Posted on 10/16/2006 7:01:04 PM PDT by Physicist
For Immediate Release
October 17, 2006
Philadelphia — A special three judge panel of the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals will convene tomorrow to decide whether a Civil Rights suit may proceed against Governor Ed Rendell for his alleged role in the 1998 teamster beating of two Clinton protesters outside Philadelphia’s City Hall.
Rendell, Philadelphia mayor at the time, has since admitted in a deposition to personally inviting teamster boss John Morris and Local 115 members to attend the rally, despite knowing their propensity for using violence. Rendell acknowledged that he had specifically instructed the teamsters to “drown-out” Clinton Protesters.
Moments before the October 2, 1998 beating, Morris was caught by several news cameras marking one Clinton protester for attack by placing a Fedora over his head. The teamsters then charged the man, Don Adams, and his sister—knocking both to the ground before viciously assaulting them. Mr. Adams was treated at an area hospital for a concussion, lacerations, and several bruises.
According to a statement from Morris’ top deputy, Mr. Rendell later tried to console Morris about the negative publicity the teamsters had generated by promising no charges would be filed against him and by suggesting ways to have the victim, Mr. Adams, prosecuted.
In July, 1999, Mr. Adams stood trial after several teamster women alleged he had assaulted them prior to his own beating. Mr. Adams was found not guilty and the women have since recanted their stories.
Morris was never charged. He died in 2001. Five teamsters pled guilty to various assault and conspiracy charges and were given probation.
Three judges from outside the 3rd Circuit’s jurisdiction were recruited to hear the appeal after the appellees filed a motion asking the entire circuit to recuse itself due to the fact Rendell’s wife, Judge Marjorie Rendell, sits on the Circuit.
The case will be heard on Wednesday, October 18, at 1:30 p.m., in the Albert Branson Courtroom, 19th floor, Federal Court House, Philadelphia, PA.
For further information, contact Teri Adams, ###-###-####.
Think the papers will find it at all interesting to be reminded of the incumbent Governor's brutal past at the height of his reelection campaign? No, I didn't think so, either.
Don didn't ask me to do this, but they always, always need help with their legal bills. Financially, the last seven years have taken an inhuman toll on the both of them. If you care to help out, donations can be sent to:
The Adams Legal Defense Fund
P.O. Box 306,
Cheltenham, PA 19012
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There was I time on FreeRepublic when I didn't have to introduce the topic of Don Adams. Other than Whitewater, it was FreeRepublic's first cause celebre.
In as few words as I can bear to muster, this is what happened. On October 2, 1998, Don and his sister Teri were beaten by members of the Teamsters Union for the crime of protesting against Clinton in Philadelphia.
(I myself had been attacked by the same mob earlier in the day, and I witnessed the Adams incident. I reported the events on FreeRepublic. One famous result was that it prompted Jim Robinson to call for a march on Washington, DC, which drew around 4000 people on October 31, 1998, to demand Clinton's impeachment.)
The DA filed no charges, so Don and Teri Adams pursued private criminal complaints against two of the Teamsters (Kevin McNulty and Marc Nardone), along with Teamster Local 115 boss Johnny Morris. In response, the Teamsters filed charges against Don Adams. McNulty and Nardone copped a plea and got probation. Morris walked. Don Adams was subjected to the indignity of a trial, and was acquitted in July, 1999. Meanwhile, three other Teamsters were identified from video: Charlie Davis, Mark Hopkins, and Norma Bottomer. Don and Teri Adams filed another private criminal complaint, to which the defendants copped pleas and received probation.
In November of 1999, IBT President James Hoffa ordered that Teamsters Local 115 be placed into trusteeship, and that Johnny Morris be stripped of his powers, partly as a result of the Adams beating incident. Morris contested this bitterly until the end of his life.
The civil phase has been lurching along slowly since the end of the criminal phase.
