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August 27, 2003 Page A2 P olice Ten Commandments Judge Won’t Budge Religious supporters pitted against judicial system (A P) — Protesters h oping to keep a Ten C om m andm ents m onum ent in the state judicial building in M ontgom ery, Ala. m arched on A ttorney G eneral Bill P ryor’s office T uesday, d em anding he resign for abiding by a federal court order for the m arker’s rem o v al. A bout 150 m o n u m en t su p p o rters m arched from the judicial building to the nearby Statehouse to m eet w ith Pryor, but w ere m et by 10 state police blocking the door. Seven representatives w ere allow ed inside to m eet with P ry o r’s ch ief deputy for about 20 m inutes. The rest o f the group rem ained out side, chanting, “ R esign now ! Resign now !” The 5,300-pound m onum ent rem ained in the rotunda o f the ju d icial building, w here ch ie f Justice Roy M oore installed it tw o years ago. A federal ju d g e has held it violates the co n stitu tio n 's ban on g o v ernm ent prom otion o f religious doctrine Pryor has said it is his duty to uphold a federal court order to remove the marker. and g av e M oore a d e a d lin e o f last W ednesday to rem ove it. W hen M oore refused, associate ju s tices ordered it out, supported by Pryor. M oore also w as suspended Friday on charges o f violating canons o f judicial ethics for refttsing to o bey the court order, and Pryor will oversee his prosecu Shawn Gotch o f Michigan sleeps on the steps o f the State Judicial Building in Montgomery, Ala. where demonstra tors are maintain ing a 24-hour vigil to prevent officials from removing a Ten Commandments monument from inside the courthouse. (AP Photo) tion. Patrick Mahoney, director o f the C hris tian Defense Coalition, accused Pryor o f political grandstanding to aid his nom ina tion to a federal appeals court. It has been stal led by Senate Democrats w ho attacked the Republican Pryor for stands against abortion and in favor o f state’s rights. Pryor has said it is his duty to uphold a federal court order to rem ove the marker. “ Bill Pryor should be protecting the citizens o f A labam a instead o f cam paign ing to get confirm ation to the 11th C ir cuit,” M ahoney said. In a b rie f speech M o n d ay , M oore to ld a c h eerin g crow d he w o u ld fight to retu rn to his e lec ted p o sitio n a n d said th e case ag ain st him is b a se d not on so m eth in g he d id w ro n g b u t b ecau se “ I ’v e k ep t m y o a th .” i Boy’s Church Death Ruled a Homicide Child smothered in exorcism to *e him of autism (A P ) — A n autistic 8-year-old W isconsin boy w ho died after he w as w rapped in sheets during a pray er service suffocated, accord ing to the medical exam iner’s office. The death w as ruled a hom icide. Terrance Cottrel 1 Jr. died because his chest w as som ehow restricted and could not expand, according to a statem ent issued by the office o f the M ilw aukee C ounty coroner. Police arrested a m an on suspi cion o f physical abuse causing death, said Lt. Steven Spingola. A uthorities have not identified w h o w a s a rre s te d , b u t D av id H em phill Sr., bishop o f the Faith T em ple C hurch o f the A postolic Faith, said the m an is his brother, R ay, an o th er m in ister w ho led F rid ay ’s service. The m other had been taking her son to the church in a run-dow n strip m all three tim es a w eek for the last three w eeks in hopes o f curing his autism , D avid H em phill said. It w as after m ore than an hour o f prayer that a parishioner noticed the boy w as no longer m oving and c a lle d e m e r g e n c y w o r k e r s , Hem phill said. “W e w ere asking G od to take this spirit that w as torm enting this little boy to death,” H em phill said church m em bers had w rapped the boy in sheets to keep him from scratching h im self and others, but he w as allow ed to sit “any w ay that he feels com fort able.” A utism is a developm ental d is ability, typically diagnosed during the first three years o f life, that affects the norm al developm ent o f the brain in the areas o f social inter action and com m unication skills. Bishop David Hemphill Sr., the pastor o f a Wisconsin church where an 8-year-old died while wrapped in sheets during a prayer service, talks to a reporter outside his home Milwaukee. (AP photo) Van Crash Kills Firefighter Crew (A P)— Eight Oregon