Panel: Fire of march still burning Police search
By Kelli Bamsey
Staff Reporter
Eric Shanks is still on a mental high
from the Million Man March that took
place October 16.
“Once we were there it was like out
of body,” Shanks said. “I was like
watching it from up in a cloud some
where, and I haven’t come down, yet.”
Shanks was one of a six-man panel
that spoke Thursday night about the
Million Man March, its significance,
and how the march will change people
and their communities.
The Rev. Andrew Rollins, pastor of
the Quinn Chapel AME Church, did
not attend the march, but said he un
derstood the feelings Shanks is expe
riencing.
“After watching the march on C
Span, I left the house that evening and
my soul was set on fire,” he said.
The panel stressed that the official
attendance count was not the point of
the march.
“Numbers arc really insignificant.
People saw on TV what they wanted
to see, and that was people together,”
said Rick Wallace, president of the
Lincoln Chapter of the NAACP.
“Two brothers are stronger than
one,” he said. “It’s very simple.”
When asked if a similar march by
black females would be appropriate,
senior economics major Asante
Moody said black women did not need
a march.
“Black women have been the back
bone of every achievement,” Moody
said. “The Million Man March was
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The Reverend Andrew Rollins of the Quinn Chapter AME Church anwsers questions during a
discussion on last month’s Million Man March in Washington D.C. Rollins was one of six
panalists who fielded questions about the march and the effects it will have.
pretty much our day to give to our sis
ters.”
Panelists also discussed what the
march meant to people of other races
in the United States.
“I think what this march is saying
to everyone in the United States is that
Black Americans, men, are tired of
being second-class citizens,” Wallace
said. “We’re here, we’re not going
away.”
The march gave a sense of hope to
all people that they can make a differ
ence, Moody said.
Others agreed.
“We need to work at working to
gether in harmony,” Rollins said.
“The march was a spark,” Wallace
said, “and now I think that the fire is
burning.
“We need to come together as a
people.”
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By Jeff Zeleny
Senior Reporter
At least seven shots were fired from
a 9mm semi-automatic handgun in a
ccntral-Lincoln neighborhood Thurs
day night, police said.
The shots, believed to be intended
for a Lincoln man, were reported to
police about 8 p.m., said police Sgt.
Erin Sims. Residents near the comer
of 29th and Starr streets said they
heard rapid gunfire and saw a red
Chevrolet Cavalier speed away from
the intersection.
The apparent target of the shoot
ing told police that he knew the gun
man. The man, whom police declined
to identify, was not hit by the shots.
Neighbors gathered in the street as
police officers searched the area for
bullet casings. Officers found seven
spent casings from the handgun in a
thicket between Starr and Dudley
streets, Sims said.
roiice radio broadcasts indicated
officers were searching for the red car
that was believed to be driven by a
young female. Witnesses told police a
young male was riding in the car.
Sims said police located the car, but
no arrests were made by 10:30 p.m.
Thursday. A man with a shotgun also
was seen in the area at the time of the
shooting, Sims said, but shots were not
fired from that weapon.
A witness who lives near the inter
section said the seven shots were fired
rapidly. The man, who declined to give
his name, said he could see a man
holding a gun.
“I just grabbed the kids and told
them to get back inside. It’s crazy out
here” the man said. “It didn’t come
from no six-shot pistol.”
Neighbors, who said the area is in
fested with gangs, said Thursday’s
shooting was no exception. However,
police at the scene said until the gun
man is identified, they have no reason
to believe the shooting is gang related.
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