GMN General News list1960s Militant Rap Brown to Face Death Penalty Updated 6:03 PM ET May 4, 2000 By Paul Simao ATLANTA (Reuters) - Prosecutors said on Thursday they would seek the death penalty against H. Rap Brown, the 1960s militant charged with murdering a sheriff's deputy during a shootout in Atlanta two months ago. Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard handed Brown, who now goes by the name Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a copy of the death penalty notice during a preliminary hearing in a packed courtroom in Atlanta. Howard did not provide details as to why he was pressing for the death penalty, though a spokesman later said that "as a rule aggravating circumstances come into play" when the death penalty is sought in Georgia. Al-Amin is accused of killing Fulton County Deputy Sheriff Ricky Kinchen, 35, during a failed arrest on March 16 outside Al-Amin's grocery story in Atlanta. Another deputy was wounded during the shootout. The deputies were trying to arrest Al-Amin on charges that included receiving stolen property and impersonating an officer. Al-Amin subsequently fled to a rural part of central Alabama. He was captured by a posse of federal and state police officers and extradited to Georgia for trial two weeks ago. Considered a hero by many in Atlanta's Muslim community for his work fighting drugs and prostitution, Al-Amin has denied any involvement in the shootings and claimed that the charges against him are part of a government conspiracy. His court-appointed lawyers were not immediately available for comment on Thursday. Prosecutors believe they have an iron-clad case. The surviving deputy sheriff has identified Al-Amin as the shooter and ballistics tests have linked the guns found at the time of his capture to the attack. Famous for his 1967 utterance that violence was "as American as cherry pie," Al-Amin once led the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), a civil-rights group that became increasingly militant through the 1960s. He was named an honorary member of the Black Panther Party in 1968 during a short-lived attempted merger of the two black groups. He converted to Islam in the 1970s while serving time in prison. Al-Amin is being held in an Atlanta jail without bail. ==================================== The Grassroots Media Network <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html <A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
