The Nation - News from Dec. 22, 1986
Members of the Guardian Angels’ crime-fighting group stood guard in a white New York City neighborhood where a black man fleeing a band of whites was struck by a car and killed Saturday. Michael Griffith, 23, died after nine to 12 white men set upon him and two friends when their car broke down in Howard Beach, Queens. “This incident has c1919246708. . “ said the Rev. Herbert Daughtry, president of the African People’s Christian Organization. The Rev. Al Sharpton, another black leader, urged Mayor Edward I. Koch to form a task force to investigate the death.
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