The Michigan Daily - Friday, April 9, 1993- Page'3 Lawyers begin closing talks in ", " ciilrights trial for King beating LOS ANGELES (AP) -Aprosecutor portrayed four police officers yesterday as pitiless brutes who inflicted street justice on Rodney King. A defense lawyer called them "sacrificial lambs" and suggested King was to blame for last year's riots. During closing arguments in the officers' federal trial, AssistantU.S.Attomey StevenClymersaidthe fourwent "far beyond" the force necessary to arrest King. "These defendants taught Rodney King a lesson," Clymer said. He added that they concocted elaborate lies to cover up their misdeeds. King was clubbed, kicked and shocked with an elec- tric stun gun afterpolicechased and stoppedhis speeding car on March 3, 1991. A neighbor's videotape of the beating was broadcast worldwide. When the officers were acquitted of most charges in a state trial last year, three days of deadly rioting ensued. Clymerreplayedthe videotape, urging jurorstowatch it repeatedly during their deliberations and to convict all four officers of violating King's civil rights. Defense lawyer Ira Salzman told jurors that the offic- ers were denieda tool to subdue suspects when the police department restricted use of the controversial chokehold but never replaced it with another technique. "These sacrificial lambs are foisted on the public altar of justice to pay for negligence" by police management, Salzman said. Salzman said King was headed for Hansen Dam, a place he had visited in childhood, when he was stopped for speeding. "Because of that, people died. People lost their homes because someone'wanted to go to Hansen Dam without interruption," Salzman said. 'U' honors community service by Soma Gupta Daily Staff Reporter Facultymembers from theOffice of Community Service Learning gave out awards to students for commendable work within the community last night. "It's an award from faculty for distinguished student involvement in the community," said Jeffrey Howard, an organizer of the event. Nursing senior Jennifer Bastress, LSA senior Joel Martinez, LSAjuniorDeannaNaugles, and Nursing senior Catharine Quinn were chosen from a pool of 18 nominees to receive the honors. "(The event's) intent is to be a celebration and thank you for those who have been involved in community and service learning," Howard said. This is the first year the award is being given. However, organizers said it will be an annual event. "I' mjust glad that all my hard work's being recognized and the fact that the faculty supports us," Naugles said. The award originated because other schools were recognizing students' communityservice and the University did nothing of this kind. Faculty members decided it was time University students were awarded for their efforts, such as involvement in an HIV-AIDS education program, working with pregnant teenagers, and organizing activities for minorities. "We wanted to find some way of informing students of faculty support for their service," Howard said. "We decided to start small with an award and then maybe move on to scholarships." The winners spoke about the honors they received. "I felt the responsibility to give back to the community. I think it's very important that we serve as role models. Often times we're fighting for the same things and if we work off of each other's strengths we can work together to help the community," Martinez said. Many people at the event said they felt community service is a good alternative to typical classroom learnings "It is a particularly good way to learn instead of leamio everything out of a book," Naugles said. Prof. Mark Chesler, who is involved in the Project Community Program at the University, believes service is& wonderful way to educate because it asks the learner to determine what is important rather than have someone t them what is most important. "The capacity to teach is within oneself," Chesler said '4 AP PHOTO Closing arguments began yesterday in the civil rights trial of the four Los Angeles police officers who beat Black motorist Rodney King. He said King accused the officers of racial epithets to inflame jurors. 