European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes saturday april 11, 1992 Brown denies drugs were used at Home Campaign from wire reports Washington former California gov. Jerry Brown has denied a network report that he gave parties in his Home while governor where cocaine and marijuana were used a in Large quantities a according to abcs world news tonight four members of the state police detail guarding Brown during that period alleged that the drugs were used at several parties Brown gave at a Home he then owned in Laurel Canyon a Hollywood Hills area of los Angeles. None of the former officers agreed to be identified but two of them appeared on camera with their identities obscured. Abc news said it Quot could not determine whether governor Brown used drugs  Brown campaigning thursday in Pittsburgh in preparation for the Pennsylvania democratic presidential primary on april 28, called the report Quot absolutely false and denied he had Ever witnessed the use of drugs in his Home. A i never saw it a Brown said. Brown also called the Abc charge Quot very vague and denounced the network for failing to provide details of the reported drug use to which he might respond. Quot i find it very curious that 10 years later they now discover this in the Middle of a presidential Campaign a Brown said. Quot it certainly seems like a phony to  Brown threatened to sue Abc news because of the report. He called the allegations Quot malicious and said he will a push this Case to its  Quot everybody knows i done to hold parties a Brown told Abc during the time the station allotted him for replying to the allegations. Brown then called on his supporters to stand by him a so we can fight  he asked that they dial his 800 number that receives Campaign contributions. In late March Brown told an interviewer in new York that he had never broken any drug Laws. A Why done to you Lay off this stuff a he said. Quot what we he and democratic rival Bill Clinton did 10 or 20 years ago is not  at the time Clinton had admitted that he tried marijuana while attending Oxford University in England from 1968 to 1970. One of the former officers who was quoted on camera but whose face was lighted so he could not be recognized said he cleaned up Browne a House after the parties. Quot throughout the House were ashtrays with seeds or leftovers of marijuana a the former officer said. A in one form or another there was evidence of it in every  another former officer also lighted on camera so he could not be recognized said that Quot after the parties if you will were Over and we cleared the residence we could smell the odor of marijuana and we found traces of a White powdery substance which we later identified As cocaine by using police test kits. The former officer said the tests positively identified cocaine Quot five or six  under California Law a person who knows that these drugs Are in his or her House and has the ability to control whether they Are there is guilty of Possession. It is a felony for cocaine Ana a Misdemeanour or an infraction for marijuana a depending on the Quantity. One former officer said he did not arrest Brown because Quot he was the governor of the state of California. Our primary concern was the Protection of the governor not to arrest  Abc said the officers Quot raised the Issue with their superiors and nothing was Ever done about  Jerry Brown stands in front of abcs offices in Washington to deny drug allegations. Ham Skelton commander of the state police Security division for three of the eight years Brown was governor said no drug use at the House was reported to him. Two close associates of Browne a when he was governor said thursday night that they had never seen or heard of any evidence of drug use by or near Brown. Quot i never saw any evidence of drug use during the Brown administration whatsoever a said state controller Gray Davis Browne a chief of staff during much of his governorship. Quot i can categorically say that in be never even heard anyone discuss  Browne a travelling Secretary Lew Werner said that he had been in close proximity to Brown at Many parties and other events at the governors Laurel Canyon Home and that he had never seen nor heard of any drugs being used there. However Abc also reported that Wil Werner added that state police Security officers did not enter the Brown Home. A the police were always stationed across the Street in a vacant lot a Werner said. A i was the person who often left him Brown at night and closed the House myself. The police used to drive me  at state police Headquarters in Sacramento capt. Robert Donnalley said the police must look into the matter before making any comprehensive statement. Quot we do appreciate the seriousness of this a Donnalley said. A it would be totally unethical and unprofessional and illegal if officers observed drug use and did not report  Abc spokesman Amot Walker said the network had not been looking into this matter Quot correspondent John Mcwethy was working a totally unrelated Story and came across information which led him to this Story which we allowed him to  s Campaign told to repay $310,000 by the new York times Washington a the Federal election commission on thursday ordered the Campaign committee for Jesse Jackson s 1988 presidential race to repay the Treasury $310,000 of Federal Matching funds it received. The repayment was ordered because an audit found that the Campaign could not account for about $808,000. The commissions audit staff also reported that the Campaign improperly used some Federal Matching funds to help pay penalties for late payment of stale taxes. A spokesman for Jackson Frank Watkins said there would be no comment until the campaigns attorneys reviewed the report. Under the Law that provides for Federal financing of campaigns the Treasury provides Money to match donations but it must be used for legitimate Campaign expenditures. To determine whether the spending qualifies the campaigns Are required to maintain detailed records. The election commission initially said the Campaign had additional spending that had not been accounted for but the amount was reduced after negotiations with accountants for the Campaign. In one Case the commission had complained about a trip to puerto Rico by Jesse Jackson jr., Jackson a son. He spent More than $10,000 in Campaign funds weeks after the primary there had been held. But Cam b sign officials convinced the commission that the trip and a political purpose. The committee set the amount to be repaid by determining what percentage of the Campaign total spending was from the Federal Matching funds and applying that percentage to the challenged expenditures. Under the Law candidates May receive Matching Federal funds if they agree to spending limits and demonstrate a required level of fund raising to show that they Are serious  says beating became unreasonable Simi Valley Calif. A the police beating of a Motorist was not justified after the first flurry of blows seen on a videotape a High ranking officer testified thursday. Cmdr. Michael Bostic who Heads the los Angeles police departments use of Force review Board stopped the videotape after perhaps a dozen blows were struck by officer Laurence m. Powell against Rodney g. King. Quot i believe from this Point Forward it is outside the policy of the los Angeles police department a Bostic said. A is it your testimony that any Force being delivered to or. King from this Point Forward is unreasonable and unnecessary Quot asked Deputy District attorney Terry White. Quot yes it is Quot Bostic said. When the tape stopped officer Theodore j. Briseno is seen holding up his Arm apparently trying to push Back Powell s Baton. King is on the ground trying to get to his Knees. Seconds afterwards officer Timothy e. Wind is seen smashing Kings legs and Powell begins pounding away again. The beating goes on for another minute before the tape made by a bystander ends. King who is Black was beaten by at least four White officers March 3, 1991, after a car Chase. The videotape of the beating is Blurry in parts and does not show exactly where police Batons connected with Kings Boay. Repeated showings of the tape on Tele vision stirred racial tension in los Angeles and prompted nationwide Calls for police brutality investigations. Charged with assault were police sgt. Stacey c. Koon 41 and Briseno 39 wind 31 and Powell 29. Wind a Rookie at the time of the beating was fired. Prosecutors called Bostic to rebut two defense experts who testified that the Force used on King was reasonable and justified. He is to return to the stand monday after a break in the trial caused by a death in the prosecutors family. Earlier an ophthalmologist said that King suffered fractures within fractures around his Eye and that they were More Likely caused by Baton blows than by a fall. Or. Norman Shorr who performed surgery on King after the beating said fractures of Kings cheekbone were unlikely to have resulted from a fall on a Large Flat surface. He said the cheekbone was pushed inward and Down. A a Broad Flat surface would not result in a concavity like that a Shorr said illustrating his opinion by showing a human Skull. A a Hierer a no question a smaller Blunt object could cause  but on Cross examination he would not flatly say the injury was caused by a Baton strike. The defense earlier called an emergency room doctor who said Kings injuries were consistent with a single fall to the pavement not with Baton blows