Mediawhoresonline has more about Pickering's two perjuries to Congress.

Amazing! I had heard from sources who were there that the conflict was really Citizens Council v. Klan, but actually seeing the trial transcript, in all its glory, is priceless. Thank, Nathan. And, you must pass this on to Rightwing bloggers, especially pushovers like Kaus.

Now to be fair, this looks like it may only be the transcript from the cross-examination by defense counsel. But let's see if the Pickering promoters can dig up anything more substantive he may have said on direct examination.

My guess is that if he said anything stunning, we would have heard about it endlessly at this point. It was the very vagueness of his "courageous testimony" that made me suspicious enough to hunt this story up.

Hey, good job! Although if I were a high tech lawyer with Lexis-Nexis, I would try to dredge up the trial testimony myself. Why wait for surprises? But this is a long step in a cool new direction.

OK, this is from Feb 2002 - why was it ignored then?

Sorry, too much free time on Saturday morning. here is Byron York of NRO fame (and please don't remind me of South Dakota)

According to a letter written on Pickering's behalf by Charles Evers, brother of murdered civil-rights activist Medgar Evers, "In 1967, many locally elected prosecutors in Mississippi looked the other way when faced with allegations of violence against African-Americans and those who supported our struggle for equal treatment under the law. Judge Pickering was a locally elected prosecutor who took the stand that year and testified in the criminal trial against the Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, who was accused of firebombing a civil rights activist. Judge Pickering later lost his bid for reelection because he dared to defy the Klan, but he gained my respect and the respect of many others as a man who stands up for what is right."

The Klan case, although 35 years ago, stands out in many memories. "Pickering is not perfect — no one is — but he has courage," Johnny Magee, a black city councilman in Laurel, Mississippi, recently told Legal Times. "He was involved as a county prosecutor in fighting against the Ku Klux Klan and helped put Klansmen behind bars. That was something you just didn't do in Jones County in the 1960s."

OK, ideologically closer to home we have this, published after pickering's defeat in march:

In an effort to portray him as a civil rights “moderate,” Pickering’s supporters cite his stance in 1967, when he signed a statement opposing Ku Klux Klan violence in his hometown of Laurel, Mississippi. The statement was drafted by the moneyed establishment of the town, which opposed Klan terrorism as bad for business, however much they sympathized with the goals. The letter actually declared its support for defending “our southern way of life”—i.e., the system of Jim Crow racial segregation—and denounced “outside agitators” promoting integration.

Pickering did testify that year against a Klan leader, Sam Bowers, charged in the firebombing death of civil rights leader Vernon Dahmers. Subsequently, he was defeated for reelection as county attorney of Jones County. This political setback was not permanent, however, and Pickering was later elected to the state senate. There he was associated with the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission, a state-supported group that carried on a campaign against desegregation well into the 1970s, in the guise of defending “states’ rights.”

Well, I can't say a thing about the source. But it suggests an area to look:

On the other hand,William Taylor,a Washington lawyer who served on the Washington D.C. -based Citizens' Comission on Civil Rights at the time,pointed out that,by that time,even the white establishment of Mississippi had begun to decide that Klan violence was bad for business".

Finally,the only prominent African-American in Mississippi who has supprted Judge Pickering is Charles Evers,the brother of slain civil rights leader Medger Evers.

The problem is the files of the racist Sovereignty Commission show that Charles Evers was one of their informants.

Meaning Charles Evers help a group that trageted civil rights workers for friings,beatings and possibly murders,he helped a group who helped his bother's murderer.

He deserves to endorse Judge Pickering.

I won't call Charles Evers an "Uncle Tom" or even a "rat",both those titles would be steps up for him.

OK, its some wild discussion board. But maybe the statement about Evers can be verified.

Hmm, will we believe Time/CNN:

Among the 5,000 tipsters listed in the documents are many blacks who informed on their neighbors. The most notable may be Charles Evers, brother of Medgar, who went on to become a small-town mayor and U.S. Senate candidate. The records show that at the same time the commission was tracking him--there are more than 1,400 documents with his name--he would pass along information for the commission. He denies being an informant, however. "If you don't know who your enemies are and talk to them," he asks, "how are you going to deal with them?"

Alright, enough wheel spinning, for me at least. Someone needs to go the the library and get the book mentioned in the first article Nathan cited.

Possibly this is direct examination if he was called for the defense on a character and reputation issue. Sounds like defense picked the wrong witness. Why is the entire transcript not available somewhere?

Sorry, this is just too relevant to skip. The bio of Sam Bowers says he was tried for murder in 1967 as part of a conspiracy to murder three civil rights workers in 1964. This is the Mississippi Burning trial, which became a major motion picture with Gene Hackman.

Unless Pickering was testifying in some other trial, I would say his testimony here was a big deal. But I only say that from remembering the film.

By the way, the William Taylor mentioned in post # 8 is a source with the most impeccable credentials.

No, really the last time - my latest guess is the that Pickering was invloved with the Dahmer trial, but I can't get any dates to match.

http://www.cnn.com/US/9808/18/klan.trial/

Still a big deal.

Sorry, from post 7, the socialists have it as the Dahmer trial. I am blaming the DayQuil. Decongestant buzz!

Good column by CLARENCE PAGE makes a lot of these points.

Is there any group intrested in civil rights in Mississippi civil courts.

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