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DETROIT(AP) -- Two men accused of defacing a monument to boxing great Joe Louis with white paint waived their right to a preliminary hearing Thursday.
Judge Mark Randon of the 36th District Court agreed to eliminate the requirement that the suspects, Brett Cashman, 45, and John T. Price, 27, stay on electronic monitoring while they are free on bail.
Cashman and Price will be arraigned in Circuit Court this month. The men spoke only to tell the judge that they agreed to waive their right to the hearing, but their lawyers reiterated after court that the vandalism was not racially motivated.
This was non-violent political protest, said Price's attorney David Rosenberg. "t cer
ainly wasn't meant to evoke in any way thoughts of racism.
Rosenberg and Marc Beginin, Cashman's lawyer, said they are hopeful that a plea agreement can be worked out.
The pair was arrested
Feb
. 23 and char
ged with malicious destruction of property in defacing the 8,000-pound arm and fist.
The monument, put up in 1986, is a tribute to Louis and considered by many a symbol of black power and triumph over injustice. But it is also seen by some as a reminder of Detroit's history of violence, and its ongoing crime problem.
Cashman previously said he and Price, both of Washtenaw County's Superior Township, targeted the fist because of its violent imagery and inappropriateness as a city symbol. Police found photos at the base of the statue of two white police officers recently shot to death during a traffic stop. The man suspected of killing them is black.
If convicted, the men face possible penalties from fines to five years in prison
http://www.detnews.com/2004/metro/0403/18/metro-96216.htm
DETROIT(AP) -- Two men accused of defacing a monument to boxing great Joe Louis with white paint waived their right to a preliminary hearing Thursday.
Judge Mark Randon of the 36th District Court agreed to eliminate the requirement that the suspects, Brett Cashman, 45, and John T. Price, 27, stay on electronic monitoring while they are free on bail.
Cashman and Price will be arraigned in Circuit Court this month. The men spoke only to tell the judge that they agreed to waive their right to the hearing, but their lawyers reiterated after court that the vandalism was not racially motivated.
This was non-violent political protest, said Price's attorney David Rosenberg. "t cer
ainly wasn't meant to evoke in any way thoughts of racism.
Rosenberg and Marc Beginin, Cashman's lawyer, said they are hopeful that a plea agreement can be worked out.
The pair was arrested
Feb
. 23 and char
ged with malicious destruction of property in defacing the 8,000-pound arm and fist.
The monument, put up in 1986, is a tribute to Louis and considered by many a symbol of black power and triumph over injustice. But it is also seen by some as a reminder of Detroit's history of violence, and its ongoing crime problem.
Cashman previously said he and Price, both of Washtenaw County's Superior Township, targeted the fist because of its violent imagery and inappropriateness as a city symbol. Police found photos at the base of the statue of two white police officers recently shot to death during a traffic stop. The man suspected of killing them is black.
If convicted, the men face possible penalties from fines to five years in prison
http://www.detnews.com/2004/metro/0403/18/metro-96216.htm