European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday March 26, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 7 Surprise photographs of King admitted in evidence at trial this picture of Rodney g. King taken three Days after his beating was among those introduced in court tuesday. Simi Valley Calif. A prosecutors unveiled Surprise photographs of a battered Motorist tuesday raising objections from three defense lawyers who said they exaggerate the injuries inflicted on the Man by police. But after a hearing outside the jury a presence Superior court judge Stanley Weisberg ruled the photos of Rodney g. King admissible. A fourth defense lawyer then used them to try to bolster his clients Contention that the other three officers were out of control when King was struck dozens of times with police Batons. One of those officers was fired after the incident. The photos show Kings bruised and swollen face but show no Marks on his upper body. Deputy District attorney Terry White told the judge he wanted to use them to show that King had no bruises on his Chest and shoulders a areas where defense witnesses have testified King was struck. Police sgt. Stacey c. Koon 41 officers Theodore j. Briseno 39, and Laurence m. Powell 29 and former officer Timothy wind 31, Are charged with beating King during a March 3, 1991, traffic Stop. The incident involving King who is Black and the White officers caused a National uproar and Calls for police brutality investigations. Defense attorney Darryl Mounger who represents Koon said the color no tos were intended a to inflame the he complained that one included a pose by King that emphasized a bloody eyeball. Other photos in evidence were taken by the los Angeles police department and Are not As Well lighted. They also done to show King Bare chested. White said the new pictures were brought to him monday by Kings attorney Steven Lerman. When the jury returned defense lawyer John Barnett who represents Brise no showed the photos to a police training officer who had testified that King was struck on the Chest and shoulders. Sgt. Charles l. Duke or. Acknowledged no Marks were visible on Kings upper Torso. But he maintained his View that Powell who struck the first blow to King hit his Chest or shoulder. A sergeant Given the fact that there apparently Are no Marks on or. Kings Chest consistent with Baton strikes. Is it possible that you might have made a mistake a asked Barnett. A no it is not a Duke replied. Barnett has maintained that the other three defendants were out of control and that Briseno tried to Stop the beating. Under questioning by Mounger Duke said the beating would not have gone on As Long if the los Angeles police department had not banned use of a choke hold officers once employed to Render people unconscious by stopping the flow of blood to the brain.b-1, Tanker land safely after midair collision from wire reports Ellsworth fab . A b-1 bomber collided with a Tanker while refuelling in flight tuesday but both damaged planes landed safely and none of the 10 people aboard was Hurt an official said. The Kc-135 Tanker and the b-1 bomber from Ellsworth fab were flying at 22,000 to 24,000 feet on a routine Mission somewhere Over Wyoming said base spokesman master sgt. Jack Siebold. The right Side of the tankers fuselage ahead of the Wing and the engine on that Side were damaged. A Gash on the main part of the plane was about 3 feet wide and 15 feet Long Siebold said. More than a fourth of the blk a left Stabilizer the horizontal Wing on the Tail Section was ripped off in the collision. The rudder Section of the Tail also was crime rate drops new York a for the first time in 36 years new York City experienced a drop last year in All seven major categories of crime a from homicide to car theft. Overall the police department said felonies fell by 5.1 percent in 1991 from 1990 Levels. There were 2,166 slayings last year a most of them by handguns a compared with the record of 2,262 in 1990, a 4.2 percent decline. It was the first time since 1985 that the homicide rate ads offered to jobless Springfield mass. The Union news newspaper in Springfield said wednesday that it would offer free Job wanted advertisements to help the unemployed. The newspaper said it would begin publishing the seven line classifieds it receives before an april 2 deadline. Such ads will Start running april 6. Jeffrey Ciuffreda vice president of the greater Springfield chamber of Commerce said the program could help both employers and Job seekers. A a it a a Good Opportunity for both groups a he said. A i certainly Hope they take advantage of baby found beside dead Mother woman s suspected killer arrested Houston apr police have arrested a Man in the slaying of a woman who was found on a porch with her Throat Slit a crying 1-year-old daughter clinging to her mothers naked body. A neighbor Donald Wayne Kelley 21, was charged with murder and was being held on $10,000 Bond. He was scheduled for formal arraignment wednesday. A teen Ager going to school tuesday found the woman a body on an abandoned buildings porch after hearing the child cry police said. The 22-year-old salvadoran woman Cecilia Carmen Mondragon had been stabbed several times her Throat Cut ear to ear and her right Index Finger severed police spokeswoman Sharon Thornton said. The child found wearing Only a diaper was treated at a Hospital for scratches on her face and was later released into protective custody. A a she a kind of whimpering like she hurts but the doctors examined her and say she a Fine a said Judy Hay of the Harris county children a protective service. A people have been cuddling her and she likes Hay said the child a father lived in Houston and the child would be turned Over to him possibly wednesday. Kelley who lived in the same apartment Complex As Mondragon was discovered sleeping in a nearby car by a businessman who woke him up noticed blood on his clothing and called police. Police said Kelley told them he had been drinking and using cocaine with the woman in a car Early tues mystery illness strikes some Gulf War vets Indianapolis apr army Reserve officials confirmed wednesday that doctors Are trying to Trace the source of an illness affecting some Indiana veterans of operation desert storm. About 90 reservists Are being examined statewide to determine if there might be a link Between the illness and their service in the persian Gulf War said col. Gene Behler a senior adviser to the commander of the 123rd . Army Reserve come. A we Are hearing from people with a wide Range of ailments a Behler said. Symptoms included hair loss and chronic fatigue. Behler said he was conferring with Reserve physicians and would make a statement later wednesday. Can reported that the army is investigating the possibility the service members May have been exposed to microwave radiation. But Behler said medical personnel a a done to think it is possible the soldiers symptoms might Stem from radiation exposure. The 123rd army Reserve come includes units from Indiana and Michigan. There was no report that Michigan reservists were affected by the symptoms. Asleep at a Hospital in Houston is the 1-Ycar-old girl who was found clinging to her mothers naked Corpse. Day when the two quarrelled. A the says he threw her out of the car and then stabbed her with a piece of broken window Glass a police spokesman Robert Hurst said. The woman May have been slashed with Glass from the car window he said. Kelley told investigators he then threw the baby out of the car window and drove a few blocks before he had a Flat tire and fell asleep in the Milli Vanilli lips spell refunds for fans Chicago up Milli Vanilli fans who were fooled into believing moving lips meant the performers were singing now can get refunds under a court settlement. Cook county circuit judge Thomas of Brien approved a settlement tuesday that will pay buyers of compact discs $3 and buyers of cassettes $2. People who can prove they attended a Milli Vinillia concert at which the two performers lip synced can receive refunds of 5 percent of their ticket prices up to $2.50. The two Milli Vanilli performers Rob pilatus and fab Morvan admitted they did not sing on their album girl you know its True and also lip synced at their concerts. They were stripped of their grammy award in 1990. 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