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...that was in keeping with one part of the defense strategy -- to make the jurors empathize with the dangers police officers face. The defense contended that the officers did not dare simply to seize King and apply the cuffs for fear that the suspect might grab one of their guns. "I tried to put the jurors in the shoes of the police officers," boasts Michael Stone, Powell's attorney. "We got the jurors to look at the case not from the eye of the camera but from the eyes of the officers." That's one more reason why the prosecution...
...across Los Angeles to record what would become the worst U.S. rioting since the 1965 Watts disturbances. Their reporting, most of it gathered under high- adrenaline conditions, is the basis for our cover stories this week. Correspondent Jeanne McDowell, covering the antiriot mobilization at city hall, managed to grab a personal interview with Mayor Tom Bradley by posting herself near the entrance to his office there. Correspondent Sylvester Monroe, who has covered the Rodney King story throughout, was one of the first journalists to witness the early arson and looting. As Monroe was driving through South Central -- the focal point...
REPLAYING THE BLOODY LAND GRAB THEY INFLICTED on Croatia last year, Serbian irregular forces backed by the Serb-led Yugoslav army have carved out a slice of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Last week the Serbs redoubled their efforts, capturing several towns and trying to seize part of the capital city, Sarajevo. Now that the 12-nation European Community and the U.S. have recognized the independence of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Serbs are no longer simply aggressors but international aggressors...
...truly messy business. Out of respect, the television does not show the Red Cross "Disaster Services" medical tents, each of which fill with a platoon of heat exhaustion victims. A man wearing a doctor's glove stands at each aid station with a handful of vaseline. Runners grab a blob and smear it around their groin and between the legs to prevent chafing...
Competing for the Reed Trophy against 10 other New England teams, the Black and White finished just three points ahead of its nearest competitor, Brown, to grab the fourth spot and earn a bid to the national competition...