It is said that black drug arrests are because of racial bias, but
how does that explain the astronomical death rate of blacks
involved in the drug business? Is that bias?
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Seattle Times Friday, March 28, 1997
A promising life, a tragic end
by Linda Keene
Seattle Times staff reporter
Angaw Ayele survived civil war and
famine in Africa, but he couldn't
survive the drug and gang wars of
Seattle. The bright, personable honor
student was shot and killed in a
downtown alley last week, a bag of
cocaine in his pocket.
Ayele, 18, had a college scholarship,
spoke four languages, was a volunteer
tutor and was helping support his
Ethiopian family. Like many young
immigrants, he seemed seduced by this
culture's vast freedoms.
The youngest of seven children, Ayele
arrived here when he was 15. He was born
in Ethiopia but the family escaped to
Sudan when he was a few months old.
He said he was raised in the wilderness
until the family was sent to a refugee
camp in Sudan. As his older brother,
Negassi Ayele described the experience,
"It was good; better than to die . . .
."
On March 17, Angaw Ayele was killed in a
drug-related assault. He had been
selling cocaine when he was approached
by a man who offered to sell him crack
cocaine cheaply, so he could resell it.
According to the King County
Prosecutor's Office, the two went into
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Subject: Re: Pet overpopulation (was: the facts about PETA