y sod ci oo of cor r By HELLE NIELSEN Staff Writer Robeson County residents were surprised but pleased by the acquit tals of Eddie Hatcher and Timothy Jacobs, who were charged in the takeover of a Robeson County newspaper, but questions about corruption and discrimination in the county's legal system remain, resi dents said in interviews this week. Hatcher and Jacobs were acquitted of all federal hostage-taking and weapons charges stemming from the takeover of The Robesonian news paper Feb. 1, when they held 20 people hostage for about 10 hours. Throughout the men's trial, defense lawyers argued that the Tuscarora Indians acted to save their lives, because they had information linking law enforcement officers to drug trafficking. The hostage-taking helped gener ate positive changes in the county such as the establishment of a dispute resolution center, which will increase awareness of injustices in the legal system, said the Rev. Robert Lee rim- 0! mm H ..s v I N v Iff i ' J "" M The Chapel Hill Coalition for Freedom to Dissent held a rally In the Natural Selection Carr Mill Mall Carrboro.NC 929-0837 Rare Books and Prints Fossils, Minerals, Shells, Tribal Art, Masks, Artifacts, Medical Antiquities Mon-Sat 10-6 It brings out the best in all of us. r Meet the Investment Banking Firm of Morgan Stanley. Corporate Finance Capital Market Services Mergers & Acquisitions Merchant Banking Mortgage Finance Thursday, October 27 6:00 PM Carolina Room, Carolina Inn All Seniors Welcome! Mangum of Pembroke. "There will never be a perception that the county is clean until we have a thorough investigation and a thorough airing of the whole issue of corruption," Mangum said. The acquittals could help bring evidence about law enforcement officers involvement in drug traffick ing into the open, said Jennifer Mickels, a community organizer with the Rural Advancement Fund in Lumberton. "If Hatcher and Jacobs had been found guilty, people would have been less likely to come forward with information they have," Mickels said. "Now that they were sort of blessed, people may come forward a little bit easier. It can enhance organizing efforts." The acquittals were a victory for poor people and for those "tradition ally oppressed," Mickels said. Many of The Robesonian's employees and some county residents were enraged by the acquittals, but many others felt corruption in the ." V -I Jr Democratic Youth Rally -featuring- Lt. Governor Bob Jordan Senator Tony Rand U.S. Senator Terry Sanford Congressman David Price Special Guest: Governor Bill Clinton (Arkansas) Panel Discussion: 'The Influence of the Media in Campaigns" 2:00pm -Rm 224 Union And all Democratic Council State Candidates Tuesday, Oct. 25 11:45 am -The Pit (Rain site: Great Hall) contact Wayne Goodwin y rotnoo reman n. o or county's law enforcement system drove the two to take action, Man gum said. "Many believe ,s . . the boys were desperate and felt they could not trust anyone with the information they had," he said. "They felt they had to do something desperate to stop what they felt was cancerous corruption in Robeson County." Defense lawyer Lewis Pitts applauded the jury for being cour ageous and for "sticking by the law" in recognizing Hatcher and Jacobs did not act with criminal intent but in self-defense. Assistant U.S. Attorney John Bruce, who prosecuted the case, called the acquittals "a failure of advocacy" on his part. The hostages' side of the story was largely untold before the trial, Bruce , said. "I believe anyone who was present in the courtroom when they testified would realize that there was real terror in that situation on Feb. l,"he said. The verdict was not a political one, Pitts said, but it did imply "some - ' ...... Pit Thursday to protest restrictions noN INTERESTED IN ...w-:- JJAO)J 1 if , ARE YOU A HAM? ARE YOU A GOOD MANAGER? ARE YOU A CONFIDENT SPEAKER? ARE YOU AN ORGANIZED PERSON? INTERESTED IN A SUMMER JOB IN CHAPEL HILL? If the answer is yes, then the 1989 orientahoncommission may be for you! Attend one of our interest meetings: Wed., Oct 26, 6:30 pm or Thurs., Oct. 27, 3:00 pm Rm 224 in theUnion Applications available at the meetinss ONLY! This is the Orientation Leadership position. THIS IS gQTTHE ORIENTATION COUNSELOR POSITION! Your Class Ring Representative on Campus: Friday, Oct. 21 10 am-3 pm judgment on the conditions in Robe son County." Defense attorneys had hoped to shed light on allegations about county officials' involvement in drug traffick ing through testimony from people with first-hand knowledge of the situation, including Robeson County Sheriff Hubert Stone. But U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle over turned an earlier decision and out ruled the necessity defense, prevent ing the defense from calling most of its witnesses. In affidavits submitted by the defense, two Robeson ministers, Mangum and the Rev. Jerry Lowry, both said they had been contacted by constituents, involved in drug trafficking. "(A) person came to me in con fidence within the last year seeking spiritual counseling," Lowry said. "This person reiterated what had already been told to me by other persons with similar first-hand knowledge and involvement: that cocaine was plentiful in Robeson PL i ' fix - DTH Becky Kirkland on student expression at UNC HELPING OTHERS? The Daily besooTi County, and county law enforcement officials were participants in this trafficking." The same person called the sheriffs department with information about a drug deal, but the department showed no interest in the informa tion, Lowry said. -i Some members of the sheriffs department also may have told drug suspects about upcoming law enforcement raids so they could avoid arrest, Lowry said. Defense lawyers have criticized the FBI drug task force for failing to indict major drug dealers despite two years of investigations in the county. If the task force had used its powers fully, including the possibility to grant witnesses immunity from prosecu tion, they should have been able to gather enough evidence for indict ments, Pitts said. "The cocaine dealing in Robeson County is so open and well known that if (the FBI) were acting in good faith they could have cleared it up," Pitts said. Assistant U.S. Attorney William Rally ing his political beliefs is wrong," he said. "That shouldn't happen in the United States. It happens in South America. It happens in the Soviet Union. It shouldn't happen here." Students should care about what happened to McKinley because it could just as easily happen to them, Sandler said. "The point is not that Dale McKin ley will suffer," he said. "The point is that we will suffer if we dont protest what is going on. When the civil liberties of any student are threa tened, the civil liberties of all students are threatened." The length of McKinley 's sentence is disproportionate to his offense, said Jurgen Buchenau, an International Action member and Student Con gress representative. "A person can get 21 days for cutting up someone's face in a state of drunkenness," he said. "This is like being punished for a felony." BUSCH GARDENS - The Stars Are Out AH Day! America's premier theme park in Wil liamsburg, Va. is con ducting auditions for over 250 singers, danc ers, musicians, variety artists, actors, techni cians, and supervisors. You could be part of the magic that truly makes Busch Gardens an enter tainment "experience." So get your act together and 'shine at our 1989 auditions. Auditions: I to 1V4 mins. For additional information call l-00-2S.V.VW2. 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The acquittal of former Robeson Deputy Sheriff Mitchell Stevens illustrated the difficulty of prosecut ing law enforcement officials relying on drug dealers testimony, Webb said. i learned that , when you try somebody like a law enforcement officer and use somebody who admit ted to being a drug dealer, it is very difficult to obtain a conviction," he said. . from psgs 1 Diana McDuffee, a representative of the Carolina Interfaith Task Force, said the Honor Court has been misused by the University, which is supporting the CIA. "The Honor Court is being used as an instrument of repression by the University," she said. Students are losing their freedom to dissent and should act upon that, said Graham Entwistle, a UNC student who was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct with McKin ley on Oct. 28, 1987. Entwistle, McKinley and other student protes ters chained themselves together to block the entrance to rooms in Hanes Hall where CIA recruiters were conducting interviews. 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