European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 a the stars and stripes monday May 18, 1992use of Force brings Quot High officer writes polite sgt. San cry c. Koon by Richard s. Serrano los Angeles times los Angeles a police sgt. Stacey c. Koon who was acquitted in the Rodney g. King beating has written a manuscript about the Case and his years in the los Angeles police department in which he repeats racial references and Speaks candidly about the a a High he has experienced after using Force. In a copy of the 275-Page manuscript obtained by the los Angeles times Koon referred to King As Quot mandingo a a reference to a West african people used by some westerners to denigrate Black male slaves. In describing a separate incident in which he repeatedly shot a Black Man he said his fellow officers joked that the Man would survive because Blacks a Marc too dumb to go into furthermore Koon said he became a a a legend in the police department for viciously kicking a latino drug suspect in the Groin. And he said that officers who receive the most dangerous assignments Are called a a so turning to the Kin incident he called the arrest a a group he nicknamed George Holliday the Man who shot the King videotape a George of the and he gives a lengthy description of How his officers reacted when King was finally handcuffed after the beating March 3, 1991. A they began to joke and laugh a he said. A it was not a laugh of a party atmosphere. It was a laugh of Relief. It was a laugh to release the pressure of the incident. It was the Gallows humor. The officers had faced a very stressful situation and they had prevailed. They were on a Koon who has titled his unsold manuscript the ides of March said in an interview Friday that although he stands by hts words he is not a racist and he does not condone police brutality. Rather he said his words Are a reflection of the Way police officers think and feel after having to daily confront dangerous situations. It is written in the language of a Tough talking Street cop. A never work in a Hospital a he asked. A never been around a Coroner Ever been around a fireman there Are certain professions where its Normal acceptable behaviour for them to talk this Way. Its the Way they maintain their sanity. You can to continually see this stuff every Day Day in and Day out and not relieve yourself with this kind of Gallows Koon also reiterated in his Book that he harbours no racial animosity. A the critics argued land was racist the officers involved beat King because they were racist and i allowed it to happen because i was racist a wrote Koon who is White. A i found this to be destructive and personally offensive. I am not a racist and i do not condone or tolerate Koon is trying to sell his manuscript As either a Book or television movie. He insisted that he is not seeking financial gain out of the King tragedy and the resulting riots. A my intention was not to make a Bazil lion dollars off this Book. You can donate the proceeds of this Book to rebuilding South Central los Angeles because this is not blood Money for me and i am not in this for my own Koonts efforts to sell the project come at a time when he and other current and former officers involved in the King incident Are being investigated by a Federal grand jury for possible civil rights doctor s tapes show woman hoped to die Southfield Mich. A a seriously ill woman who killed herself while the suicide machines inventor or. Jack Kevorkian was at her Side said in videotaped conversations shown saturday that she was ready to die. �?o1 want to die. In a tired of sitting and watching the Day go in and out a Susan Williams 52, said in a conversation recorded March 29. Williams who was Blind said she was convinced that her crippling multiple sclerosis would never improve. On camera she showed difficulty moving her arms and legs. A a in be waited 14 years and there never has been a remission a Williams said. She died Friday morning in her Clawson Home apparently after using a canister of Carbon monoxide supplied by Kevorkian to kill herself. Relatives and the Kevorkian now linked to four suicides in she past two years were by Ber Side. Also saturday Kevorkian a lawyer released documents showing Williams had spoken with a priest at Kevorkian a request in the weeks before her death. According to the documents the priest wrote that a Cdr. Kevorkian is taking advantage of sue but Williams dictated a reply saying she disagreed. Geoffrey Fieger Kevorkian a attorney showed the videotape to reporters at his Law office. Kevorkian did not attend. He is free on $10,000 Bond while awaiting trial on first degree murder charges in the october 1991 deaths of two women who died with his assistance. Authorities have taken no immediate action against him in Williams death. Oakland county prosecutor Richard Thompson did not return a phone Call saturday. Murder charges against Kevorkian in the suicide of alzheimer a patient Janet Adkins in 1990 were dropped after a judge ruled Michigan had no specific Law against assisted suicide Adkins died after pushing a Button that let a lethal drug flow into her veins. Kevorkian is appealing the slates suspension of Bis medical License. In a videotape made May 3, Williams demonstrated at Kevorkian a request that