Law Forum Criticizes Grenada Invasion

The sister of a slain Grenadian cabinet member, two Harvard professors and other Latin American experts and activists last night condemned Tuesday's U S led invasion of the Caribbean island.

Her voice straining with emotion. Paula Aymer, a native of Grenada and an instructor at Northeastern University, told about 120 people at a standing room-only Law School Forums that there will be long lines of screaming women taking these [Grenadian] men [who died in battle] to the cemeteries and they will not forget" the invasion.

The United States sent nearly 2000 Marines into Grenada after being asked by neighboring nations to intervene following a coup in which Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and three of his Cabinet members were killed, the Reagan Administration said this week.

"I knew [Bishop] well," Aymer said and recalled. "He came from my village, he was at my wedding....If a dead man could speak, he would say, "Get out of Grenada. Americans'."

Aymer's comments came after the spectator and panelists watched President Reagan's nationwide address on a large screen television. The speech drew boots sh- outs and Misses at several points.

When Reagan ended the speech with "God Bless America," shouts of "Hypocrite!" "Murderer!" and "Impeach Him!" rang out.

The room was decorated with signs reading "Grenada is NOT Federal Property" and "Nicaragua next? Get the U.S. Out of Grenada."

The forum was sponsored and organized by a number of groups, including the Alliance for Better Legal Education, the Harvard Law Guild, and the Black Law Students Association.

The professors attacked the invasion on a number of grounds. Frederick E. Snyder, the Law School's assistant dean for International Legal Studies, said there "really is no legal justification" for the United States intervention in Grenada's affairs.

"It was not an armed attack situation in Grenada," Snyder explained.

Peter Smith, an MIT political science professor, said, "It is very possible that the political fallout [of the invasion] will not stregthen, but weaken," Reagan's chance for re-election