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To: KLP who wrote (186280)	5/7/2006 2:00:37 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Pretty disgusting.. Repression of the free and objective press is one of the prerequisites of a totalitarian regime... As we see in Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, and a whole host of other autocratic regimes. A free and objective press is one of the guarantors of democratic freedom.. The avenue by which the powerful are held accountable by the masses. Hawk

To: KLP who wrote (186280)	5/7/2006 7:57:03 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

3 whites indicted in dragging death of black man in Texas Brewer, top, Berry and King Brewer, top, Berry and King July 6, 1998 Web posted at: 11:07 p.m. EDT (0307 GMT) Trial not likely until 1999 JASPER, Texas (CNN) -- Three white men were indicted Monday on capital murder charges in the death of a black man who was chained to a pickup truck and dragged to his death on a rural East Texas road in early June. One indictment issued by a Jasper County grand jury accuses John William King, 23, of Jasper and Lawrence Russell Brewer, 31, of Sulphur Springs of capital murder. A second indictment by the grand jury names Shawn Allen Berry, 23, of Jasper. King and Brewer are expected to be tried together, but officials said that Berry's charge may be reduced in a plea agreement. Berry has been a key witness in the investigation. If convicted, the men could face the death penalty in the June 7 slaying of James Byrd Jr. The suspects are being held without bond in what authorities call a racially motivated crime. All three suspects have prison records, and authorities have said that at least two have the tattoos of white racist prison gangs. Racist literature also was seized from their homes. Jasper District Attorney Guy James Gray said the trial for King and Brewer could take place this fall, but it is more likely to begin during the first months of 1999. Berry to plead innocent Byrd Byrd Beaumont lawyer Joseph C. "Lum" Hawthorn notified the court Monday that he has been retained to defend Berry. Hawthorn said he expected Berry to plead innocent. Investigators believe that Byrd, 49, accepted a ride from the suspects as he walked home from a niece's bridal shower. But police believe that instead of taking him home, the men drove Byrd to a wooded area, beat him, chained him behind Berry's truck and sped down a bumpy road just east of town. Byrd's severed head, neck and right arm were discovered about a mile from where his shredded torso was dumped. A trail of blood, body parts and personal effects stretched for two miles, police said. According to one court affidavit, Berry told authorities that Brewer sprayed Byrd's face with black paint before he was killed. In addition to any state charges, federal authorities are considering federal hate crime charges against the trio, which also could make them eligible for the death penalty. ================ Thugs and murderers are thugs and murderers and, of course, as Colbert noted to Bush's smarmy face, this is the kind of thing that happens when you remove government and law and order from a country. "I believe that the government that governs best is a government that governs least, and by these standards we have set up a fabulous government in Iraq." He was talking about Iraq but he could just as well be talking about the USA. thankyoustephencolbert.org video.google.com