she could place a plastic mask Over her face and remove it by herself. That Kevorkian said showed she was capable of controlling her suicide. Fig or maintains that Kevorkian did not actively assist Williams suicide. On the tape Kevorkian said a if she pulls the lever and changes her mind she can take the mask later in the conversation Kevorkian said a i Felt pretty Safe in doing what we re doing despite any on the videotapes Williams her Sisters and her husband Leslie talked calmly about her decision to take her own life. A How Long will it take me a she asked Kevorkian. A you should be asleep within two or three minutes a he answered. A the main thing is just to put someone unconscious then it does no to matter what happens after Fieger also gave reporters other documents including a March 31 letter in which the Rev. Robert Mcgrath said a the nature of her debilitating disease makes her vulnerable to any bizarre idea that comes Williams dictated a response saying she did not agree with Mcgrath and noting that she initiated Contact with Kevorkian. Fieger said he released Mcgrath a critical comments because Kevorkian Isnit a trying to hide new arms offer video conferencing by John Markoff in he new York times for Hose who miss the human Contact i hey Hail before i he Advent of the automated Teller machine Bankers have come up with a novel idea a human. Well a picture of one at any Rale. No r corp. Was to introduce today a new generation of Teller machines that will permit a customer to have a video conic knee with a Bank employee. The system which uses computer technology developed by Ncry a Parent Ata t hell l laboratories presents a television Quality picture in a window on the video screen of the automated Teller machine it uses a Standard Telephone line to connect a computer used by a Bank employee in a Central office to the Teller machine system. The video conference can be started by the customer simply by touching the screen of the automated Teller machine. The first Hank in the country to introduce the video conferencing service will be Huntington Bank of Columbus Ohio which will begin a test project this summer. The Bank s strategy is to reduce the number of costly Branch offices while at the same time making banking More convenient for customers said William Randle Huntington a director of marketing and strategic planning a there has been this Paradox in the banking Industry a he said. A the More Money we spend the less Money we make and at the same time the customer is not being using Ncry a new self service terminals he said the Bank will now be Able to offer All banking services including Contact with mortgage specialists and loan officers 24 hours a Day seven Days a week. Moreover the Bank will be Able to reach customers at Many More locations such As supermarkets or at branches when they Are closed. Sex con who raped woman again gets 40 years i Oki Lauderdale. Flu. A a in on who served prison time for raping a woman then raped her again when lie got out was sentenced to 411 More years and banned for life from the victims Hometown. John cd Arctic 2<s, pleaded guilty Friday after his 43-year-old victim told Broward circuit judge Howard a Zeidwig that she would accept his plea bargain to avoid the trauma of a trial. A conviction in a jury trial could have meant a life sentence for Charotte. With the plea agreement he May be free in 17 to 20 years. A the first time this happened i was told it would t happen again a said the woman who lives in suburban Miramar. "1 Hope it does t happen anymore. In 20 years Rny children will be grown and ill be Able to iwo on and be Safe a finally a Zeidwig a no ordered 10 years probation Lor Charotte and counselling alien lie is released next time. The judge said he accepted the plea bargain reluctantly. A i would like to have been assured that he never set foot on free soil again a Zeidwig said. A i have a responsibility to protect society. But 1 fell a greater responsibility to her. It was she he chose twice to detective Craig Scarlett of the Miramar police department who interviewed Charotte after the second rape worried about the victim. A if 1 was her i d move a he said. A be Cau w i think hell be Back a Man charged with preying on 84-year-old fort Lauderdale Fla. A a 30-year-old Man charged with stealing thousands from an elderly Man Send someone to pick up bail Money from the confused victim got out of jail and stole from him again police said. John Williams was arrested Friday in the living room of his 84-year-old victim investigators said. The elderly Man May have lost Aboul $5,000 in the past month alone police said. Williams promised to Cut the Many a Lawn and asked him to pay by Check officers said but the work never was done he also allegedly asked the Man to pay for repairs to a non existent pickup. When neighbors grew suspicious police arrested Williams on May 7, charging him with exploitation of the elderly and grand theft. From jail Williams sent someone to collect a Check from the victim for bail detective Joe Roubicek said. The stale department of health and rehabilitative services is looking into appointing a guardian for the elderly Man until then a neighbor will keep tabs on his Check Book police said. Williams was in jail in lieu of s"1 p5 bail. A
