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I SAW A CHILD IN JERUSALEM,
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I saw a child in Jerusalem
Growing up in a holy city
The center of the universe
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I saw a child in Jerusalem
He was a child of Jesus
She was a child of Allah
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I saw a child in Jerusalem
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To play ball and to talk to
In the way children do.

I saw a child in Jerusalem
She does not know hate
He does not wage war
They are our future.

I saw a child in Jerusalem
She played hide and seek
And was laughing with joy
Her friends did not find her.

I saw a child in Jerusalem
She is now alone
He now is afraid
Friends are hard to find.

I see children in Jerusalem
Tears are in their eyes
They are much in need
Of the Hesed of the LORD
Of the Grace of Jesus
Of the Embrace of Allah
I pray for the loving kindness
Of the One who created
HaShem will not forsake
For all creation is good
Blessed with innocence
We are all children
Destined to play again
As did the children
Of Abraham
I saw them in Jerusalem
Innocent as lambkins.

July 7, 2014

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   POSSIBILITIES
Reflections On Life In the Turn Lane
By Beverly Jones   -   January 3, 2015

There! I have done it. I typed 2015 for the first time. No bells rang, no winds blew. Just another date. Except,
no – it is not. Since we seem to be a stock-taking species – and since everywhere I look there are reviews of
the past year and hopes for a new year – I, too, am drawn into this game. I don’t want this time to slide by – as
if it is just like going to the grocery store – one event more or less like every other one.

The scheme of looking back in order to see forward appeals to me. And since I’m weary of anything divisive I
look to see if there’s something in the past that could help bring my community – and others – to a more
harmonious, or at least, a more accommodating future. In other words, can we continue our forward march
toward justice and peace amid this era of toddlers shooting their mothers with guns lying around loose, and of
isolated and depressed teen-agers stepping in front of semis, or our too common police-public showdowns?

I found something: Cincinnati’s Ferguson-moment in 2001 when a young, unarmed black man, Timothy
Thomas, was killed by a white Cincinnati policeman. As I recall this sad event turned into marches and more
when the “powers” tried to manage the information released to the public to protect themselves.

Because of some creative and concerned folk, a community conversation evolved from this incident that had a
lasting, although not perfect, outcome for the city. The result of this explosive situation was not more marching
and more arrests and more artillery. The process of that conversation – where some 3,000 people
participated, fascinates me. It would seem to hold promise for other communities and it moved Cincinnati
toward greater compassion and justice at that time.

The outcome of that conversation was (is) called The Cincinnati Collaborative Agreement. The process that
created it was designed and organized by Jay Rothman and the Aria Group – consultants in conflict resolution.

    This process was our version of South Africa’s Reconciliation Commission and taught those who
    participated that democratic goals can actually create compromises and bring polarizing positions
    into the open where serious citizens can whittle them down.

How it worked:

“Thus began one of the most remarkable aspects of the process – one that had never been done elsewhere,
according to Rothman. He and his colleagues turned Cincinnati into several identity groups: African Americans,
whites, youth, leaders of religious organizations and social service agencies, business and foundation leaders,
educators, police and their families, city employees, and other minority groups. They asked each group to give
them their vision of a future in which community-police relations were healed.

The groups met separately and in circles of 6 to 8 people expressed how they felt about the current crisis and
what they wanted to see for the future. What impressed me the most was how the “elected” leaders of each
group then formed a “fishbowl” and word-smithed a summary for the entire group.

     I was in the education group and from 300 +/ people participating, 10 or so group leaders began writing
     the recommendations by following Rothman’s prodding and questioning. The results were projected by
     computer onto a large screen so everyone could see the wording.

    People from the small groups sat behind their fishbowl “leader” and through sotto voice communications
    acknowledged or disagreed with a conclusion. Changes were made right before our eyes. Consensus
    ruled.

    I have never forgotten the seriousness and intensity with which we all participated. We strangers
    became a community.

At the end of that process for all the identity groups, negotiations began – legal, police, citizens - to carry out
the conclusions. This is where it almost broke down:

“At times the negotiators were close to quitting, which would have sent the lawsuit back to the courtroom, but
participatory democracy won out, Rothman says. Dozens of times he told them:“ We have to live up to the
mandate we were given by these 3500 people who asked us for some different future.” This is what ultimately
kept them working and reminded all the parties to be bigger than themselves.”

This was such an exhilarating process and result that I can’t help but think it could be used for other intractable
problems: our environmental and economic crises. In the absence of precipitating critical unrest
(marches and riots) over these issues, citizens would have to demand such a process be tried.

That’s my fantasy for the future: that participatory democracy could sit down, find out how we think
and feel about economic injustice and environmental devastation , set goals and keep working at
it till we have some concrete results.   Cincinnati proved the lamb can lie down with the lion. Beverly Jones.

