European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday May 7, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 3juror says colleagues taunted her King trial aftermath Virginia Loya a juror in the Rodney g. King Case tearfully tells her Story. By Linda deutsc1i the associated press Simi Valley Calif. A juror in the Rodney g. King Case says fellow members of the panel had made up their minds before deliberations began and mocked her when she fought for at least one conviction. One panel member said King a a deserved the beating from police said the juror Virginia Loya. Loya the Lone hispanic on the panel said she agreed to speak publicly tuesday after hearing criticism of the jury which was All White except for her and an asian american. A they keep saying All the jurors Are this Way. It was not All the jurors a she said in an interview at her Home. A a done to they know there were four of us that fought a Loya said she another woman and two men held out for conviction of officer Laurence m. Powell on a charge of assault. The jury deadlocked on that count. But the four White defendants a three current los Angeles policemen and one former officer a were acquitted of All other charges in the videotaped beating of the Black Motorist. A we would break out in tears and Tell them to open up their eyes and see a Loya recalled of the seven Days of deliberations. A a it a like they wanted to see what they wanted to see. They already had their minds made she said she was mocked by other jurors when she demanded they replay the videotape Over and Over. A they would say a of Virginia wants to see the tape again a a a she recalled. Others said they had seen it enough. She said that there was enormous pressure to go along with the acquittals and that at one Point a woman juror declared that King a deserved a i said she had a poor Choice of words because no one deserves to be beaten a Loya recalled. She displayed her notes from the trial including seven Points of evidence that she had seen As proving Powell a guilt. But she said he other jurors explained away each Point including Powell s purported laughter on an audio tape As he called an ambulance for King. She said the other jurors told her a it sounded like a laugh but he was really taking a deep breath and he was tired and she said she fasted for a Day and a half wept and Quot asked god to help me get out of this As fellow jurors pressured her to acquit the four. Loya a member of a fundamentalist Church said she prayed for one More person to join her Side because then the jury would probably be deadlocked and sent Home. The next morning she said her prayers were answered. She was asked whether the other jurors might have been swayed if King had testified. Quot no Quot she said. A their minds were Loya said she was so upset when deadly riots erupted in los Angeles after the acquittals last week that she went to her doctor who sent her to a Counselor to relieve her . Honors 4 citizens who saved riot victims los Angeles up a John Williams sat next to his Mother tuesday at City Hall and beamed with Pride. His father one of four Good Samaritans who rescued bystanders caught in last weeks riots was being called a hero. A the was pretty Brave a the 10-year-old said of his dad Gregory Williams. A the saved that Guys life. In a proud of him for Williams was honoured by the City Council for his Rescue of Takao Hirata a japanese american who was attacked by a mob. Titus Murphy Terry Barnett and Lei Yuille were awarded plaques for their efforts to save Reginald Denny a White truck Driver who was pulled from his cab and severely beaten by rioters in South Central los Angeles. A i give these awards on behalf of the millions of people in this City who were inspired and moved by the goodness and decency of the people we have Here today a said councilman Joel Wachs. A these four Are True the Council and More than 150 people in the Council Chambers responded with a standing ovation. Denny was one of the first victims of the four Day riots sparked by acquittals of three current los Angeles officers and one former officer in the beating Black Motorist Rodney g. King. The television news videotape of Denny a beating has become almost As famous As the Amateur videotape of the police attack on King. Both serve As grim symbols of the anger violence and Hurt that have rocked the City. Yuille said she was watching the television news wednesday night when she saw Denny being yanked from his truck and pummelled by several men. A i was disgusted horrified and angry a she said. A my brother looked Over at me and said we should go help him. So we Denny who had been lying in the Street for nearly 30 minutes had climbed Back into his truck and was trying to drive away when Yuille arrived. She climbed onto the trucks sideboards and told Denny a i was there to help she was joined by Murphy Barnett and an unidentified Man. Together they held traffic at Bay and guided the truck to the Daniel Freeman memorial Hospital. Denny lapsed into convulsions upon Arri Val. Medical teams said that if he had arrived a minute later he might not have survived. The possibility that they might be targets of the mobs rage never crossed the minds of the four. A i Wasny to thinking about being afraid Quot Barnett said. A my reaction was just a go at a a Yuille implored others to follow her actions. A we need to remember we All have consciences Quot Yuille said. A we All can do what is Correct. We can stand apart from the Williams said a fear and Faith cannot dwell in the same moment. A was i watched the mob overwhelm and brutally beat or. Hirata i was overcome by the same pain and revulsion Felt As i watched the mob overwhelm and brutally beat Rodney King Over a year ago. But this time i was not powerless. I could make a difference. In the name of human decency dignity and Justice and by the Grace of god this time i could make a Williams broke Down and cried As he concluded a god save our great missiles reportedly cleared from depot by Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Bureau the . Army Europe has removed the last of its Lance missiles which Are designed to carry nuclear warheads from the Fischbach army depot according to a local German official and German news reports. The last of 23 convoys carrying Lance missiles left Fischbach last week for the Miessau army depot which is located about 35 Miles away near Kaiserslautern said police chief Norbert Rossmann of Pir Masens. Rossmann a Force provided an escort for the Convoy a Standard procedure since the convoys began rolling out of the depot last fall. Rossmann did not know if there were any nuclear warheads left at Fischbach. A we were told that there Are no More Lance missiles at the Fischbach depot a Rossmann said. A we were told that by the . Usa eur . European come and department of defense officials would not discuss the Issue. A the . Has a Long standing policy to neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons at any particular facility a Usa eur spokesman Jim Boyle said tuesday. Neucom spokesman cmdr. John Woodhouse added that . Officials a just done to talk about weapons in that German army it. Col. Reinhard Vogt who is assigned to the ministry of de sense said details concerning any Transfer of missiles Are generally not discussed a due to Security a we do not inform the Public of the transportation of weapons or nuclear shells a Vogt said. While he would not confirm the reports Vogt did indicate that German and american authorities Are discussing the a a disposal of nuclear missiles currently stationed on German soil. It was Rossmann a understanding that the missiles were heading Back to the United states but he did not know when. The Miessau depot is being used for interim storage according to German news accounts. Citing a january statement from the Rheinland Pfalz ministry of Interior German newspapers reported that nuclear weapons could Only be transported through the air. The papers noted that since last fall there had been an increase in the number of helicopter flights from the depot. The . Army had been transporting Lance missiles out of Fischbach since last fall when the average was two convoys a month Rossmann said. In the last two months the Pace picked up to two to three convoys a week he said and in All about 1,000 missiles were moved. The Bush administration announced in May 1990 that it was cancelling plans to modernize its ground based nuclear artillery and nuclear missiles in Europe which included Lance missiles. The move was in response to the political changes sweeping across Eastern Europe
