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Goetz testifies for first time on shootings
NEW YORK (AP) — Subway gunman Bern
hard Goetz testified under oath for the first time
Monday about the December afternoon six years
ago when he shot four youths on a Manhattan
subway train, paralyzing one of them
But exactly what his testimony means de
pends on who is describing it.
Goetz, acting as his own lawyer, moved suc
cessfully to get the media banned from his depo
sition in a $50 million civil suit filed by victim
Darrell Cabey.
Ronald Ruby, the paralyzed plaintiff's attor
ney, said Goetz had undermined his case on the
stand, while Goetz said the case could be dis
missed later this week.
"Mr. Goetz made it clear he intended to de
stroy Darrell Cabey. to end his life. If anything.
Bemie Goetz convicted himself with his own
mouth." said Ruby.
But Goetz, when the three-hour hearing was
over, said the key to his testimony was that he
fired three times at Cabey on Dec. 22. 1984. Why
did he shoot? "I was being mugged." Goetz told
reporters.
The subway gunman wouldn’t go any further
in describing his appearance, but Ruby said
Goetz claims his first shot missed Gabey, now 22.
and the second one struck the plaintiff.
When Goetz then told Gabey, "You don't
look so bad. here’s another.” and fired again at
the youth a third time, there was no bullet in the
chamber. Kuby said that doesn't matter because it
clearly shows intent to injure
The soft-spoken Goetz saw things differently
Goetz said he intends to move for a dismissal of
the case on Wednesday after he questions Gabey
in the same state courtroom
"1 believe Darrell Gabey is going to say he
doesn't remember why he was shot or what hap
pened on that subway. Darrel! Gabey is going to
pretend he's a mental vegetable. Everybody
knows Darrell Gabey is faking." said Goetz.
Goetz. 42. was acquitted of attempted murder
in the shooting but convicted of a wea|K»ns pos
session charge; he never took the stand at his tri
al. He served 8Vi months in prison on his convic
tion.
Goetz was subsequently sued for $50 million
by Gabey. who also reportedly suffered brain
damage due to the shooting. The three other
teens Goetz shot all recovered.
Dr. Seuss and Stephen King banned
CHICAGO (AP) — What do
Dr. Seuss. Stephen King and
the editors of Webster's dic
tionary have in common?
Theirs are among the scores of
books banned or challenged in
the past year, the American Li
brary Association said Monday
in launching Banned Books
Week.
“We need to bring to the at
tention of American public the
fact that our First Amendment
rights are under attack," said
Judith Krug, director of the as
sociation’s Office for Intellectu
al Freedom.
A Webster's Dictionary edi
tion was challenged in the Up
per Pittsgrove Township. N.J.,
school district because parents
objected to the definition of
sexual intercourse as "the sex
ual joining of two individu
als," said Paul Whitman, secre
tary of the school board.
The 1986 dictionary — an
edition edited especially for
teenagers — was removed from
fourth and fifth grade class
rooms last fall, but continues to
be used in upper levels, he
said. Whitman said he didn't
know what portion of the defi
nition provoked the challenge.
“The Ixjrax” by Or. Seuss'
was challenged in a Layton
ville, Calif., school district last
September. Parents working for
a local logging company said
the book portrayed their indus
try negatively.
The book remained on the
second-grade required reading
list after the challenge, but
teachers voluntarily moved it to
an optional list the following
spring, said Superintendent
Brian Buckley.
Stephen King's "The Stand"
was restricted to ninth-grade
students with parental consent
at Whitford Intermediate
School in Beaverton after some
parents objected to violence
and sexual language And an
other King novel. "Christine."
was pulled from the library at
Washington Middle School in
Meriden. Conn , after a parent
complained about offensive
passages.
These are only a few of the
incidents reported to the
51 ,000-member educational as
sociation between May 1989
and May 1990. Krug said.
The week runs through Sept.
29. It's part of a national effort
to draw attention to the more
than 1,000 instances of chal
lenging or banning books re
ported last year. Krug said.
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