s donors was Gov.
Roy Barnes, who said he used to be
aregular donor but got knocked off
way while endangering police.
“Could that have warranted a
deadly-forcereaction?” asked Max
well. “We keep trying to describe
white motivations and philoso
phies, but people should expect
this type of behavior. It’s consis
tent and it should come as no
surprise.” Maxwell alsoannounced
his formation of a new group called
The People’s Village. Their pri
mary role, he said, is to track
complaints on local officers while
attempting to neutralize “the in
timidation factor.” He also said in
Augusta, historically, a negative
attitude persists between law en
forcement and black males. Max
well, who has also authored a
book titled “Runaway Negro Fel
low,” says by keeping police who
have killed on the force, psycho
logically, the police maintains its
intimidation posture. After cap
ture, Mace was sentenced to life
in prison.
Rev. Clifford Williams pastors
Carey Hill Baptist Churchin Clarks
Hill, S.C. and isexecutive director
of the Carey Hill Development
Center in North Augusta. Differ
ent philosophiesiswhat may have
prompted varied police ap
proaches, he said. “I'm sure they
have interpretations of self de
fense. We just want everybody to
be treated fairly,” said Rev. Will
iams.
Puetz, who turned himself into
Richmond County authorities on
July 11, is currently incarcerated
at the Richmond County Law En
forcement Detention Center and
facing three years in jail, in addi
tion to North Augusta charges.
Authoritiesin North Augusta said
Puetz is a familiar name at the
police station and has been in
trouble previously, once for elud
ing police in a car.
IntheDavis case,afederal grand
jury acquitted the two Sheriff’s
deputies ofany wrongdoingin the
shooting.
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He said he has B-negative blood,
atype found in less than 2 percent
of the population, “so they like to
see me coming.”
The blood type most needed is
type O because it can be cross
matched with peopleofothertypes.
Individuals can donate a pint of
blood every eight weeks.
More than 200 hospitalsin Geor
gia and some counties in South
Carolinaand north Florida finished
the weekend with only a half-day’s
supply of blood, Red Cross officials
said Sunday.
Georgiahospitals useabout 1,200
pints of blood each day. Supplies
have dried up since donations
dropped tolessthan4oo pintsaday
inmid-June, said Red Cross spokes
woman Karen Eisele.
Blood donations normally de
crease during the summer as regu
lardonorsgoon vacation and schools
and businesses put offblood drives
until the fall.
Another problem contributingto
the shortage is that the entire na
tion is in a blood crunch, cutting off
the possibility of getting help from
other states.
Emory University Hospital has
been struggling to keep blood on its
shelves.
International leaders visit national
meeting for the blind in Atlanta, Ga.
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attendees were 74 foreign guests. Four of the international dignitaries who spoke about the programs for the visually im
paired in their countries were (L-R): Bekele Haile-Salassie, professor of law of the Law School of Addis Ababa University, Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia; William Rowland, second vice president of the World Blind Union, executive director of the South African
National Council for the Blind for Pretoria, South Africa; Chuji Sashida, senior researcher, National Institution for Vocational
Rehabilitation, Chiba, Japan; and Kua Cheng Hock, president of the Asian Blind Union, president of the Singapore Association
of the Blind. Photos by Lillian Wan
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