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Portland Observer, September 1,1982 Page 3 METROPOLITAN MAKE A NEW HOME AT THE OLD ADDRESS W ITH A NEIGHBORHOOD PROFESSIONAL Military budget Hatfield topic Senator M a rk H a tfie ld , C h a ir man o f the Senate A p p ro p ria tio n s Committee, w ill speak on "M ilita ry Spending: Its Im pact at Home and A broad” on Thursday, September 9th at 7 :15 pm in The Portland H il to n . Senator H a tfie ld is co -sp o n sored by the W orld A ffa irs Council and the P lanning Executive In s ti tute. N o -H o st co ckta ils w ill be available at 3:45 pm follow ed by a dinner for $12.00 at 6:30 pm. Reser vations can be made by calling the W orld A ffairs Council. Senator H a tfie ld is well know n fo r his stands on foreign policy and defense issues. In this speech, he is going to approach the m ilita ry spending issues from the economic aspect: What are the impacts o f this huge expenditure both here at home and on the rest o f the world? Gregory Kafoury (right) dlacuases consumer law w ith Ralph Nadar. A lawyer for unpopular causes Graxsroot News, N W — The ster eotype image o f a radical lawyer is one o f long hair, beard and raving rhetoric at the courts. Gregory Ka- foury defines himself with this term, yet bears none o f these conventional notions. At 36, Kafoury is clean shaven, well-dressed and with Douglas Hagen runs a relatively suc cessful law practice. " In 1971, when I applied to law school, the number o f people who applied increased by a factor o f three. The major reason for this increase was Ralph Nader, because he showed at a time o f grinding repression that one person could stand up and cause things to Change. He did this as an attorney, which provided inspiration to an en tire generation.” Kafoury believes dial he tries to do what he can with this principle in mind. " I'v e made a com m itm ent.” This commitment was made by Oiany attorneys but was kept by only a few. " A lot of people who went into law school with high hopes found out that those hopes dipped away when they left law school. They reasoned a short stay With a large law firm for the experi ence and later open a revolutionary tew commune. The reality is they went to work for a law firm , got married and had a child. A ll o f a sudden they were hooked where they were, 30-ycar-old experts on municipal bonds needing at least 30 thousand a year jus, to pay the house notes. So, under these circumstances you are no, a very good candidate for doing all the things you once thought von would Unpopular cases like police bru tality arc no strangers to Gregory Kafoury. " I n 1974, my parther and I hung up a shingle after we gradu ated from law school and the main source o f our income was criminal court appointments. I was really shocked by the number o f people who came in and off-handedly ex plained how the police battered their heads against the sidewalk, e tc .... No one seemed to be very interested in this complaint. A ll o f a sudden the dam broke, thanks to Der Connel, and people began to realize that the situation went a long way beyond that. I think there has never been a commitment to do anything about police brutality. I find the same names coming up over and over. We have won cases which cost the City o f Portland a fair amount o f money. And in each case we found out that there was absolutely no discipline taken against the o f fleer. There is no discipline taker against officers i f the ju ry finds per ju ry or brutality. It does not matter what happens in court. It seems that the whole system is rigged." In light o f Kafoury's experience with this subject, can we as Oregon ians seek redress through the sys tem? " I think that people need to press all over. I f it happens to you, take it to the D .A . and make them take a stand.” Kafoury has been on the right hand for many defendants and ex plains the reasons fo r the dispropor tionate number o f minorities incar cerated. "T he bum rap that m inori ties get from the crim inal justice system is just the tag-end o f the bum rap they get from society. The juries have no idea how it is to grow up in a racist society. But viewing the crim inal justice system as the prob lem is not helpful. I t ’ s an extension o f (he problem, and the problem is society itself.” Oregon’s governor is reinstating the death penalty. Does Kafoury be lieve in it? "O n ly fo r N ixon! 1 al ways tell my pro-death penalty friends i f they Ic, me k ill Nixon for using the highest office in the land to destroy democracy then I w ill le, them have some o f those poor jerks who got so twisted that they finally exploded. 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