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1a front of the uenter, but wllen tll.e;y were aaket to produce a searcll arrant, tltey backed down and. aat• we could pt'ocete. In another inciaent arount tue Center tile Folice appraacbed ae and aaid that one of thelocal w~tea aa• a worker wave at hie ~ieee. The policaaan aai d tha t he waa warnina ua becauae the white aaid he would ahoot ott t hat r eraona ara 1! lla waved ag&in. (It should be addat here tlaat tile local 11~ aeaa to i•t craat pleaaure out of waving at certain ••~bers of the pro j ect). !aa Police ~n Au&uat t4 told Dale Gronaaaiar a!ter Groneaeier Aad bean trivinc Ilia aoterctole around with a Nea-ro &irl on the back taat lae waa reall;y etirrin& up the local whitea and ~hat lle better quit or alae.

All o! the people 1n tlae aoveaent who have tried to take pioturaa ot certai n eventa or ple.cu laave had particular probleJUe witll t ile police . !._re have been frequent t~~eata of breakin, the caaeraa.

'rile aserif! of Sun! lower County, W1ll1aa Hollowell, on Aupat 1}, tntonset 11e t llat troa1 now on all bail woult be S500 per person. Tile bail laad bean set at a lower scala, but laa aaid that lae woul d aet it at 1500 no 101attn· what unlua it. would be aore.

there have been cunehota around the Nacr e coLmunitY almoat niclatly. 0\11'" investicationa show t hat they ooa.e from the local police ahoottnc at ctoca1 tnese s.h.ota frighten both the .Jecroea ant tlle W<11tea.

. Tlaere w~a also au incident of a pol1calll&n pullin~ hie CUD on a . Rabbi duri ne a lllaaa aeeti~ and tareateninc to alaoot aoaeone. fhia a tory ia attaolle41 aa .IDtlU.bit .1. !llere are alao attae~ei t.Teral a!!14av1te ot police harassment o! Ind.ianolt: aegroea. ~ l'bt'tS u,~ .,., •· :rroa ~layors ~\$a...f'\ .. Wt f?e ~.

~J.e majority ot lilaraeaaent troa fie aayore ot Sunflower laaa ooa• !roa uurlaa Dorr ou.,h, rsayor o! Ruleville. Before t.lle workers reached Ruleville :J)Qno\.1£}1 want to several lloaea in tb.a .Uil'O C011111uni t,y ant tolt tlt.a people not to let the nortllern workera coae in and live with tlle*· lie eaU tll.at tile workera would beat an4 kill tb.ea. two o! t he people appraackat. were Kra. JSU.tcner and Mr. W1111ama. DorroU&Il aae also .. ,, t.hreata (often i ndirectly t~ou,;4 o tll.'r people) to Jllecrou wlto are worki lJ.i !or C1 Til iicata . He toad •ancy aewaoae, aunt o! Pred Brown, a local Nearo who laae participated in civil ricb.ta aot1v1 the, tll.at when tae worker• 1eave h-at Brown had bette·r leave aleo. !lle .IIAJOr alao aalia a personal call on Rev. Jamea uoreon ot Stanford California, and told tlaia Uetlloti,t Mtaiater tA&t laa waa not welcoae at tlae loaal ~etlaoiiat claurca. uoraen &at viaitet the local ainieter earlier tlaat week and &ad said aa ,woult Yiait tlle ollauroh t hat SWldaJ, but Dorroqla aa.U t .llaai it coraan al:ow .. up at tlae Church, lu wouU be kept out.

- !al)Qia wi til dtur the Jlayor of Drew, J!r. Willltort, or DorroqJa llave been t•equ.ent, but thaJ uauall7 break down wll.an the Kayora atart &fk1D& lew4 QUestions about sexual laabita of tlae ~r~era or the aorall ot Jecroea. - -- qain I would auapact that tlle COlO wol'ker,e ... to not know tile a:r:te.nt of tlu haraaeaent against lieP'oee aimplJ becaual.,ecroea don 1 t tall u eTel'3'fiinc.

0.-Jro• Oit7 Attorner'• and Otaera !laere have been aeaortet laaraaa•anta froa various local ottioiala.

• tn 4aya attar tae 25 were arreatet 1n Drn on Jul)' 16, Oit;y AUOnMJ !ownaand of Draw oallei in all tile parenta of the arreahi ucroee ant

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peotle tllere to llan notlliDC to tlo witll u. Wilen lire. Ha7•• r~11t eoaa o'bjeotion to !own11atl • • requet, lle turD.et oa ller u4 t.old ller elle wa1 not llcall7 Mrrie4.