firefighters died in a head-on collision w ith a semitrai ler truck on Sunday on U . S. H ighw ay 20 in far eastern O regon. The men were returning after spend ing about tw o w eeks fighting w ild fires in Idaho. K illed w ere R icard o “ R ick y ” Ruj^, 19, M ark R ansdell, 23, Jesse cro ssed th e d o u b le -y e llo w line w hen it collided with the sem i-truck about 10 m iles w est o f V ale, O re., according to the M alheur C ounty S h e riffs D epartm ent. The firefighters w orked for First Strike E nvironm ental, a R oseburg- based contract firefighting co m pany. Jam es, 22, D avid H am m er, 38, L eland P rice Jr., 27, Paul G ib so n , 25, R ichard B. M oore II, 21, an d J e f f H en g el, 21. H am m er and M oore w ere from P o rtlan d . T he o th er victim s w ere from R oseburg and M y rtle C reek. The van apparently tried to pass a n o th e r tru ck on a c u rv e an d Esteemed Attorney to Represent Ford Defendant one of seven charged with aiding terrorism BEEN FAKED OUT BY (A P) — A federal ju d g e has agreed to let esteem ed N ew York attorney Stanley C ohen represent one o f seven Portland residents charged w ith aiding terrorism . Patrice L um um ba Ford is ac cused o f traveling to C hina with four other m en shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attack in 2001 in a failed effort to enter A fghanistan and aid the Taliban. A w om an also is charged in the case, and another man has pleaded guilty after adm it ting he and his friends w ere pre pared to die as m artyrs. U.S. D istrict Judge Robert Jones w arned Ford on Friday that pros ecutors had raised a legitim ate con FREE CHECKING? WE GAN HELP T R U L Y F R E E C H E C K IN G W ashington M u tu a l’s tru ly Free Checking account. 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He also told the ju d g e that he intended to go to trial and w ould not accept any plea bargain “even if they let m e w alk out o f here right now .” Cohen said he felt uniquely quali fied to represent Ford because he has represented other M uslim s in politically sensitive cases, and he has traveled ex ten siv ely in the M iddle East and understands its culture. Attempted Murder Case Baffles Police You may be getting duped and not know it. A lot o f banks claim to offer free cheeking, then nail you w ith m onthly fees. But not c e rn b e c a u s e C o h e n could face a potential conflict o f interest after representing a M uslim religious leader in Port land now under investi gation for an alleged role in the conspiracy. Jones told Ford that Cohen may have to cross- e x a m in e M oham ed A bdirahm an K ariye in order to defend Ford, setting up the potential for divided loyalties b e tw een C ohen’s current and form er clients. K ariye w as sentenced last M ay to five years on probation after pleading guilty to using a fraudu lent Social Security num ber and defrauding a state health insurance program for the poor by underesti m ating his incom e. C ohen w as his attorney in the case, and had repeatedly criticized the Bush adm inistration for pros A uthorities are baffled by the m ysterious shooting o f a m an in northeast Portland. Rudi M ariel Z apata-F lores, 21, w as talking w ith friends at about 10:20 p.m . on July 10 in the 6900 block o f N ortheast K illingsw orth Street w hen a vehicle containing several H ispanic m ales stopped. Som eone in the vehicle singled Z apata-Flores out and in Spanish called him over. He got on his bike and rode to the vehicle, at w hich tim e he w as shot and fell to the ground. Police said the suspects looked J w hile the suspects are believed to h av e g a n g a ffilia tio n , Z a p a ta - Flores, w ho lived in northeast Port land and w orked full tim e, had no crim inal record o r know n gang ties. The suspect vehicle is described as a “ large” light brow n A m erican- m ade vehicle w ith spoke w heels and thin w hite w all tires. C rim e Stoppers is offering a cash rew ard o f up to $ 1,000 for inform a tion, reported to C rim e S toppers, that leads to an arrest in this case, or any unsolved felony crim e, and you can rem ain anonym ous. Call C rim e Stoppers at 503-823-4357. The suspect vehicle is described as a “large ” light brown American- made vehicle with spoke wheels and thin white wall tires. at the victim lying on the ground, laughed at him and then drove away. A c c o rd in g to in v e s tig a to rs . A