A WIN IN THE U.S. SIXTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS. On August 18, 2014 in Nifadev v. Holder, (Case No. 13-3704/4222
6th Cir. 2014), the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that Mikheil B. Nifadev has proven his claim that he
had suffered persecution by reason of his Russian ethnicity at the hands of the security and regular police of Uzbekistan.   The
Court vacated the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) in Washington, D.C. which had denied Mr. Nifadev asylum,
and the Court remanded the case with additional instructions to the United States Attorney General, including that the BIA should
determine whether the BIA should also reconsider its denial of Nifadev’s application for withholding of removal and protection
under Convention Against Torture (abbreviated CAT for Convention Against Torture And Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment of the United Nations) in light of the opinion of the Court. The Sixth Circuit opinion essentially and
explicitly held that "[b]ecause the IJ [Immigration Judge] appears to have erred in her determination that Nifadev did not suffer
past persecution and because the IJ clearly misinterpreted Nifadev’s credible testimony regarding the ethnic animus of the
Uzbekistan security officials, we find that Nifadev has made out a credible case of being a refugee under the definitions of 8 U.S.
C. § 1158(b)(1)(A)." [Emphasis added].   The United States Immigration Court in Cleveland, Ohio, had initially found Mr. Nifadev
and his witnesses to be credible but declined to grant asylum because it erroneously determined that Mr. Nifadev had NOT
suffered persecution.   Shown in photograph on the right is Mr. Mikheil B. Nifadev with Charleston C. K. Wang, Esq. who
represented Mr. Nifadev during trial and both appeals. To read the complete opinion, please click here.

HEARING FROM GIANTS OF CIVIL RIGHTS
IN CINCINNATI AND AMERICA

WITH JUDGE NATHANIEL JONES &
MARIAN SPENCER, FORMER VICE MAYOR OF
CINCINNATI

(October 24, 1920-
December 31, 2014)

                       Where Was the Second Amendment When
                           Mr. John Crawford III Needed It Most?

The Walmart silent surveillance video seems to show an man wandering up and
down an aisle talking on his cell phone. In one hand he was waving what appeared
to be a rifle and at no one in particular.   The video ends with armed police officers
rushing towards the man who falls to the ground.   We now know that the man was
a 22 year old African American who had entered the store to shop. At the time he
was fatally shot, he was talking to his girlfriend on the cell and did not appear to
have heard any police warnings to surrender. The "rifle" turned out to be a toy he
had taken from a display shelf, a pellet gun which was already out of its box.

The Walmart store is located in Beavercreek, a suburb of Dayton, Ohio.
Respecting firearms, Ohio is an open-carry state - this means a law abiding citizen
has the right to carry a rifle or handgun openly in public without breaking the law
and a police permit is required only for concealed carry.   Stores such as Kroger
has gone on record as welcoming shoppers who choose to carry firearms and has
declined to restrict guns inside their stores.

The right of the people to keep and bear arms in the United States is so cherished
a right that it is enshrined in the Second Amendment, albeit for the reason that "a
well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state."   So, the
question remains of why was Mr. John Crawford III shot to death?

The Ohio special prosecutor explained that "the officers had just been trained in
responding to active shooters two weeks before, and were taught to be
aggressive." In today's law enforcement thinking, an "active shooter" is defined by
the U S Department of Homeland Security as "an individual actively engaged in
killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area; in most cases,
active shooters use firearms(s) and there is no pattern or method to their selection
of victims."   Was John Crawford III an active shooter who required aggressive
police response?

The police had been summoned by a telephone call by another shopper who
reported that there “was a gentleman walking around with a gun in the store,” that
“he’s like pointing it at people” and the man appeared to be "loading what looked
like a rifle," and was “waving it back and forth.” He also reported that the man was
African American. Other than this one caller who later retracted some of his
statements, no one else has apparently come forward to complain of having been
threatened by Mr. Crawford. Ironically, the other fatal victim was a woman shopper
who died from a heart attack after the police had opened fire.

In conclusion, I would like to return to the Second Amendment guarantee of the
right to keep and bear arms.   Unless the owner of a store imposes additional
restrictions, a law abiding citizen has the right under Ohio law and the U S
Constitution to carry a rifle openly in public. The citizen is not breaking any law
and certainly may not be arrested (unless, for example, for entering a restricted
premise such as bar or concealed carry in a church).

The supreme irony is that Mr. Crawford was not even carrying a firearm and did
not appear to pretend to threaten anyone with the toy gun he had picked up from a
department store shelf.   One is left bewildered, saddened, and wondering whether
is there any other reason to deprive him of life?

