Portland Observer, May 26,1983 Section I Paga 3
METROPOLITAN
Judge drops AIM charges
Federal Circuit Court Judge Jim
Redden dismissed cases against four
Indian people Friday, determining
that their constitutional rights to a
speedy trial had been violated.
O n November 14, 1975, Kenneth
Loud H a w k . Russ Redner, K aM ook
Banks and Anna M ae Aquash were
shot at and stopped while traveling
in the highway in Eastern Oregon.
T w o buck knives and one gun were
found in their possession. Three
days later Loud H aw k and Redner
were charged with possessing fire
arms and explosives and with
harboring
Dennis
Banks
and
Leonard Peltier. The government
said Banks had been in the truck
and had escaped before the arrests.
Peltier was wanted on charges o f
murder resulting from the FBI
assault on the Pine Ridge reserva
tion.
The
harboring charges were
dropped but all six defendants
(including Banks and Peltier) were
charged with explosives and fire
arms violations.
In February o f 1976 Anna M ae
Aquash, who had been taker, to
South Dakota by federal marshals
following the arrest, was found
dead on the reservation. The FBI
first claimed she died o f exposure
but an autopsy showed she was
killed by a bullet in the back o f the
head, fired at d o te range.
U .S . District Court Judge Bclloni
threw out the government's case in
M ay o f 1976 for unnecessary delay
and because the government said it
had destroyed the alleged dynamite.
The N inth Circuit Court o f Appeals
reversed the case and returned it for
trial.
In the summer o f 1980 the defen
dants were re-indicted with new
charges added. Bclloni removed
himself from the case and it was
transferred
to
Judge
Redden.
Charges
against
Peltier
were
dropped because he was already
serving two life sentences. The Sep
tember trial date was postponed.
O n January 10, 1983, the U .S.
Supreme Court refused to hear
appeals on the case and returned it
to Portland for trial.
Judge Redden pointed out that
the trial would begin 7 years, 6
months and 19 days after the indict
ments. He rejected the govern
ment’s argument that a period o f 6
years and 3 months that the case was
on appeal should be excluded from
that time. “ T o state that the delay
was the result o f appellate review
does not absolve the government o f
the duty under the Sixth Am end
ment to give these defendants a
speedy trial,*’ he said. " T h e length
o f time each defendant has lived
with these unresolved criminal
charges — over 7Vi years — is
excessive.”
Charles Turner, U .S. Attorney,
has indicated that he is considering
an appeal.
Banks, a co-founder o f the A m er
ican Indian Movement, is living
with his wife and children on the
Onondaga reservation in New York,
where he was given political sanc
tion. He was in California until this
year, when the election o f a new
governor threatened his extradition
to South Dakota to be sentenced on
a riot charge. Banks believes his life
would be in danger if he returned to
South Dakota.
Loud Hawk lives in Bozeman.
Montana. Redner is principal of
elementary schools on the Pine
Ridge reservation.
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Oregon homeowners and renters
aren’t Tiling their property tax relief
claim s as q u ic k ly as expected,
according to Departm ent o f Reve
nue officials.
As o f Wednesday, the department
had
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some
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H o m e o w n er and Renter R efun d
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than o n e -th ird o f the h a lf-m illio n
claims it expects by July 15.
Q u a lify in g hom eow ners and
renters should file H A R R P fo rm
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checks in October. The forms can be
filed after July IS, but refunds may
be delayed.
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MHRC support grows
A citywide support group. C iti
zens for Restoration o f the M etro
politan Human Relations Com m is
sion, has formed in support of
M H R C . The group, working with
the approval and support of M H R C ,
seeks a reversal of the City Council's
actions
to
dismantle
MHRC
through restoration o f the full bud
get and program as submitted to the
council by M H R C . M H R C is a 15-
member commission appointed by
the mayor o f Portland and the
M ultnom ah County Executive to
oversee human relations in its juris
diction. In recent budget hearings
the C ity Council eliminated or re
moved close to 70 percent o f M H R C
staff and programs. The actions
were requested by Commissioner
Margaret Strachan.
The committee was formed fo l
lowing a public forum Saturday,
sponsored by the Portland Observer
and the Ad Hoc Citizens Advocacy
Committee.
Activities planned by the support
group include inform ational meet
ings, personal contacts, and identifi
cation and coordination o f organi
zations expressing concern and out
rage over the issue. The committee
is chaired by Fred M ilto n .
For inform ation on committee
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mation on M H R C activities and
programs, contact Linda Roberts,
executive director o f M H R C , at
796-5136.
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Salvadoran doctor speaks
Rafael Barrera, M D . will speak
on the medical consequences o f the
war in El Salvador at an inform al
potluck evening at the home o f Pat
and Peter DeGarm o, on M em orial
Day, M ay 30, 6:00 p .m ., at 2927
S.E. M ain in Portland.
D r. Barrera is a Salvadoran physi
cian specialized in occupational
health and a member of C O P R O -
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Dr. Barrera's visit to Oregon is
being facilitated by the Eugene Cen
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Democratic Party Central America
Policy G roup. He is also invited to
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Health in El Salvador at the Oregon
Health Sciences University Depart
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