• oomaon ooo~enoe in ~ oouat7 lla8 'been tile quea~ion1Dc o! aQJ 1..,-er wllo workl !or 01Til lli1llt1 about llie •Ooe"W'iet• baokcrouat. J.Yery ·lliiQu wllo laae ooee iato tlae Oout1 ad .. alt wita tu offto{all u. "• &lltetl 1! ae 11 a!!iU.a~ .. with tal oo-unht Party &lltl u .. 11 a .el~r o! tlle Lawyer'• Guili. MoreoTer each ie tol4 that u will be olleoketl on b7 tae local oi!iciale. In tae periotl ot~o • ., •• O.A. -.z hwtolle, laWJer tree Waterloo, Iowa, wu allketl abouJU• (R)-uniet a!f11-1a1:1one no le .. tllaD liTe tiMe.

~- - --jaotller 1:Jp1 o! 1no1tent 000111!1"e4 Oil Jul.f a,- 19S.1 WID a 00~ worker, Ji.a Deun1 wae tarown out of ~ Toter repetrat1oa ot!ioe in !:di-aDola. !lle ••taila of tllie inoUant are on attaont aus.u t .-.-

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aoUTUhe llan been ooatl~etl b7 tile a«etntUraUoa. In Inti&DOla - preeatl7 (A\1&\llt l•ta, 1964-), *" -aollool bo71 ue napeatle4- i,iatitt:u-.11'

for oouuounc a •••tine tluriq 1\ID.oa ~ur oa tile eollool pla)'IJ'Ouat. Alter taae beween tile Prlnoillal of -Qe eollool utl DaY14 &oltlaUck, J.G!DO laWJer ad t.is ~oo, euaeer ~olunteer, about ninataUq tile ,_.euu, tale •,' ipal aa1.4 0: refueA- -*o Mat UJ .. N people abou-t- tlle IHJIUiOih !Jle euperU ~end ant of ecllloola wlllo 11 wlaite took 1:11.1 eue poa11:1oa. Ia blnUJ.e, .t.ttorna:r Gol.uttok ~.z wan toU ~t ao wJU.w .worker• we" 'be allowet on tile eollool crountle witaout !1rat clearinc 1 t w1 til tile

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--~ ~.ekp.ol tJeiu. :r..t week be ecllooLi.u•• .a etat.ueaL •tclt 1:11.1 etul.enta u4 to take aone w1 ta ta... It 1a attaca .. u IIEllibi t 0. !laere

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III. AR.liESTS ..U.'D '!'!iGUCTIV'E CUSTODY~

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.&.. Drn, Mississippi . J uly 14, 1964. Seven cOFO workers were arre sted 1n Drew on thie date . Two we r e arreete4 f or ~is tributin~ le~!leta on publio pro~erty wit hout a b~•* permit. They were !f.i lce Yarrow o! Swartlaaort 1 Pa, and .ttre d lJiller or Mobi~e, Al abama . Baca wa11 r eleaeetl t• ~ bona . Tlte :l'i'Ye o ther work:.ers were arrested for obs tructing tq tira!fic on sidewalks. Tltese workers were Jaaee nann o! Loa ~ales, ualllornia, Gre t chen Schwarz or Sunnyval e, californi a, Landy JlcNa1r , a uOII e ta!'! worker, uu.rles :Scatter&ood o! Seo.Ltle, Waahi~ton, anti Joi.n Barrie , a ~NCC e ta!! 11e a.ber from Mon t&oaery, .Uabaaa. .411 were arrest ~• by c :.iet . of Police c .JI.Ployd o! Dr e111, ll.iaeiseipp1 . nontl !or Schwarz , .McNai and Seat-terfood wae 1100 aleo, but Dann a nd Harrill ilati $200 bon d; Harris becaus e of inal.llting• lan&l.l&&e to tb.e Poli.c e Ollie! and Dann be caus e. he had been warned ea r lier in the day by tb.e }!ayor •ot t o be &• ttinc into troubl e . 't!te !ollowin& a ornin& a lawyer fro111 t he Lawyer' a Guild, J erry

.llloCroekey , a rr ·eared in Drew an~ ruo'Yed all 7 cases t o t he Feier al Col.lrt •

