European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Monday april 25,1994 pulled Arrieri cans criticize Clinton on Haiti Bosnia new York up americans Are split in their opinions on president Clinton s Overall handling of foreign policy but they faulted him Over the crises in Haiti and in Bosnia and Herzegovina says a poll by time Magazine and can released  nationwide Survey of 600 adults indicated that Many americans believe the United states global in fluence is slipping and a majority thinks Clinton has demonstrated weakness in making foreign policy Jodeci Sions. " /. At the same time the poll showed that two thirds of those questioned want the United states to focus on Domestic problems instead of settling International conflicts. Sixty percent described Clinton s approach to foreign policy As intelligent but Only a third said he was act ing boldly. R fifty six percent described him As indecisive 59 percent said he was inconsistent and just 40 percent believe his policies Are  Only 35 percent said the president is doing a Good Job handling the situation in Bosnia. And just 25 percent thought he was properly dealing with events in Haiti on the bosnian conflict those polled indicated that they want the nation to avoid deep involvement in the crisis.  s.  / in fact a majority of 56 percent believes America has already done enough to Stop the fighting in Bosnia. And 52 percent said the United states does not have a moral obligation to protect bosnian government sup porters against ethnic serbian attacks. Two thirds of those questioned said they would pre Fer that the Clinton administration primarily use Diplo Matic and economic measures Over military intervention to bring the bosnian War to a halt. Americans Are divided on How Well president Clinton i doing in foreign policy a poll says. Fifty nine percent supported the economic embargo against serbian led Yugoslavia which is funnelling arms to bosnian serbs. But Only 35 percent said the United states should use military planes to bomb roads and Power plants. Less than half said they would favor the use of . Military planes to protect Gorade a  area devastated by bosnian serbian shelling. Three fourths of those surveyed told pollsters that the United states should remain Neutral by continuing its policy of not Selling armaments to either Side. Asked whether the United states has a great Deal at stake in each of five countries 70 percent answered yes to Russia 62 percent to North Korea 53 percent to South Africa and Bosnia and 43 percent to Haiti. New York probe says testily Irig Standard among police in court by the new York times new York they Are called turnover  police officer arrests a suspect but has plans for the weekend and does t want to spend the next Day in court. So he asks his partner not Only to take credit for the arrest but to take the witness stand in front of the grand jury As Well. As mundane As the motivation is the resulting Testi Mony nevertheless amounts to perjury. And turnover arrests according to prosecutors and defense lawyer sin the City Are Only one example of a prevalent form of corruption in the City s police department. Amid the headlines about corrupt officers stealing Money and brutalizing drug dealers the Mollen com Mission a mayoral panel investigating corruption has identified perjury As perhaps the most widespread form of police wrongdoing facing today s criminal jus Tice  the commission said in a draft of its final report that perjury by police officers is commonplace enough to have its own nickname  the panel also found that perjury false arrests and falsifying evidence were in certain instances condoned and encouraged by Superior officers. While prosecutors differ on the extent of the prob Lem they agree that the Public perception of it will undermine Trust of the police and hinder their fight against crime. A judge it state supreme court in the Bronx recently ruled that the police had invented a fictitious wit Ness another judge in Brooklyn determined that a police officer s testimony that a Motorist had got out of his car and left the door open with a gun on the floor was patently  a Queens judge last summer overturned a conviction after concluding that a police officer tailored his Tes Timony to meet constitutional objections when he said he halted a car because he believed the Driver was underage. Otice perjury has become so institutionalized it amounts to ascience.1, v Marvin Schechter Ugal Aid society police perjury has become so institutionalized i amounts to a science said Marvin Schechter head of the Brooklyn criminal division of the Legal Aid society which represents indigent defendants. Defense lawyers say prosecutors and judges who fail to Deal aggressively with the problem must share the blame.,- Robert Morgenthau the District attorney in manhat Tan rejected assertions that prosecutors were Delin quent in fighting the problem of perjury by police offi cers and said he had recently prosecuted a number of such cases. I find it. I prosecute it Morgenthau said. Burton Roberts the chief administrative judge Forstate supreme court in the Bronx disputed the com Mission s assessment and said i think it occurs but police officers Are at least As credible As people in any other  a Veteran prosecutor in Queens said you can t expect a cop to Tell the truth 100 percent of the time Butto Call it pervasive is  but Richard Brown the Queens District attorney called the problem terribly  i m not prepared to concede that presenting false testimony is widespread he said. But it ought to be addressed. It goes to the heart of the Justice system. And the perception is going to find its Way into jury  listening to inmates Calls brings protest from group from wire report Bridgeport Conn. In an Effort to curb crime and gang violence in its prisons connect Cuthas begun monitoring All  made by inmates except their conversations with their lawyers. State officials say the 4-month-old program has already paid off leading to an arrest for drug trafficking and helping to prevent a gang confrontation. But the Connecticut civil liberties Union is fighting the program saying it is unconstitutional and violates state wiretapping Laws. The organization joined with a Legal service organization at the Yale University Law school to file a class action suit in state Superior court i Hartford on behalf of the state s 13,800 prisoners and All future  inmates in prison have certain constitutional rights said Philip p. Tegeler lawyer for the Connecticut civil liberties Union and those rights include Protection under Testate s wiretapping and eavesdropping  the program the first of its kind in Connecticut began in january and is in place in seven prisons. Pol ice protesters clash Lansing Mich. A Kun flux Klari rally resulted in a clash Between police and anti klan protesters saturday outside the Michigan state Capitol v ,.".police arrested seven people including two on felony charges and used tear Gas to disperse the angry anti klan crowd of about 800, said Lansing police it Helen  500 police officers were stationed Between the crowd and the sparsely attended klan rally. Achain link Fence erected for the event also separated the two  said that despite the Strong police presence several protesters hurled rocks Meta bolts and dirt clods at the police in riot gear. One klan member said he was injured by a Roc that hit his head she said. Another said he had suffered a diabetic reaction. Haemophiliacs lose bid new Brunswick . A state judge has refused to allow Haemophiliacs who were infected with the aids virus through blood clotting products to sue As a group. The lawsuit the first attempt at class action status on the Issue in the nation claims makers of blood clotting products and blood Banks could have prevented transmission of the virus by heat treating  Superior court judge c. Judson Hamlin denied the class action motion for new Jersey plaintiffs Friday. Hamlin called their cases tragic an catastrophic but said they did t qualify for class action status which enables lawyers to try cases on behalf of a group of people rather than individually. Plane crashes at University College Park my. Four North Carolin residents were killed saturday when their single engine plane slammed into a University of Marylan College Park classroom building state police said. The Pilot Barry l. Washington 26, of Lillington,., was attempting to land at the College Park Airport when he aborted and tried to gain Altitude but instead crashed into the building. Also killed in the crash were or. Jesse Parker jr.,44, and his wife Paulette s. Parker 41, of Rocky mount  The family of the fourth victim has no been notified of his death. No one inside the building was injured. 1 killed when Van flips Pottersville . One person was killed and 20 others were injured saturday when their Vanhit a Highway median and flipped Over. The victims relatives of inmates at an upstate prison were travelling Back to new York City when their Van swerved into the median flipped Over and came to rest on its Side state police said. A female passenger thrown from the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim s identity was not immediately released. The Accident occurred in Pottersville about 75miles North of Albany at 4 30 . As the Van travelled South on interstate 87 from the Clinto correctional facility in Dannemora