European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 12, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 72 rap members face obscenity charges after group performs in fort Lauderdale fort Lauderdale Fla. Apr a rap group kept its Promise to singly sri from an album ruled obscene and authorities kept their word arresting two members of 2 live Crew on sunday after an adults Only concert. The Early morning arrests came four is after a Federal judge declared obscene the Miami groups album Quot As Nasty As they Wanna be a and two Days after a local record dealer was arrested for Selling the popular recording. Broward county sheriffs deputies arrested 2 live Crew Leader Luther Campbell 29, and Singer Chris Wong won 26, shortly after the show at a Hollywood nightclub. Ii be did no to want to create any commotion in there so i told them to let them get out of there and arrest them away from the premises a said sheriff Nick Navarro who has led a Campaign to ban sales of the groups records. Deputies pulled Over the rappers limousine a couple of blocks away from the club said sheriffs spokesman a1 Gordon. Only Campbell and Wong won were taken because the group split up after the performance heading in different directions in three vehicles Gordon said. Quot we did no to have enough deputies to cover them a he explained. Arrest warrants for members Mark Ross and David Hobbs were scheduled to be issued monday. Campbell and Wong won were booked at the Broward county jail on the Misdemeanour charge of violating a prohibition against obscene performances. The charges were based on the groups performance of material from the album. The album has Luther Campbell a 2 live Crew member is led away by a sheriffs Deputy after his arrest. Sold More than 1.7 million copies. They were freed without Bond. No court appearance was set. If convicted they could face up to a year in jail and a $1,000 Fine. Bruce Rogow 2 live Crews lawyer said the arrests amounted to police harassment. The rappers themselves had left for a concert in Phoenix and could not be reached for comment. A to have a dozen sheriffs officers spending All this time Over some dirty lyrics seems to me to be obscene Quot Rogow said. Plainclothes deputies were inside the club Early sunday As the rap group led the crowd in chanting repeated insults aimed at Navarro but Gordon said the arrests were not meant As retaliation. A they announced on to newscasts they were going to do the songs which the judge has ruled obscene a Gordon said. A a that a pretty much the same reason we arrested the  dec records owner Charles Freeman sold a record and a tape version of the album to an undercover Deputy Friday in front of news photographers. He faces a first degree Misdemeanour charge and is free on $ 100 Bond. Gordon said the arrests were in keeping with Navarro a Quot Contention that if you break the Law in Broward county you re going to  deputies had been checking area record stores since the wednesday ruling by . District judge Jose Gonzalez Gordon said. The Only copies of the double album they located were those confiscated in fridays arrest he  judge captivates Era conventioneers by Eric Lichtblau 1 i Etc Ano Papfi tier pc Anaheim Calif. A Ellen Morphonios Hartline often uncensored positions on Law and order issues have earned the Florida judge a National reputation and a Comer full of critics. But the a a hanging judge a As she is known at Home found perhaps the perfect audience for her message Here sunday a some 350 listeners at the National Rifle association convention. Drug dealers Are a scumbags a she told her audience rehabilitation for criminals is a a myth sentencing guidelines Are a a jokes and plea bargaining is a an  the gun enthusiasts could not get enough of Morphonios who has recently been profiled on cd so "60 minutes a in time Magazine and by other major Media outlets for her Tough As nails reputation. The judges appearance reflected an attempt by the embattled gun lobby to bring More women into the fold at a time when the nral a general membership has declined markedly and it has suffered an unprecedented string of legislative defeats nation wide. Women now make up about 3 percent of the nral a 2.8 million members. A a it san image builder for us to have women see a role Model like Ellen a said Marcia Carlson who Heads the nral a women a policies committee. The group has also just created a new salaried staff position to oversee women a issues Morphonios 60, a judge in Florida a 11th judicial circuit has sentenced some 15 people to death helping earn her the nicknames a the hanging judge and a maximum Morphonios a among others. She denies an Oft told Story lore in the Florida Legal Community that in sentencing a rapist to life in prison she lifted her judicial Robes and told him a get a look at these Gams pal because they re the last you la see for a Long  but truth or otherwise the legend fits the reputation of a woman who once sentenced an armed robber to 1,698 years in prison. So in line Are most of Morphonios positions with those of Era members that her listeners did not seem to mind when she said a i really would not have a problem with registering a  nor the judge said in an interview docs she object to waiting periods for guns sales. The Era has fought strongly against both issues. Morphonios was cheered for her staunch condemnation of other gun measures. Hitting on a Central theme in virtually All Era lobbying efforts Morphonios said that Laws Banning certain types of weapons does nothing but endanger a Law abiding  the criminals she insisted will remain armed. A do you honestly believe a criminal is going to pay any attention whatsoever to your silly Little gun Laws a she asked. Gun control measures Are Only one part of a broader social problem that places the rights of criminals ahead of those of Law abiding citizens who must now live in fear of attack on them or their property she asserted. A a who a the prisoner who a being punished a she asked. A while the criminal is walking around unfettered we re Locking ourselves up. .1 never thought id have to carry a .38 to take out the garbage but if i go out late at night i  take a 1 night cruise Back to the �?T50s Modesto Calif. Apr cruising inned Tor one special night in the town that styles itself the cruising capital and inspired the film a american  a is a re hysteria a Ray Brooks 48, w 5? put led his 1928 Ford a Henry Avenue for its first pass m the night saturday in this Central California City s annual Graffiti night. A Atler that it took As Long As three hours to negotiate the five mile Chen cruising strip among some 25,000 Vin-5sland late my Del cars. On Graffiti nfiv5 Speed takes a Back seat to showing of cars and meeting dates. In i Aii sink what a special about the night is All the people Quot said Tom Greco 45. Raisers by flocked like Moths to the flashing purple and Blue Neon spark plug wires on Greco a 1929 Ford. Not to be deprived of�?T50s-style cruising a rites just because they were on foot a pair of pedestrians answered the Wail of a tractor trailer Horn with blares from foghorn they carried. People came from Miles around to join the revelry. An estimated 70,000 to 80,000 pedestrians made the sidewalks As prone to gridlock As the Avenue. Still the crowds parted easily for Larry Wooldridge who had a 14-foot Python around his neck. More than 200 police officers patrolled in cars and on foot. Police it. Dennis Puthuff said 85 people were arrested mostly for drinking in Public and one person was held for felony assault with a deadly weapon. Following the plot of the 1973 film a american Graffiti a directed by Modesto native George Lucas High school seniors 15 years ago established Graffiti night on the first saturday after graduation. Many regard the film As a documentary of sorts on the cruising tradition and they say it established this City of 130,000 As the cruising capital. As longtime Cruiser Bill Miller of Phoenix puts it Quot cruisers Revere  Modesto a Primacy As the cruising Mecca was threatened by the approval in March of two ordinances to limit the Gas fines for loitering on foot and for passing on wheels checkpoints More than twice. Oline guzzling pastime. The rules impose Les for Quot 1� supporters said the cruising tradition popularized in the 1950s is no longer a Good natured pastime when influenced by 1990s-style vandalism drugs and gangs. Graffiti night however is the one time each year the fines done to apply and revellers took full advantage. A we Are the original Graffiti people a said Pam Vieira Turlock High school class of 1962. Vieira and her companions spent much of the evening watching the Parade from the Back of their 1954 Chevy pickup truck after it overheated in the crawling traffic