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 [Harvard alumni on trial] Original Airdate: 5/28/1987 Length: 00:02:36 Item Type: newstape - edited story master Go to full description for this item. Description : Abstract David Boeri reports that five Harvard alumni and other protesters were arrested for an apartheid protest outside the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University in November of 1986. Boeri notes that the protesters are acting as their own lawyers in court this week. Boeri reports that the defendants claim to have committed the lesser crime of civil disobedience in order to prevent the greater crime of economic support to the apartheid regime. Boeri reports that the judge has ruled that the defendants cannot use this line of defense and has refused to hear testimony about apartheid. Boeri notes that the defendants are testing the limits of the judges' ruling by continuing to introduce testimony about apartheid. Boeri's report includes footage of the proceedings in the courtroom. Don Carney (Cambridge Police Department) testifies against the defendants. Peter Bellotti (Assistant District Attorney, Middlesex County) objects to testimony by Sarah Browning (defendant) and Joel Reisman (defendant). Wendy Gershengorn (judge, Middlesex County) issues instructions from the bench. Boeri's report also includes footage from interviews with defendants Peggy Schirmer and Robert Wolff. Boeri notes that the trial will be slow and tedious. Boeri's report includes footage from an apartheid protest at the Fogg Art Museum. Contributor : Reporter David Boeri
Subject : Keywords Apartheid - Protests Courts Judges Subject : Personal Names Bellotti, Peter Boeri, David Browning, Sarah Carney, Don Gershengorn, Wendy Reisman, Joel Schirmer, Peggy Wolff, Robert Subject : Corporate Names (Organization names) Harvard University Subject : Geographic Locations Cambridge (Mass.) South Africa Type : Genre News - Television |
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