European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday april 20, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7gates apologizes for past comments Bryant Allen left and Freddie Helms spoke during the taping of a Donahue thursday about the Rodney King beating by members of the . Police department. Both were passengers in the car driven by King. Los an gulls a police chief Daryl Gates apologized Tor past remarks that Many considered offensive to minorities during a meeting to Pray for peace in a City divided Over the videotaped beating of a Black Motorist by police. Gates attended a prayer meeting thursday with 25 to 30 Blacks including several ministers and leaders of Community groups. A if anyone has Ever been offended Hurt or feels Hurt from the things in be said let me just apologize to you and Tell you that never Nave i had the intent to harm anyone at All a he said. Gates once remarked that Blacks May be More susceptible than a Normal peo pie to a now banned police choke hold. A your focus for coming together today is to show that there is another Side to our Community and that this is the Side of love and forgiveness and a Side of fair play and Justice for All a said Lola Foster of Black americans for Community values a conservative Black group that helped organize the meeting. Rodney King 25. Was beaten kicked and shocked with a stun gun after being ordered out of the car Early March 5. The beating was captured on videotape by a resident nearby and televised around the world. Four officers have been charged with assault which prompted Calls for Gates resignation. Meanwhile two men who were passengers in King s car the night he was beaten after being pulled Over for speeding said they believe the assault was a they seen three Black Guys in the car and they said a of we can just pull them Over and beat the mess out of them. It s late its dark. Freddie i Helms on a Donahue a a the syndicated talk show. King s other passenger Bryant Allen 25, said he was unable to see police beating King because he and i Helms we reordered out of the car on the opposite Side and told to lie face Down on the . Man gets $2 million in brutality suit new York a a former Marine who says police beat him up while he waited for the bus was awarded $2 million in a lawsuit that some jurors said reminded them of the infamous videotaped beating in los Angeles. �?o1 feel so Good a Leroy Williams 36, a truck Driver from the Bronx said after the verdict thursday. A i feel a lot better. Justice has been \ Williams accused port authority bus terminal police of fracturing his Skull and puncturing his eardrum in an unprovoked beating on sept. 25, 1984. The lawsuit claimed assault false arrest and violation of Williams civil rights. The state supreme court jury found Williams acted lawfully and the police acted without justification. Port authority spokesman Armando Arrastia said the Agency was considering an Appeal. Williams was waiting for a bus at the port authority terminal when he was knocked Down by an officer responding to a Call about a disturbance on another bus. Me complained about the treatment. When one officer insulted him Williams who is Black called the officer a a racist a they took me into a staircase pinned me upside the Wall and beat me a Williams said. A they punched me and kicked me and put me in a cell and left me Williams was charged., with harassment resisting arrest assault and disorderly conduct. The charges were dismissed two years later. The police maintained Williams injuries were self inflicted when he repeatedly banged his head against a Wall. One juror said the verdict should Send a message to police departments. A it was meant to show we will no longer tolerate such treatment or such brutality a said Carol Moses. Utah abortion Law amended Salt Lake City up the state legislature amended Utah a strict abortion Law thursday removing a provision that subjected women who undergo illegal abortions to the death penalty. The action however fell far Short of appeasing opponents of the Law including the american civil liberties Union which pledged to press on in its Effort to have the courts overturn the Law on constitutional. Grounds. A this does no to change our position one Iota a said Kathryn Kolbert an Acle attorney. A the Oglu is committed to being in Utah until this Bill is repealed or is found a gov. Norm Bangerter had signed the nations strictest abortion Law during the Legislatures regular ses Sion in january. Earlier this month he called a special session of the legislature to address a 1983 criminal statute that served As the basis for the death penalty provision of the Law. After some debate the Utah Blouse voted 60-12 in favor of amending the Law. The state Senate had passed the amendment by a vote of 22-6 earlier in the Day. The amended Bill now goes Back to Bangerter for his signature. C a a we re delighted. We re right where we want to be a said Francine Giani Banger Era a press aide. A a we be got a constitutional Law and we just wish we would have caught it the criminal statute on the first although one. Of the More controversial provisions of the Law was removed it remains a felony for a doctor to perform an abortion that does not meet the statutes incident Dearborn Mich. Up the Federal aviation administration s investigating a complaint filed by a Michigan couple that two us air flight attendants faked an in flight hijacking As a joke during the Gulf War. A. A Quot. A a. Joe and Sarah Fawaz lebanese americans from Dearborn said the incident occurred Jan. 26 on a flight from Pittsburgh to West Palm Beach Fla. According to their complaint two flight attendants wearing fake Arab headdresses and glasses with attached rubber noses herded two female attendants Down the aisle. One of the men carried a cloth covered stick that looked like a gun and the two female flight attendants held up their hands in the air. Joe Fawaz 26, quoted the men As saying a this is a Hijack. Take this plane to the Faw Azes were in route from Michigan to Florida for a honeymoon and had changed planes in Pitts Burgh. They said they were so upset by the incident that they Cut their honeymoon Short and returned to the Detroit area two Days Early. A my wife was petrified when it happened a Fawaz a gasoline station manager told the Detroit news on thursday. A i told her to Calm Down. I tried to explain to her a this is a a she looks around and its like everybody a laughing at us. We were the Only lebanese people on the plane. It Wasny to a a i was scared a said Sarah Fawaz 19, a student at Wayne state University in Detroit who arrived in the United states eight months ago and Speaks Little English. Both the Faa and us air Are investigating the complaint. A spokesman for the Arab american Institute in Washington said it was an affront not Only to the Arab american couple but to every passenger on Quot the plane. A. Accident closes interstate 15 in Idaho from wire reports Hamer Idaho a interstate 15 in Eastern Idaho was shut Down on Friday after a tractor trailer carrying a missile went out of control police said. The Accident occurred at the desolate High desert interchange with Idaho 33, about 25 Miles North of Idaho tails. The Only thing within Miles is the state transportation departments Sage port of entry which is just off interstate 15, a special team from Hill fab at Ogden Utah was being flown by helicopter to the site to take control of the on Little lizards Oak Lawn 111. A a policeman who thought he spotted a marijuana Plant in a residents window got a Shock when it turned out to he plastic a and crawling with Little lizards. Officer Claude Weinert first saw the Plant in a second floor window monday when he was sent to the House in this South Chicago suburb to investigate a report of a fire. With help from narcotics officers Weinert was shown How to take out a search warrant so he could enter the House wednesday officials said. It was his first drug raid. A they came storming in Here like a Bunch of Gesta pos acting like real idiots a said Homeowner Ronald grave lie 46. A two patrol officers and three plainclothes narcotics officers conducted the raid Only to come up with a plastic Plant Gravelled a son Joe 18, bought As a Home for his pet lizards