Why you should care:
It is the business of Freepers to exercise our rights under the First Amendment. When we talk back to power, we have an expectation of being secure in our persons, in our property, and in our liberty. If Don and Teri Adams lose, none of these expectations are valid. It will mean that the men in power can silence us at will, without serious consequences. Five foot-soldiers of the totalitarians have received probation. That's something. But unfortunately Don and Teri have been made to pay a long series of terrible prices over the last five years, and much more lies ahead. I expect it to get worse for them before it gets better.
Would YOU be up to it?
Here is the Don Adams Page, back again in its full glory!
Civil Case:
Johnny Morris criminal case:
Davis, Hopkins, Bottomer criminal case:
McNulty and Nardone criminal case:
(If you want on or off the Don Adams ping list, please let me know.)
They should have added:
His current residence is Hell.
Surely justice has been denied Don and Terry, but then it is Pennsylvania.
The law should not overly regard and unduely respect charisma, wealth and connections no more than it should make special allowance for the poor, the widowed or the orphaned, but rule to the law no matter who stands before it -- but gee golly, what I've seen in courts and read off them, sure seems the former set gets special hearing.
Thanks for the update!
I have told my 8-year-old about this case. Yes, he was born the summer before the attack occurred.
He asked me tonight why Rendell is not in prison.
I can't give him a good answer, except to say that there is insufficient evidence.
But I don't believe my response either.
Monday, Nov. 15, 1999
PHILADELPHIA —— The national Teamsters removed the top officer of a city local Monday after union investigators accused him of intimidating and shaking down union members for cash and stockpiling weapons for what he called a "war."
John P. Morris, 73, was secretary-treasurer of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union 115 for more than four decades. He remains president of a statewide conference of Teamster locals.
Greg Tarpinian, a consultant with the national Teamsters, said Morris used union money to purchase two shotguns, 20 stun guns, pepper spray, boxes of combat fatigues and boots, two cars, two campers and five buses, which he stored on rented property five miles from union headquarters.
"These purchases were in preparation for what Morris describes as 'war,'" according to a statement by the Washington-based union, signed by President James P. Hoffa.
Local union members defended Morris, rallying outside their headquarters Monday night.
"It's a bunch of lies," yelled union member Harold Fisher.
Physicist - thanks for posting this thread and keeping us updated on this case.
TAdams8591 and Don - Good luck on Wednesday in court. Best wishes to you both.
FReep On!
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Thank you, Angelwood! We will need it!
Thank you for the response and good to hear from you, bvw!
Thanks for the important reminder.
The Party of free-speech strikes again. This might be a good time to try and get this story back to O'reilly since he's really been on rant against the antics from the Left. From the attacks on the Minutemen at Columbia to physical assaults on conservative speakers, the Left has embraced a level of violence that is becoming increasingly dangerous. I can only imagine how well the WOT might be going if the Left had as much contempt for terrorists as they do Republicans.
I hope nobody reading this misses the fact that there's another active thread with some deeper background information, which I posted just after this one:
DON AND TERI ADAMS BACKGROUND: Letter of Trey Mayfield to 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
The late Mr. Morris is worm food today.
Good line and soooo true!
Thanks. I just can't believe you guys are still going through this after all these years. Good luck with everything.
BTTT
Good luck bump.
Hi Teri! Good luck to you and Don!
Thanks so much for this update. Goodness it's been a long time. I know I don't need to tell you that!
Let true justice finally prevail.
Bump.....
bttt
Best of luck to Don and Teri in court.
Thanks for the ping!
Cheers!
Thanks for keeping us updated Physicist. Thanks for the very important links kcvl.
Thanks for your perserverance Teri and Don.
The Adams' didn't qualify for minority status or this would've been cleared-up -- in their favor, undoubtably -- a long-long time ago & *the* film would've cinched it post haste.
As an old song once said, "In a land known for freedom, how can such a thing be fair..."
Yea, how.