'This case has never been about race," Salzman insisted. King, who is Black, testified during the federal trial that the officers, who are white, uttered racial slurs when they beat him. Under cross-examination, King said he wasn't sure they used racial epithets. Clymer's and Salzman's summations lasted about three hours each, pushing back the other three defense lawyers' closing arguments and government rebuttal to today and possibly delaying the judge's instructions to the jury until tomorrow. U.S. District Judge John Davies has said he and the jury would work through the weekend if necessary. - I .,4 :.. . f t ai : 4 4 4 Activists clash over abortion by Jen DiMascio {Daily Gender Issues Reporter * Activists on both sides of the abortion issue flooded the Pishbowl yesterday. Students For Life, acampus anti-abortion group, showed video depicting aborted fetuses, distributed literature and actively recruited members. Meanwhile, abortion-rights faithfuls signed apetition for the Freedom ofChoiceActat Pro-ChoiceAction's neighbor- ing table. The dichotomy combined with the video's startling im- ages sparked debate among group leaders and University students who floated by. Students for Life head Bridget Hamilton said, "We're showing (the film 'Hard Truth') to show people what these 'so-calledproducts of conception are.' Abortion kills a child - it's not simply a blob of tissue." Students for Choice member Sukie Collins said, "They're ,banding out false information. We're trying to be the voice of reason." Collins and fellow member Beverly Aist told students a professional embryologist said the fetus footage shown in the video was stillborn, not aborted. Hamilton described her group's platform and said Stu- dents For Life believes in "Pro-Life Feminism." "We believe that pro-life is pro-woman because abortion harms women physically and psychologically," Hamilton said. Most students who watched the film found it ennerving. LSA junior Jeremy Schokora said he was disgusted by the video. "I've never seen anything like this in public. I'm against abortion, but it's more thatpeoplehave the right," he said. "You guys are naive," shouted LSA senior Ilan Biederman, pointing at members of Students for Life. Rony Guldmann, an LSA sophomore, said, "Actually I can't stand to look at this. Yeah, it looks gruesome - a lot of things look gruesome - that doesn't mean it should be illegal." But Hamilton said, "We don't get high off of grossing people out, but if they get upset that says something about abortion itself." Justina Czarnecki, an LSA first-year student agreed. "I think it's good that people see this because people don't realize this is a baby," she added. Hamilton said Students for Life hands out flyers once or twice a month, but the video attracted much more attention to the table. Collins said Pro-Choice Action is also a frequent Fish- bowl visitor, but said it was coincidental that both groups were scheduled for yesterday. Synch or swim Residential College juniors, Karn Koto and Molly Shaffer perform at Canham Natatorium last night. 4 U.N. prohibits Yugoslav 'genocide: THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) Boyle,saidtheMuslim-ledgovernment It was the first accusation of gene- - Bosnian's embattled Muslim gov- would use the ruling to exert pressure cide to come before theU.N. court since ernment won amoral victory yesterday on the Security Council to tighten sanc- it was founded in 1946. when the World Court orderedYngosla- via to stop acts of genocide. But the 14 judges did not deal with Bosnia's request foran exemption from the U.N. weapons embargo against the former Yugoslav states. While the emergency measures can sway world opinion, the court has no enforcement powers. Its rulings can be enforced by the U.N. Security Council, although none ever have. Bosnia's chief counsel, Francis tions against Serbia. The court may issued further rulings in the case. The Bosnian government accuses the Serbsof"ethnic cleansing"-push- ing out Muslims so Bosnian land can become part of a Greater Serbia. Serbia denies responsibility for the Bosnian Serb rebels and their tactic of clearing. other ethnic groups from cap- turedterritory. Serbia's lawyerlast week accused Bosnia of misusing the court to circumvent the weapons embargo. "The Federal Republic (ofYugosla- via) should immediately ... take allmea- sures within its power to prevent the commission of the crime of genocide," said the court. The court, the U.N.'s principaljud}- cial arm, also ordered the remnant of Yugoslavia - Serbia and Montenegro -to "ensure that military, paramilitary or irregular armed units" under its con- trol cease any genocidal acts. 4 ' , ,. ^ S t t .. F I i 1 t X i i f, k y p I t " r ' Friday Q Alicia Gaspar de Alba, reading from her work, potluck dinner to follow, West Engineering Build- ing, Room 232D, 4:30 p.m. Q BFA Art Opening, Art School, Slusser Gallery, 7-9 p.m. Q Consultation for Student Lead- ers and Student Organizations, speak with peer and professional consultants regarding leadership and organizational development, SODC, Michigan Union, Room 2202,8 a.m.-5 p.m. U Drum Circle, Guild House Cam- pus Ministry, 802 Monroe St.,8- 10 p.m. Q Earth Week 1993, Illuminations '93, concert, Palmer Field, 12-6 p.m. Q Gay and Lesbian Film Series, "The Salt Mines," "L Is for the Way You Look," "It Wasn't Love," and "Storme: The Lady of the Jewel Box," Angell Hall, Auditorium B, 7 p.m. Q GoodFridayLiturgy,Canterbury House, 518 E. 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