Nation IN BRIEF : MICHIGAN : Race-Linked Attacks Under Investigation

Several people were arrested in Detroit in connection with attacks on white women by blacks that were videotaped by an amateur cameraman and broadcast on television. At least two attacks were taped during a weekend fireworks display. The tapes show a group punching and kicking people. The police department is investigating allegations that police initially refused to help the victims. Chief Stanley Knox said: “I was sickened by what I saw. In the city of Detroit in 1991, this cannot happen . . . and will not be tolerated.”