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. Mayor·roffi :Br~die§'Wh'Obltre;~~, """"sutWiii'Ui/iii~.:a~i~f:i>rOS'e'Cliior.
ly criticized the jury's' decision in j in .the {i~sf trial, :$ala'Wednesd.ay
·the first trial, praised Reiner's deci- that.he ~a-sn't_been ~sked·to h~ndle
sion ·~q seek .a, r~trial of Pow~ll ...'. i jz:t~e retnal · ..:~, ~?d IS _not ~ure he
"The deciSIOn made by the Dis• • ~ants to. -· ..·· . .
trict Attorney, based on the· evi-l . "No one's asked me if I want to
dence 'he has, is a so'und. dec~siont i do this again," he said. "If th~re's
.~radley said. "Kis now a matter .of I going to be a change of venue, I
. ·.ftOing thrpugh the court proc(!ss don't know if I want to spend t~ree
•again."· · · . · . months away from my family.
I Bradley said police ·and N~tionalJ That's qui~~ .a burden 0~ ·~hem:"
Gu~rd troops are prepare~ ~o con-~ Reiner said it has not been decid- ·
front a!ly new o~tbreak of ~ol~nce . ed. whether Kil)g would be called to
that m~ght be tt:Jggered _by develop- . testify during a retrial. ,The beating
m~nts m _t?~ case.. ~ · : · . . ! victim was not called .. during the
. John W. Mack, president of the first trial- a prosecution strategy
:~os Angeles U rb11n League, sa~d, \·that \Y~~ 'crit_iciz~d aft~r the ~erdicts .
. There may very well be m,2re Yio- ., ~·~··"''··· .. ,. . . • • .,,
_lence, but we· qt~'t. rea~h t~t_eoi~t -;.,ere r~d.- · ......, · · · "
where an att.empt at j!}Stice ·~s not I Robert Neubauer, co-counsel in
_made b~cause of fear of.violence.. : King's.dvil suf! ~gainst the LAPD,
f "Besides," M~ck·sa~~· "If the: praised the decisiOn to retry.Powell
·. people do the nght thmg, -there but expressed concern that a new
· won't be any violence." ~ . trial would delay. the civil case,
'Re.iner said Weisberg has the. especially if the officers face an­
. power to .strike 'down the r~quest I other criminal trial in federal
,. fg.r a retrial and dismiss the .count. court. . .
' The judge also has the final say on "Obviously we feel (Powell) IS
: where the trial will take place. guilty and should be retried but Mr.
l . Legal·analysts have said a key King wants this put behind him,"
1 turning point in the first trial was Neubauer said. "We believe justice
, Weisberg's decision, after a'qefense will not be done until.all four offi~.
~:m9tion for a change of vEnue was .. cers are convicted." . ~
f grantM~ to movet~e racialf~sensi.: The l!.S. Attornefs O~fic