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The Battalion
Tuesday, March 3,1992
Court OKs jury in LAPD assault trial
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - A
jury with no blacks was seated
Monday in the assault trial of four
white Los Angeles police officers
accused of beating a black mo
torist a year ago this week.
Most of those selected said
they had seen the widely broad
cast videotape of a crowd of offi
cers beating Rodney King, but all
promised to put aside preconcep
tions and look at the case anew.
"We believe they are going to
be fair and impartial/' said the
prosecutor. Deputy District Attor
ney Terry White, who is black.
"Fair and impartial knows no eth
nic background or race group."
"I'm not surprised by the
makeup of our jury," said defense
attorney Michael Stone, who de
nied there was any defense plan to
exclude blacks from the jury.
Jurors include one Asian and
one Hispanic. The seven men and
five women are middle-aged and
include a computer programmer,
a housekeeper, an intensive care
nurse and a park ranger. One man
has a brother who is a retired po
lice sergeant.
Later in the day, five women
and one man were selected as al
ternates to step in if any juror has
to leave the case. The defense ex
cused one black prospective alter
nate.
Superior Court Judge Stanley
Weisberg questioned prospective
panelists for about two weeks.
Opening statements originally set
for Wednesday were delayed until
Thursday to allow a hearing on
prosecution requests to see the of
ficers' personnel records. No court
session was scheduled Tuesday,
the first anniversary of the beat
ing.
On March 3, 1991, King was
clubbed, kicked, beaten and struck
with a stun gun by a crowd of offi
cers who converged on the scene
after chasing his car for several
miles.
An amateur cameraman who
lived nearby taped the confronta
tion and sold the tape to a televi
sion station. Nationwide broad
casts caused a sensation, and led
to a nationwide review of police
brutality and the planned resigna
tion of Police Chief Daryl Gates.
Sgt. Stacey Koon, 41, and offi
cers Timothy Wind, 31, Theodore
Briseno, 39, and Laurence Powell,
29, are charged with assault. Koon
and Powell also are charged with
filing false reports on the beating.
If convicted they could receive
prison sentences ranging from
four to eight years.
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