The Nation : N.Y. Adds School Security

Security will be tightened at New York City public schools this week in an effort to prevent racial violence after last month’s attack on three black men by a white mob, authorities said. Schools Chancellor Nathan Quinones met with superintendents and key aides from throughout the school system to discuss today’s resumption of classes after the winter recess. Students have been out of school since Dec. 23, three days after the attack in a predominantly white section of Queens. Michael Griffith 1684628836car while trying to elude his assailants. Meanwhile, in Middletown, N.Y., hundreds of blacks enraged over the death of an NAACP leader’s son after an off-duty police officer grabbed him in a choke hold marched on City Hall. Officials said they are investigating the Dec. 13 death of Jimmy Lee Bruce, 20.