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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Saturday August 20.1994 officer detests Blacks Simpson defense says los Angeles a despite promises that race would not be an Issue . Simpson s defense attorneys have filed a motion portraying a detective who found a bloody Glove at Simpson s estate As a racist who tries to Frame Blacks. Mark Fuhrman has a propensity to create false in formation against african american defendants said the 23-Page motion which seeks the detective s police personnel records and psychiatric reports. Thursday s motion included statements from woman who said Fuhrman told her nearly a decade ago that he wanted to Burn niggers and from a Man who claimed that Fuhrman shot him six times and helped Plant evidence against him. The motion also seeks internal documents detailing any infractions by Fuhrman or three other detectives assigned to the Case. Superior court judge Lance Ito said he would re Spond to the motion aug. 31. Simpson s Lead attorney Robert Shapiro declared i court last week that race would play no part in the trial. He said the same thing after two magazines previewed the racial strategy july 25. He stood up in court and said in front of the judge and the world that race was not going to be an Issue in this Case. Then we see this motion said Fuhrman attorney Robert Tourtelot. The motion is a desperate act by a desperate attorney Tourtelot said. The defense already had leaked to magazines tha Fuhrman had tried unsuccessfully to retire on disability in,1983 by claiming that Job stress made him violent to Ward minorities. Tourtelot said he would sue Over the articles after Simpson s trial. The defense motion suggests that Fuhrman planted bloody Glove at Simpson s Home after the bodies of Simpson s second sex wife Nicole Brown Simpson anther Friend Ronald Goldman were discovered june 13. That Glove and another at the crime scene were key evidence in the decision to order Simpson to stand trial. The trial is to begin sept. 19. The defense claims that detectives Phillip Vannatter and Tom Lange lied and concealed facts to obtain a warrant to search Simpson s estate and that Fuhrman partner Ronald Philips violated police procedures. Mcdonald s burned in hot Coffee suit Albuquerque . A a woman who was scalded when her Mcdonald s Coffee spilled has been awarded nearly $2.9 million or about two Days Coffee sales for the fast food Chain. Lawyers for Stella Liebeck who suffered third de Gree Burns in the 1992 incident contended that Mcdonald s Coffee was too  state District court jury imposed $2.7 million in punitive damages and $160,000 in compensatory damage wednesday. Ken Wagner Liebeck s attorney said he had asked the jury for punitive damages equal to two Days Worth of Mcdonald s Coffee sales which he estimated at$1.34 million a Day. Testimony indicated that Mcdonald s Coffee i served at 180 to 190 degrees based on advice from a Coffee consultant who has said it tastes Best that hot Wagner said thursday. The lawsuit contended that Liebeck s Coffee was 165to 170 degrees when it spilled. In contrast he said cof fee brewed at Home generally is 135 to 140  said Mcdonald  no willingness during the trial to turn Down the heat or print a warn ing. Defense attorney Tracy Mcgee already has said the company will Appeal. Mcgee also said the jury was concerned about an in dust wide practice of Selling hot Coffee. Juror Richard Anglad confirmed that the jury was trying to deliver message to the Industry. The Coffee s too hot out there in the Industry. This happened to be Mcdonald a Anglada said wednesday. Liebeck s Lead counsel Reed Morgan of hous ton said wednesday that the woman s medical Bills Liebeck totalled nearly $10,000. According to testimony Liebeck was a passenger in Acar driven by her grandson outside a Mcdonald s in Southeast Albuquerque when she was burned by a cup of Coffee purchased at a drive through window. The jury found among other things that the coffe Ewas defective and that Mcdonald s engaged in conduct justifying the punitive damages. Stiffen sentences ordered for sex officers in King Case from the associated Pressman Francisco two former los Angeles policemen convicted in the beating of Rodney  were sentenced too leniently a Federal appeals court ruled  9th . Circuit court of appeals ordered re sentencing for former sgt. Stacey Koon an former officer Laurence Powell whose 2v2-year terms were far below Federal guidelines for the crimes. They began serving their sentences last october the appeals court also upheld their 1993civil rights convictions. " the court said . District judge John Davies improperly reduced the sentences by finding that the officers were vulnerable to abuse in prison that they posed no danger to the Public that they had been burdened by state and Federal prosecutions and that they were provoked by King s misconduct. None of those factors justifies a reduction the court said. King a Black Motorist stopped for speeding was beaten by police in a March 1991incident that was videotaped by an Amateur photographer. Body was under Motel bed fort Lauderdale Fla. Police searched thursday for a German couple who spent the night in a Motel near the Beach unaware that a Corpse asunder their bed., the dead Man was identified As 47-year-old Bryanj. Gregory who police said used multiple aliases and previously had been charged with crime ranging from fraud to Drunken driving and arson. The German couple who Are not suspects in the murder and were not identified by police checked into the Villa Venice Motel monday night an checked out tuesday. Motel employees had noticed a Strong odor for several Days City police spokeswoman Sonya Friedman said. They Jusu Hought it was a bad smell. No one bothered to look for the source until it became  Woodstock holdout held Saugerties . The concert s . Nearly three Days after the music stopped a Woodstock 94, a woman was arrested Tor refusing to leave the concert  Bowen 32, of Bristol pa., became belligerent after being asked to leave the concert grounds wednesday afternoon state police said. The concert ended Early  began cursing and Yelling and failed to follow orders said trooper Robert  was charged with criminal trespass and resisting arrest. Need wheels bad credit Auto fair can help you reestablish your try and Chi report bankruptcy repossession charge offs no problem up to $ 10,000 finance on late Model used cars up to 36 months term. Finance can extend one year beyond Deros. 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