Respectfully submitted,
Charleston C. K. Wang

A LETTER FROM AN ASIAN AMERICAN

I experienced both harassment from Oakland police, when I was living there and
survived a "knock-out" group attack by some young and I mean young
(baby-faced teenagers ages from around 13 to 18), similar to the attack on Pat
Mahaney.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ohio-man-beaten-teens-year-
dies-article-1.1399794

So, I experienced both side of the coin, one was harassment from Oakland police
officer. As I was practicing my Kung Fu at Lake Merrit, they decided to practice
their horse ridding skills, in the area that I was occupying, when they originally
were on the bottom of the hill. I don't know why they made the decision to go up
the hill and practice their horses through my workout area.

The lady officer actually came close to me and said something like "get out of the
way" as she rode her horse past me. I said something like "no way, I was here
first b*tch."

An older male officer came by me afterwards and said: "If you get robbed or
assaulted, don't come looking for us."

I was very much pissed off and wanted to cuss him out, but held my tongue.

That occurred during the summertime, when I did my morning exercise in the
parks.

Later on, in the winter time, a group of eight to ten of young African American
baby faced teenagers asked me for some money, I was carrying a backpack and
wearing a heavy coat.

I told them that I didn't have any and proceeded to walk home. This occurred
after a long day at work.

A big baby faced (12 or 13 year old) did a flying scissors kick on me and brought
me down. The gang of young thugs proceeded to kick and punch me.

I initially did not fight back, thinking that "what would the media report"? Since I
vividly remembered what happened during the LA Riots....Asians: Korean,
Japanese, Chinese as well as whites were targets of rage by the black community
due to the negative biased media reporting of the woman Korean shop owner
who shot the "innocent 12 year old black girl" - unfortunately the news just
showed soundbites or clips of the video, but not the whole video.

The Korean shop owner was probably about 4 foot tall and dwarfed to the big
African-American 12 year old. The videos did not show the girl stealing, but a
physical fight started when asked to pay for some bottled juice.

The shop owner claimed she reacted in self-defense and shot the "12 year old."

I imagined what the news would spin on me. Would they say an adult Asian man
with martial arts background beat up a group of black kids?

However, since I was on the ground and receiving a lot of punches and kicks to
my head and body - God was gracious to give me a vision of my young son.

This was not the time to "turn the other cheek" but the time to fight back!

I had to fight for my life as well as consider the future of my family.

What would have happened if they actually beat me to death? Who would take
care of my family?

Would the African-American community rise up and protest against their youthful
thugs? - I don't think so!

You may think that I am against blacks and white cops due to my experiences,
however I remember the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. what matters most is not
the color of the skin but the actions which came out of their heart.

I am against the thug culture portrayed by rappers.

Thug culture glamorizes violence, disrespect for authority, gangs, disrespect for
women, for police, etc.,

There are many respectable people in the African American community, however,
I do not hear many of them denounce the thuggish behavior of their teens, and
take self responsibility for their own actions - especially if they are perceived as a
threat.

Coming back to Cincinnati, I have experienced racial profiling by police (in the
Tristate) and calmly stated my right to free speech, as well as requesting that
they provide a warrant if they wanted to search my car.

I also remember a couple years back of a couple young African American men
that target Chinese restaurant workers and robbed them of their money.

I do not believe that everything is racially motivated, unless they state: "This is for
Trayvon" or something similar before a person is attacked.

I also question the federal government involvement in both Trayvon Martin and
Michael Brown case and wonder if it were you or me that was attacked by a group
of young black thugs or shot by a policeman if the Department of Justice would
do an investigation on our case. - I seriously doubt that.

I do believe that both the president and head of the DOJ got involved because of
their race, there are many incidences of black on white crime that is not reported
widely on national TV and there are no protests and looting due to that.

I did not hear Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Obama, or Eric Holder condemn the
knock out game against victims of Vietnamese descent. I guess Asian lives do not
matter.

http://www.kmov.com/news/local/St-Louis-man-gets-life-sentence-in-fatal
-knockout-game-attack-205791291.html

A Letter from an Asian-American. Opinions expressed are that of the author.

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With Bishop John Shelby Spong. A prolific writer on modern Christianity,
one of his best known books is "Why Christianity Must Change or Die."

At the Asian Food Fest in Washington Park,
downtown Cincinnati on Sunday October 5, 2014

With Mr. Lee Wong,
Trustee of West
Chester Township

Photocredit: Mary Joan Reutter

Ohio Governor John Kasich Signs Executive Order to Create an Ohio Task
Force on Community and Police Relations after a series of incidents in
Ohio and Across the Nation, December 5, 2014.

AMONG
THE
GIANTS

Photo Courtesy of Lynnette Stevens

WITH JUDGE
S. ARTHUR
SPIEGEL

Pursuant to the Sixth Circuit opinion, the BIA on January 5, 2015, ordered the Immigration Court to grant asylum to Mr. Nifadev.
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