Jim Garrison vs. the ACLU
From: jpshinley@my-dejanews.com
Date: 2/5/99 7:51 AM Eastern Standard Time
Message-id: <79epgh$lie$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>
New Orleans Times-Picayune August 27, 1966 S2-P7
DA Statements Harmful -- ACLU
People's Right to Safety His Concern -- Garrison
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[Garrison's statement, ellipses as in original article:]
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"I am honored to be criticized by the American Civil Liberties
Union with regard to my comments on the recent federal court
decision in the Labat and Poret case. This organization might have
had some value a few years back, but it has drifted so far to the
left that it is now almost out of sight.
"The American Civil Liberties Union ... is the same outfit which
attempted to prevent legislation making it unlawful for persons to
aid the Viet Cong and making it unlawful for them to interfere with
movements of our troops or sending supplies to our troops...
"I happen to be concerned about the right of law-abiding
citizens to live in safety without being victimized by vicious
criminals. It is obvious that the American Civil Liberties Union
does not share my concerns in this regard ...
"It is an interesting coincidence that this shrill group of
intellectual beatniks, which believes that no one should be
prevented from aiding the Viet Cong, believes with equal fervor
that district attorneys should be prevented from criticizing the
irresponsible release of criminals. Naturally, I regard the
derogatory comments of this left-wing organization as a compliment
of the highest order."
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[Labat and Poret were two black men sentenced to death for rape in
1953. In 1966, the U. S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals found that
they had been denied a fair trial since blacks were systematically
excluded from juries in New Orleans in the fifties.]
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Jerry Shinley
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