KING
Continued from Page 1
time around, to have Rodney King as a
witness.” Westling sail) ' jurors love to
see the victim."
Westling also said he Irelieves the jury
was not as inundated with the famous
videotape this time
"In first trial, it appeared that there was
an incredible amount of videotape used,
he said "It was shown in its entirety, in
slow motion, in freeze frame. One thing
that does is dull your senses to it. You
become desensitized ami that's exagger
,ite<l if it's in slow motion By slowing it
down you tend to separate it front the
actual content It lax omos more of a visu
al experience and less of a gut experi
ence”
Westling said it appears ihe tape has
boon used considerably during this trial,
but not ns much Me added that, for the
first trial, he had nntii ipaled a hung jury
~ where no unanimous decision can he
reached by the jurors — and believes that
may lie result this time around.
"Hut I've I men in a courtroom trying to
guess what a jury is going to do after I've
heard oil the evidence, and you can't do
it." he said. "It’s even harder from a thou
sand miles away.”
Margaret Pari*, an associate professor
of Intv. said it is especially difficult to
convict police officers.
"It's hard for the obvious reason that
we put police officers in very dangerous
circumstances and most people have
some understanding that those circum
stances are sometimes going to result in
conduct that's unpleasant to us." she
said.
Parts addressed questions as to why the
officers are standing trial a second time
Although the Constitution prohibits
wioio t>» Hanoi rune**
Lias Kloppenberg. saaoctsta law professor, presents Information about todoral courts
during opwing remarks of tha University law school forum on the Rodnay King trial In
the EMU Ben Linder Room Monday.
"double jeopardy" — (wing tried twice
for the same crime — exc eptions can !«•
made when the federal government
believes it has a vested interest in pursu
ing a cast; on its own It's a rare decision,
Paris said. Iwcouse generally federal and
stale governments cooperate and decide
that one will pursue the i harges
Paris said if the result of this trial is a
hung jury, a mistrial would be declared
and the officers may tie tried again
Marvin Re'voal. an officer with Eugene
police department, said police abuses can
and do happen tn any community wn«v
the citizens an* not involved.
"Why did it happen in L A ? I don't
i are if you live in L.A., Kansas City or
Eugene'," he said "You get the type of
police department the community \\ants
"If you look at your community as
merely a place where you go to work and
then you tan leave because it's so terrible,
you have no investment in that commu
nity." he said, "then the types of abuses
that occur repeatedly in this country will
occur in your community "
CANDIDATE
Continued from Page 1
said Lee, who
appointed Collins
Puente as the multi
cultural advocate last
spring.
Brady said he was
also not aware of the
status of Collins
Puente's enrollment.
He said Fore was in
i harge of the ASUO
staff, and "if it
doesn't have to do
Collins Puente
wun moiroy, I UWI i warn IU Iiavo uiijiump,
to do with it."
Fore said there was usually no system
of ensuring that ASUO employees were
enrolled in the term of employment.
Fore also said she did not know
whether Collins Puente was enrolled in
the fall.
During fall term, Collins Puente asked
Fore what the minimum number of cred
its was to be an ASUO employee. Fore
said. Fore said she told Collins Puente she
needed to he enrolled for six credits —
enough to qualify as a part-time Univer
sity student. The registrar's office con
firmed that Collins Puente was enrolled
winter term.
Collins Puente was paid an extra $150
in September for work she did in the May
June pay period hut was not given a
stipend The money was taken from the
August paycheck of University Affairs
coordinator Christi Drue, who was on
vacation during that time.
The re-allocation was approved by the
Incidental Fee Committee June 2. 1992,
according to Fore's records.
GREENS
Continued from Page 1
They oi^aniznd a public lorum nl llie end of febriaiy
(hat brought together representatives from some of the
independent party initiatives along with several mm ial
activists front Kugene
The local chapter of Greens consists of l.*» active mein
lier* and an equal number of passive supporters They do
not have any paid staff members, so the success of their
projects depends on their own voluntary initiative.
Coordination has not been easy for the local Greens
and the group has been through fits and starts since it
was first organized in 19K5.
' You gel many people who are prepared to do some
thing. hut they need your constant direi lion, said
Joseph Boland, a University graduate student in political
m iunce and an active member of the group
Although there have been no Greens who have run lor
office lot ally, there went 02 c ampaigns run throughout
the United States last year, which promoted their agen
da of ecology, justice, democracy and non-violence
They won several city council seats The most notable
victory was by Hawaii's Keiko Bonk-Abramson, w ho. in
w inning a board of supervisors seal over an incumbent
democrat, is claiming to f>e the first Green to win a par
tisan race.
The Green* are moil ret agnized far taking a strong
stand on environmental issues, hut they don’t want to
just clean up tin* environment — they want to clean up
the whole system of government
"We do have o strong environmental agenda." Boland
said "And it does call for a restructuring of the et ono
mv, so that it lx* e< ologit ally sustainable
"But what we want to see is greater community con
trol over the e< anomic system." Boland said 'Arid we
think that with community control over the system, the
e< odontic system will bet orne more responsive to eco
logical needs."
Although the environmental message has been taken
up by the Republican and Democrat it parties Boland
said their rhetoric is not supported by their actions
"Bush had nothing to show for his environmental
president \ t laiin." Boland said "What (.‘linton and Gore
do remains to lie seen, but Gore has already reneged on
a promise to oppose the opening of a hazardous waste
incinerator in Ohio."
Boland said the Democratic Party is the greatest obsta
cle to building an independent party.
It is there to assimilate and to co-op and to repress m
n certain sense." he said.
"The Democratic Party, especially on a national level,
rually uses and abuses progressive movements. It turns
to them to mobilize voters to rally support for its candi
dates," Roland said.
"But then it puts them in a position of always remind
ing them that they're just one interest group among
many." he said "And they better he willing to accom
modate their demands, w hich are set by their leadership
Their leadership is corporate controlled.”
Charges of left-wing extremism against the Greens may
come from their firm belief that the corporate system is
a major part of the problem, Roland said.
"We re not against personal property. And we re not
against private corporate property, especially on a small
scale," fie said
"What we want to see is how communities can have
more effective power in determining their own econom
ic lives," he said
The local chapter of Greens is currently considering
supporting a proposed ordinance that would Imiii the use
in Eugune of chemicals that deplete the ozone layer.
Roland said lie would like to see tluf group invite
minority activists to come and speak to Eugene's most
ly white progressive community about their issues and
concerns
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