08-01-2011, 04:04 AM
Subject: Dallas to appeal dismissal of charge against Dealey Plaza vendor:nono:
Robert Groden
(This should be considered a political issue in the next round of Mayor
and Council elections in the City of Dallas. What Robert Groden offers
is 1st Amendment material, just as do sellers of newspapers. He is the
author of it. People who buy from him seek him out, at this location.
He formerly served on the staff of the US House Assassinations Committee
that dealt with the acoustics evidence, and other evidence about Dealey
Plaza. He is also known for his testimony about photographs at the O J
Simpson trial.)
Dallas to appeal dismissal of charge against Dealey Plaza vendor
12:00 AM CST on Friday, January 7, 2011
By RUDOLPH BUSH / The Dallas Morning News
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/.../DN-conspi
racy_07met.ART.State.Edition1.1470038.html
Almost as doggedly as Robert Groden has pursued his theory that the
Kennedy assassination was a conspiracy and cover-up, the city of Dallas
is pursuing him.
After a municipal judge dismissed the charge against Groden last month,
the city filed notice Wednesday of its plans to appeal the case and try
to have it sent back for trial.
The city argues that Judge Carrie Chavez incorrectly ruled she did not
have jurisdiction in the case and that the city should have charged
Groden under a separate ordinance.
"[N]either the defendant nor the court has a right to choose the offense
for which the defendant is to be charged. In fact, the 'separation of
powers' doctrine protects that the prosecutor's discretion to choose the
offense to be prosecuted from usurpation by the trial court," assistant
city attorney Frederick Williams wrote in a strongly worded motion.
Groden's attorney, Bradley Kizzia, said the city's interest in pursuing
Groden isn't about one man, but about removing all pamphleteers, authors
and others who deal in Kennedy's murder from Dealey Plaza.
"It appears to me since Robert Groden is a noted author and widely
recognized as very knowledgeable about the JFK assassination, they have
decided to make an example of him," Kizzia said.
Groden is well-known among those interested in the assassination, and
he even consulted with director Oliver Stone on the 1991 film JFK.
Until his arrest in June, Groden had spent 15 years selling books and
magazines in the plaza, Kizzia said.
Now the city is pursuing him for not having a permit to sell merchandise
in a city park.
"They say the reason they're doing it is he doesn't have a permit. There
is not a process for getting a permit," Kizzia said.
The city attorney's office did not comment on the case.
Meanwhile, Groden has sued the city, alleging that it is violating his
civil rights.
--
Regards, TOM BLACKWELL, PO Box 25403, Dallas, Texas 75225
http://DemocraticResearch.Org
Robert Groden
(This should be considered a political issue in the next round of Mayor
and Council elections in the City of Dallas. What Robert Groden offers
is 1st Amendment material, just as do sellers of newspapers. He is the
author of it. People who buy from him seek him out, at this location.
He formerly served on the staff of the US House Assassinations Committee
that dealt with the acoustics evidence, and other evidence about Dealey
Plaza. He is also known for his testimony about photographs at the O J
Simpson trial.)
Dallas to appeal dismissal of charge against Dealey Plaza vendor
12:00 AM CST on Friday, January 7, 2011
By RUDOLPH BUSH / The Dallas Morning News
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/.../DN-conspi
racy_07met.ART.State.Edition1.1470038.html
Almost as doggedly as Robert Groden has pursued his theory that the
Kennedy assassination was a conspiracy and cover-up, the city of Dallas
is pursuing him.
After a municipal judge dismissed the charge against Groden last month,
the city filed notice Wednesday of its plans to appeal the case and try
to have it sent back for trial.
The city argues that Judge Carrie Chavez incorrectly ruled she did not
have jurisdiction in the case and that the city should have charged
Groden under a separate ordinance.
"[N]either the defendant nor the court has a right to choose the offense
for which the defendant is to be charged. In fact, the 'separation of
powers' doctrine protects that the prosecutor's discretion to choose the
offense to be prosecuted from usurpation by the trial court," assistant
city attorney Frederick Williams wrote in a strongly worded motion.
Groden's attorney, Bradley Kizzia, said the city's interest in pursuing
Groden isn't about one man, but about removing all pamphleteers, authors
and others who deal in Kennedy's murder from Dealey Plaza.
"It appears to me since Robert Groden is a noted author and widely
recognized as very knowledgeable about the JFK assassination, they have
decided to make an example of him," Kizzia said.
Groden is well-known among those interested in the assassination, and
he even consulted with director Oliver Stone on the 1991 film JFK.
Until his arrest in June, Groden had spent 15 years selling books and
magazines in the plaza, Kizzia said.
Now the city is pursuing him for not having a permit to sell merchandise
in a city park.
"They say the reason they're doing it is he doesn't have a permit. There
is not a process for getting a permit," Kizzia said.
The city attorney's office did not comment on the case.
Meanwhile, Groden has sued the city, alleging that it is violating his
civil rights.
--
Regards, TOM BLACKWELL, PO Box 25403, Dallas, Texas 75225
http://DemocraticResearch.Org
