THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Thursday, September 23, 1971
Page Six
THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, September 23, 1971
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RESIDUE OF SPRING DEMONSTRATIONS
Mayday aftermath: Legal rights battle continues
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thing which pleases uc " How-
ever, he added, "given that same
attention, we'd do the same
thing again."
Both President Nixon and At-
torney General John Mitchell
had praise for the police hand-
ling of the situation. Nixon said
he was "totally satisfied with
the procedures and would rec-
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ommend the same things if the
same situation arose again."
Mitchell recommended that
other cities adopt the same-
procedures used by Washington
police if confronted with simi-
lar demonstrations.
The apparent c o n f 1 i ct be-
tween the right of citizens to
due process of law and the de-
sire of the government to keep
functioning is presently under
examination by a blue-ribbon
committee studying the "admin-
istration of justice under emer-
gency conditions."
The committee which is
chaired by Washington attorney
Stephen Pollak will make a re-
port "probably next April,"- ac-
cording to Pollak.
The demonstrations last May
were sponsored by the People's
Coalition for Peace and Justice
and the Mayday Tribe.
The purpose of Mayday-Mon-
day, May 3-was to close down
the government by blocking key
intersections in Washington and
bridges leading into the city-
t h u s preventingegovernment
workers from reaching their
places of employment.
When protesters began gath-
ering at 6:00 a.m., the police
responded with dragnet arrests
which numbered over 7,500 by
the end of the day. The arrests
managed to keep the govern-
ment functioning, but they also
raised serious legal questions.
Those arrested were not in-
formed of their rights, were not
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told the charge under which
they had been arrested until
hours later, were often not al-
lowed to make phone calls, and
in some instances were not even
told they were under arrest.
A "field arrest" procedure,
which has been used since 1968,
was abandoned on Mayday.
Under this procedure, the ar-
resting officer makes a note-
book-sized record of the person
a r r e s t e d, their address, the
charge and circumstance of ar-
rest. In addition, a polaroid pic-
ture of the arresting officer and
the arrestee is taken on the spot
for identification purposes.
Washington Police Chief Jer-
ry Wilson said there was no time
to take photographs and fill out
records if he was supposed to
"keep the streets open" as the
Justice Department instructed.
As a result, persons who
looked suspicious were rounded
up on the streets and taken to
precinct holding , stations or
makeshift detention facilities
such as the Redskins practice
field-which those incarcerated
called a "concentration camp."
No arrest records were filled
out until hours later and when
records were finally made, the
spaces for "arresting officer"
and "charge" were filled in with
an arbitrary officer's name, and
an arbitrary charge - usually
disorderly conduct.
The Washington Post of May
4 quoted a Justice Department
official as saying that standard
arrest procedures which "would
result in solid court cases" were
abandoned when it "became ap-
parent that the process was
taking too long."
The official added that "when
you arrest 7,000 people, you're
bound to get a few who shouldn't
be there."
Persons arrested also com-
plained about cramped condi-
tions in jail cells-sometimes as
many as 20 persons in a 5 x 7
cell, a lack of sanitary facilities,
and personal property confis-
cated and never returned.
On Tuesday, May 4 and Wed-
nesday, May 5-when substan-
tially fewer persons were ar-
rested-police returned to the
use of the "field arrest" form,
On Tuesday, 2,700 people were
arrested in front of the Justice
Department, after a demonstra-
tion. On Wednesday, 1,200 were
arrested on the steps of the
Capitol after a rally at which
several members of Congress ad-
dressed the crowd.
In the evening of May 3, when
is was obvious that police had
arrested more people than ever
before in history for a single
event on a single day, Greene
issued a show-cause order for
D.C. police and the national
guard to explain and justify the
irregular arrest tactics.
The next day, after a hearing,
Greene ordered the immediate
release of all persons for whom
the government could not pro-
duce specific evidence of a
crime.
Greene's order was reviewed
and upheld by a panel of appeals
court judges, and by Wednesday,
everyone arrested on Monday
was out of jail.
Greene's order actually af-
fected only those people who had
refused to post bond or pay
collateral. Everyone who had
paid was released before Wed-
nesday.
Collateral is a small security
-deposit, which is returned to the
defendant when he comes to
trial. If he does not appear at
the trial, he is automatically
judged guilty and the collateral
becomes the fine.