"Think the papers will find it at all interesting to be reminded of the incumbent Governor's brutal past at the height of his reelection campaign?"
The Associated Quislings & like ilk (such as Reuters) wouldn't find this newsworthy at anytime, never-mind an election year.
Unfortunately the nation's information sources have been thoroughly infested with and bought & paid by the Liberal-Socialist left.
What they does get printed -- when not rabidly attacking the right "using any means necessary" -- is pure tabloid garbage & totally useless, including the weather.
Just the way it is.
The seeds of their own demise planted by their own hands.
Hence the coming wave of new fledgling news agencies such as PNI ("Physicist News Agency").
Born of a genuine need to know & the vacuum created by others voluntary corruption. ;^)
Good luck Terri & Don, "It ain't over 'till it's over."
...& it ain't over. ;^)
I've noted it before, but you and Don really were the inspiration for me to do this:
I wish there was a way to get the wheels of justice rolling faster. I couldn't believe it when Rendell became Governor.
He definitely has his thumb on the scale of justice.
Physicist, please add me to the ping list.
It is about time! I have run into those drunk union thugs at Freeper events in Los Angeles. NOT all union members are bad, I know that. But these guys are bussed in, dressed in matching shirts, with matching signs. They are loud and mean and drunk and they pick on women, too. We were at the debate between Bill Simon and Gray Davis. RonDog was there and some other Freepers. The Union thugs were in a group and they were loud. We found an invitation on the groud, that had been passed out to them, inviting them to come protest LOUDLY. Gray won the election, but was KICKED out of office later.
When I clicked on Part 2,3,4... I got this Error Message...
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bump for later
Agreed. This case should have ruined Rendell's bid for governor. But it didn't. The above has been sent out as a press release, ANYWAY.
How well I remember this BUMP!
BTW, I wonder if anyone else has noticed the honorable governor Rendell's lack of neck. Could be he has some teamster genes in the blood ;^)
ping
Budge after all the challenges you have had to overcome, your support is the most touching. Thank you! : )
As Don Adams would say, "The next Governor of Pennsylvania is going to be, WOULD YOU BELIEVE, Lynn Swann."
In any case a repost isn't that bad, and the thing that amazed me was that it's getting covered by WTAE TV this morning in Pittsburgh.
I'm trying to air it on the radio stations I work for this AM as well. They'll probably pass claiming it's just mud slinging politics from the Swann campaign, but I wrote the story and put it in the stack.
prisoner6
Yeah, I'm really gonna miss him. /s
thanks for the ping
Good Luck Today Bump.
Bump!
A thread about this case would not be complete without you! Good to have you here!
A BRIEF UPDATE:
We feel generally well represented by our attorney, Trey Mayfield, who made a solid case on our behalf.
The three judge panel consisted of a Reagan appointee, a Carter appointee and a Lyndon Johnson appointee. The hearing was about an hour in length. One judge was particularly adamant this case was a free speech and constitutional question.
Because this hearing is of a more delicate nature than the others, we do not feel at liberty ourselves to discuss it in greater detail and hope you all understand. Some media was present from the Philadelphia Inquirer and Bulletin. We hope they cover the matter and then we (or who ever sees it first) can post it on this thread, by itself or both.
Thank you and everyone so much for your interest and concern. Please keep us and this case in your prayers.
Physicist, when you have the time, I would be most appreciative if you could ping the list again to this brief update. And thank you again, for your excellent work. As I was just saying to Don, I marvel at the fact that you are always so thorough, and never make a mistake.
That is a joke my father, also Don Adams, would have made, LOL!
Good luck Terri,I saw it happen live.God be with you and Don.I was a lurker back them.
You're in my prayers.
Absolutely, understand.
We will find out in time..and Lord knows..it has taken time.
Hoping for best results.
So what is next?
I will never forget that bitch that testified at the trial with the fake priest. Even the liberal bitch judge told them to get out of court. It was a no brainer for her.
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