European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 2, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 b the stars and stripes saturday May 2,1992 t unrest spreads across . In brutal Wake off acquittal a by unit to Hess  the violent wave of the los Angeles rioting spread around the United states on thursday. People in san Francisco Atlanta and other cities took to the streets to vent their anger ewer the acquittals of four current and Corner Pone Emen in the videotaped beating of Black Motorist Rodney King. Rioting in san Francisco was so bad that mayor Frank Iordan de dared a state of emergency and an overnight curfew. More than 900 people were arrested. Jordan said the City had received assistance from surrounding police departments to Deal with roving bands of looters. Looters in the posh Union Square District broke windows on Macy s stores and made off with clothing. There were no immediate estimates of damage. Protesters marched in the streets causing traffic problems that were compounded by attacks on buses. A it is no longer an expression of outrage about an unjust decision los Angeles Gay councilman Richard Alatorre said. A now its just lawlessness and pillaging. It is people burning Ana looting the very communities they live  in Atlanta a protest rally at the Tomb of Martin Luther Kin or. Turned violent As gangs of youths rampaged thursday through downtown throwing rocks breaking windows overturning cars and looting. Atlanta mayor Maynard Jackson imposed an u p.m.-to-5 a in. Curfew for thursday night that helped quell rioting in which More than 300 people were arrested. At least 41 people were reported injured in Atlanta including a Stone Mountain Man said to have been pulled from his car and beaten. He was in critical condition with a head injury. The violence began at the end of a March to City Hall and the state Capitol from the Atlanta University Center. About Loo ohs broke away Horn the March and after overturning a car and damaging several others at the Capitol smashed about a Lejbo Worth of windows at the Fulton county government Center. The marauding youths swept through the underground Atlanta shopping and entertainment Center and went up peach tree Street to Macy a where a group rushed inside smashing Glass showcases knocking displays to the ground and sending clerks and customers scurrying. In Tampa fla., there were Short episodes of Rock and bottle throwing an attack on two reporters and gunshots being fired at police. But the problems subsided. Police said the violence began when rocks and bottles were thrown As a fire truck responded to a Brush fire. No one on the fire truck was injured. Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley reported receiving Calls from a every country in the world expressing Shock at the images shown on television and in newspapers in Las vegas a police officer was shot and wounded by apparent sniper fire during unrest following a demonstration thursday night Las vegas police officer Steve Rudolph said. In Philadelphia about 100 protesters blocked streets outside police Headquarters in what remained a peaceful but noisy demonstration. Mshindi Shabbazz of the Uhuru movement called Willie Williams a Philadelphia police official who has been hired to be los Angeles new police chief a an Uncle Tom who will not help the problems in los  the protesters later marched to Gay Hall six blocks away singing their own Versh i of the cml rights song we Shell overcome with lyrics saying a we shall  in Madison wis., police cars were vandalized in a municipal garage. In Charleston , police chief Ruben Greenberg closed main Street in the City a business District and ordered a major deployment of his forces at Midnight after three abandoned houses were set on fire in the predominantly Black East Side. In Boston As Many As 500 demonstrators marched several Miles through the City a downtown from the statehouse to northeastern University and then to Gay Hall. But police said there were no reports of violence. King wants Calm lawyer says los Angeles a Rodney King kept a Low profile during the deadly riots that ravaged the City in the Wake of the acquittals of three current policemen and one former officer accused of beating him. A the wants very desperately for there to be Calm a King s attorney Steven Lennan said thursday. A the does no to want his appearance to incite further violence. He is in Many ways a pitiful sight right  Lennan said his client who has remained in seclusion since the March 3,1991. Videotaped beating fears his appearance on television or in Public will Lead to further violence in soldering South Central los Angeles. �?o1 was with him a til late last night past Midnight. We were in a state of Shock a Lennan said thursday. A the was just distraught. He was  the violence erupted wednesday hours after a Superior court jury in Simi Valley announced its verdicts. Neither Side called King to testify at the trial. Jurors stand by not guilty verdict Simi Valley Calif. A members of the jury that acquitted four whiles m the beating of a Black Motorist said race played no Pari. One juror said she had held out for convictions As Long As she could but could not persuade the others. Jurors were interviewed by various news organizations on conditions they not be identified so it was unclear How Many jurors talked about the verdict. A in my opinion based on All of the evidence that was presented to us it is not a racial  one juror said thursday on can. A i am not unhappy with the verdict that a the Only verdict that could have been  the jury that acquitted the police officers of assaulting Rodney King was made up of 10 Whites one asian and one hispanic. There were expressions of horror thursday at the rioting that following their verdicts. A juror interviewed by Telephone on the today show said race a had absolutely nothing to do with the incident. Had the Man been White had he been of Oriental descent had he been anything and acted As Rodney King did he would have been Given the same treatment. A a juror was quoted on abcs sigh line As saying a had i Quot a been Able to talk to us the video might Nave been looked at  Kings attorney said the Motorist did no to testify because he had nothing to add to the video. A prosecutor said he did no to Call lung because King s memory would have been clouded by the beating and by his drinking that night. The juror interviewed by Abc said the verdict was influenced by All the evidence not just the videotape of the beating. A i have no regrets about the verdict a the juror said. A juror interviewed on can also said she had no second thoughts. Immediately after the verdict at least one juror was quoted As saying the panel had reached decisions to acquit on 10 of 11 counts the first Day and spent the rest of their six Days on the final count on which they were deadlocked. But on thursday another juror told Abc that was not the Case. Some jurors talked about Kings behaviour. The juror interviewed by Abc noted that two other Blacks i Kings car surrendered and were not beaten. A the refused to get out of the car a said a juror inner viewed by the los Angeles times. A the was obviously a dangerous person. Or. King was controlling the w Hole show with his  Wendy a beams with daughter Crystal and Sam Kin Chelate attend a protest of the trial results in Kansas City met a on thursday. Minneapolis officials faced wednesday with 200 demonstrators pleaded for Calm in their City which has had its own problems with allegations of police brutality against minorities. The arson gunfire and looting that began wednesday night left government officials clergy Community leaders and residents As shocked and angry Over the violence As they were by the jury a  Black men killed in rioting los Angeles apr one Man died defending a store from looters. At least three were shot by police. Some died in the crossfire of random shooting. Most of the victims were Black males. Police saw at least 27 people were killed in riots that began wednesday after three police officers and a former officer were acquitted in the beating of Mack Motorist Rodney King. A when they come in we done task questions but a lot of gunshot victims Are people who were m die wrong place at the wrong time a said Kathleen Fischer a spokeswoman for California medical Center. At least three people were killed by police trying to quell the violence. Compton police shot one unidentified Man thursday. Los Angeles police shot two Black men wednesday night hundreds of people were injured As rioters dashed with one another and in some cases pulled passers by from their can and pummelled them. Late thursday afternoon a Man was shot to death As he drove his car past the coroners command Post in South Central los Angeles site of much of the violence. Among the victims was an unidentified hispanic Security guard for a korean Market. He died in a gun Battle with looters who grew More Brazen with can hour carting away goods by the armful in Broad Daylight. Nearly All the dead were minorities and most of them were Mack. The los Angeles county coroners office still Hadnot identified most of the bodies and said it could take some time because of the chaotic conditions. A a we re not going to be going Down to these neighbourhoods and knocking on doors in the Middle of the night to say a Are you mrs. Jones a a said Bob dam Bacher a spokesman for the coroners office. A this is just too volatile a situation to take