Throughout the summer, the
Washington branch of the Ameri-
can Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
was involved in several law-
suits stemming from the May-
day arrests..
Late in May, the ACLU filed
suit in federal court asking for a
temporary restraining order to
enjoin prosecution of all persons
arrested on May 3. The ACLU
motion was denied, but an ap-
peals court reversed the lower
court decision.
The Corporation Counsel sub-
sequently d r o p p e d charges
against all persons who had not
already been brought to trial,
except for 24 against whom they
said there was a firm case.
The first of these 24 to be
tried was Michael McCarthy, son
of former Sen. Eugene McCarthy.
The ACLU was prepared to de-
fend McCarthy. However, ac-
cording to an ACLU spokesman,
on the day of the trial, the Cor-
poration Counsel announced that
it had lost the papers on Mc-
Carthy, and was dr o p pin g
charges. The ACLU spokesman
said none of the other 23 per-
sons have been tried yet.
In July, the ACLU defended
a test case of eight persons who
were among the 1,200 arrested
May 5 on the Capitol steps. Ac-.
cording to ACLU lawyer Ralph
Temple, the police claimed the,
group "was a mob almost out of
control." However, Temple said,
the defense used video tapes and
witnesses to "prove the police
lied.,"
All eight defendants were
acquitted, and the Corporation
Counsel dropped charges against
the others arrested at the Capi-
tol.
The ACLU is presently en-
gaged in other pending lawsuits,
related to Mayday, according to
Temple. The Federal district
court in Washington repo'ts
"about 10" 1 a w s u i t s pending
which stem from Mayday ac-
tivities.
To prevent legal entangle-
ments in dealing with future
Mayday-type activities, the blue
ribbon-committee is now study-
ing the matter in Washington.
Officially called the Judicial
Conference on the Administra-
tion of Justice Under Emergency
.Conditions, the committee was
authorized by the Judicial Con-
ference of the District of Co-
lumbia at its annual meeting in
White Sulpher Springs, W.Va.,
last April.
Originally the purpose of the
committee was quite simple and
uncontroversial - to report on
implementation of recommenda-
tions made by a similar commi -
tee in 1968 after the Washington
riots following the death of Mar-
tin Luther King Jr. The "field
arrest" procedures were among
the recommendations made by
the earlier committee.
However, after the Mayday ar-
rests, the scope of the committee
widened by common concensus
to include possible procedures
for handling future mass civil
disobedience tactics,
The committee - which con-
sists of 18 men and women-
is expected to consider questions
such as which records should be
forwarded to the FBI or kept by
the police, and how to quickly
process those arrested.
The committee has met only
twice so far, and Pollak declined
to discuss any action the com-
mittee has taken to date.
Still pending are cases against
381 persons arrested duringMay-
day demonstrations. Most of
these will be heard by Greene
on Oct. 8.
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Now that you have been welcomed by the RA in your dorm and the friendly bookstore
cashier, the women of Gamma Phi Beta would also like to extend their personal welcome to
you. Our greeting however, is of a different type; not only are we glad you have chosen to
become a part of the Ann Arbor community, we are extending an invitation to you personally
to explore the many diverse facets of our particular sorority.
Don't let that word turn you off so fast! If you claim that you're not interested because
your mind is too open for that kind of thing, then maybe you had better take a second look.
Do you really know what a sorority is, or do you still labor under the misconception that it's
a big old house with funny looking letters over the door? In the past several years, the soror-
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institutions which your older sister shunned, and they most certainly are not the exclusive
cliques which popular opinion makes them out to be. You will find, if you choose to accept an
invitation, that the sororities at Michigan, and Gamma Phi Beta in particular, are like an ever
expanding collage. We are a conglomeration of distinctly different personalities joined to-
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university experience-academically, socially, and most important of all, personally. We have
adopted a life style which presents the continual challenge of individual involvement, not so
much of a string of Greek letters or a system of outdated ritual, but to another woman-your
sister.
We believe that we have a wealth of worthwhile ideas and experiences to share with
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day and Thursday from 7-10 p.m. we are having an open house and we would very much
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don't thing that Gamma Phi is your bag, did it really hurt to expand your mind a little by
meeting some new people?
And so we welcome you to the University. We welcome you to it's independence, its
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