Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Monday, March 8, 1993 Trials raise student questions, concerns Feld statutes to be appliedfor new trials inwMlving police brutaliy in motorists' deaths by Mona Qureshi Daily Feature Writer Questions and confusion have arisen on campus recently as the na- tion watches this month's trials of four white police officers charged with the videotaped beating of a Black man in Los Angeles. The ac- quittal of the officers last May led to massive rioting in that city. In a similar case, Miami, Fla., police officer William Lozano is be- ing tried for participating in the deaths of two Black men. Lozano was convicted of homicide for fa- tally shooting a speeding motorcy- clist in 1989. Another man was killed in a resulting accident. Both deaths sparked three days of rioting. In 1991, the Lozano decision was overturned in an appeals court. The appeal is now being tried at the federal level. Students questioned whether these trials, often referred to as retrials, are legal. "I thought it was against the law to be retried for something you've been found innocent of before," LSA sophomore Tina Cardon said. But Assistant Prof. Theodore Shaw at the University Law School noted these trials are mistakenly called "retrials." He said the current trials are responding to federal civil rights statutes, whereas the previous trials were based on state assault charges. Shaw explained that the federal civil rights statutes were mecha- nisms created to facilitate backup trials, particularly in the South, where police officers were com- monly acquitted of violent crimes against Blacks. The charges are dif- ferent, avoiding double jeopardy and rendering the trials legal. Many people are worried that it will be difficult to find unbiased and impartial jurors to review the new trials fairly due to the constant publicity they have received. "I don't think there is a person in America who hasn't heard about the Rodney King videotape," Shaw said. "I think we need a jury that is im- partial - a jury that has not made up its mind." LSA first-year student Season Williams also thought finding jurors who would make their decision based on evidence in these trials alone would be difficult. "I don't think there could be any- one who could be unbiased because there's been so much media coverage and the riots," she said. However, LSA first-year student Yvonne Paprocki is less wary that the outcome of the trials will be influenced by past events. "It's hard to believe, but there are a lot of people who are not tuned in to what's going on in the world," she said. Cardon said she wonders about the judgment capability of jurors who claim to be unaware of the Los Angeles case and the subsequent riots. "If they actually found some people (who) don't know anything about the King beating, they'd have to be uninformed about a lot of things," Cardon said. Shaw said he believes the officers in both cases should be convicted, but added that the juries have an obligation to base their decisions on the presentations of the attorneys. However, he said the outcome of the trials may be influenced by the memory of the Los Angeles riots in the jurors' minds. "I don't think they can keep the violence out of their minds," Shaw said. Williams agreed, "(The riots) will play a big role because I don't think people in L.A. would want that to happen again." 0 0 0AI1107T & WHAT'S WS WE AQF, PQUD ' LiT TIlE 6(IE DSQll)UJDQ O l. ALL NATUAI QtflAMblE A E LINE OF 6 renity PQODUC' I6 __T__ADE G IN ONE EMPTY S E C __ET_ 8 OZ IOTLE OF 6I1AMPOO BRIARWOOD C ET $1.00 OFF MALL NEXT 6'renity PIQCIIASE 761-1021 E'LL ECYCLE Tiw bO(l1 1 WE CARE ABOUT RECYCLING B ING STUDENT I H. Ra p Brown, whose Muslim name is Brother Jamil A bdullah Al Amin, lectures about Islam and Malcolm X at Hutchins Hall last night. Speakers highlight Malcolm Xsfaith The Fourth Annual Pre-Med The Office of Minority Affairs is now accepting applications for Resident Counselor for the Wade H. McCree, Jr. Incentive Scholars Sumner Program Resident Counselors are responsible for supervising student leaders and assisting with the coordination and implementation of a three week summer program for high school students from the Detroit Metropolitan area. Applicants must have demonstrated leadership skills and a desire to work with a diverse group of students. Applications and job descriptions are available at: The Office of Minority Affairs 303 Thompson, 1042 Fleming Building 936-1055 A nun-discriminatory, affirmative action employer. Students' Symposium "Being a Part of the Future of Medicine" Featuring Keynote Speaker: David Ostrow, M.D., Ph.D. Saturday, March 20, 1993 9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. North Campus Commons Information and registration forms available at Career Planning & Placement 3200 Student Activities Building: Pre-Medical Club Office 4319 Michigan Union: or by contacting Samir Narayan 741-1348 Preregistration by March 12 is strongly encouraged by Peter Matthews Daily Staff Reporter Speakers at the "Islamic Dimen- sions of Malcolm X" presentation, sponsored by the University's chap- ter of the Islamic Circle, empha- sized the spiritual aspect of the rev- olutionary's personal and political trajectory. The presentation, which opened and closed with a prayer in Arabic, was given before an audience. As is traditional in Islamic religious ob- servances, the audience was divided into two sections by gender. "Only aspects of Malcolm are embraced by popular culture," said Paul Lee, a historical consultant for Spike Lee's movie "Malcolm X." Lee said, "Few groups are will- ing to embrace Malcolm's whole person." Instead they "section pieces of his character off for their own -isms or vested interests." Lee and 1-. Rap Brown, chair of the Student's Non-Violent Coordi- nating Committee from 1967 until 1971, both attested to the impor- tance of Islam in Malcolm's life and his struggle for liberation. "Malcolm was eager to find something full of strength and dig- nity and history had shown Islam capable of defeating Christianity," Lee said. Malcolm saw Christianity as the religion of whites, who imposed it on Blacks to pacify them. Brown said Malcolm originally viewed Islam as a religion of and for non-white peoples and-a source for inspiration, organization and discipline in the struggle against their white oppressors. After Mal- colm's pilgrimage to Mecca, where he encountered many Caucasoid Muslims, he began to distance him- self from Elijah's racial dichotomy and advocate that "the only true measurements of a person are based on one's consciousness, one's goodwill - no matter what their race," Lee said. Brown, who currently presides over a mosque in Atlanta, Ga., de- scribed Islam and human liberation struggles as a "program" that re- quires a consciousness concerned with good deeds, truth, patience and an unerring faith in Allah. "'By any means necessary' is not a program, it is just a slogan," he said. "We must follow the straight path, maintain our balance against a Western civilization that separates the spiritual from the secular world," Brown said. Brown added that to be success- ful, people must exercise control over their "animal selves - their passions, appetites and emotions." 0 0 Symposium Topics Medical School Preparation Medical Specialties1 Issues in Medicine I c Sponsored By The Pre-Med Club Career Planning & Placement LSA Student Government Michigan Student Assembly 1 Looking for a summer job or internship? Summer Job Fair March 10, 1993 12:00-4:00 pm Michigan Union Interviewfor summer jobs in a variety of fields Apply for openings across the country Conference Briefing Books " Preview listings of participating organizations: February 8 - March 10 " Located at Career Planning & Placement Career Planning PlacAment GEG Continued from page 1 any differences. "Very little moved on the bar- gaining table Friday," he said. "They offered us a somewhat improved version of GradCare, but it's still un- acceptable. They seem unablestoun- derstand that choice of plans is a priority for TAs." 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