.11. Drew, illasi satr pi . J uly 15, 1964. twent)'-!ive c i vil ri&ht e workere and local ~e&roea were arreate( on thia date. ! hey were ar•ea te• !or obstruoti.ng traffic when a 'Yoter re£i stration .outing aoveu from a Cilurc.h l awn into the stree t in Drew. The COPO a nd SNCC peor l e arr es t ed incl ude , Char l e s l>lcLaurin of Jackson, Mleaiae ippi; Cnrietoplle r Hexter of New Haven , Corute oticut; Juee Dan.n of Las An&e l ea , .. a l ifornia ; Je!!eey Saclaar ot Hew York Ci ty; <Tre tchen Sol'lwarz o! Sunnyvale , california; Ellen Sit~~;el of Boston ; charles Scatt e r good o! Arlin&tou , r i r ginia; Geor,e Winter o f Iona, California, and l-!icltael Yart-ow of Philadelphla, PA. The Ruleville lrecroee who were ar•es t ed include , Linda •tari a, .Be ttye Louise Sur noy , Ore Does, Fre d Brown, Pal.ll Jackson , A!ld John ulark Edwllraa. ·:ran Drew ••croea were arrested1 Walter Van , J r., l:enry Le• ::ardy, ,,olden Davia, Lenora ScotL, Dert iLa Wi lli ams , Pauline Moore, la&ry Harve y , tleleon Andrews, Horac e DaVi e , and Florine Johns on. They were arr es ted by tae Chief of Police, C. E. ?loyd and by a nWl!ber of auxi lliary police . All were talce.n to jail , dhept for !H orine Job.nson. Of t he reet all the sen and boys went t o t he liunflower county Fa l'lll w!•i le t o.e Girls went to t .Le Indianola uounty Jail . Bond ranged f ro~ $110 to $500 and t h e total amount fc~ the croup was $4860 . lilOLauri n h&d an addi tional charge of 6. i eturbin& tlte pea ce an• Ale bond •as 1500, ~aynard Omerber~ of Loa Ange l es and tae Lawyer's Guild was the attorne y for the 24 detendauta in j a i .l. All o! t hese eases were re11ovecl by Attorney O:ae rber& and the Lawyer's Guilt~, except !or tae ease of Christopher Hext er, whioa will be mentioned in a later arrest.

c. Indianola , t~iasi eeippi. J\.Uy 17, 1964. One local Ne,ro, George Lee Jonu,was arr es t ed. !or r e siati.!lB arreat. He was triei on July 18 ani on Jl.lly 21 WiiiS take n t o t he uou.nty h.rm to s erve Iii 60 4ay sen•ence. He waa arrastecl by local I ndianola Police and sent enced i n tl:le ~1ayor • s Oourt by Mayor To~ Fi ~ts . Attorney Jack Oppenhe im of New Yor k City and I pa itl tAe $250 ADpeal Bond f or Jones and &ot &1• out o! tae uounty Pars. We suspected t hat tne r e was s·oJu civil ri&hh moti vation to th e arrest, but s i nce t hat t i ae realize that Jones cieaeneci lU.e sentenc e . Jonee ia i n Jail &i(ai n for a longe r s entence. He was arrested ! or ! i &ht1Ili w1 t u brasa knuolcle s . Our case has been r emove• to the Federa l Court and t ae LCDO Uti oe 1.n Meat'l!h iB 1 a hand lin& 1 t.

D. Drew, Misaissirpi. July JO , 196~. !Wo people, one a COl'O eUU~er volunteer and o ne a l ocal Drew yol.lt ·n , were arrested on thie d.ate. Prei Killer o! Mobile Alab6UU& ancl E4d1e nlUams o f Drew were arrested ! or distributing l eaflets and literatl.lre on city a t ree t a w'i t hou. t a permit.

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frial wa~J aet f or 10 100 July :n, 1964. • pplication for a con t iAuan.ce WO& B fetueed by t ne ~ayor of Drew. DavU Goldetick of New York City was per­aitte4 to represent the Def endants. Defendants were found &uilt• an4 .. ntenod to $100 an4 30 days on the County Jarm. .t.r•pea1 bon4 wae poet e4 on July 31, 1964. trial set in Circuit Court tae firet ~onday in Sept­n'ber. Reaoval prool4l1nce be i nc hancllecl by »•~Phil otfioe, LODO.

D. Drew, 7Uesi llilippi. AUJUst 4, 1964. A l ocal le&ro, HenJ7 Lie Barty, wu arrested pureu.a.nt to a ooaplaint 'b7 a local lqro innkeeptr tor a .. ltt of ll'f , SO whiclt larcly aolmowled&e4 tlaat lae owecl, but ba4D't paU for two aonthe. Har4y ·ka4 been workin& tt~la tae COJO and SHOO suamer tolun­••n in Toter rectetrat1ou work. fie ckarce wae a e.ection o• tlae Kile­ieaippi Criminal uocle eub~eoUna one wlao intentionally clefraute an inn­keeper of payaent of a fine not to exceed 1500 ancl a eentence not to exoeecl 3 aontu. lllae 4efenclant wae inoarceratecl in Jail on tlae Di&llt ot ~·t 4, ancl wae broucht to trial before tlae JUetioe or tlle Place tae tollowin& aorninc. r.cmo attorne;y Golut1clc of liTn York City pre-ra1le4l oa tae J.P. taat e1Ace tae Miuheippi Ooutitution cl14 not allow tapri­eouent for cl.ebt ancl furtaer tlle 1aprilonaent of tile .. fenclant .laad eub­~~c~cl tae city of Drn to a poeeible 1 .. euit tor falee arreet, falae I iaprieonaent and a'buee of proceee. ~ cltfen4ant wae reloaeecl. W• aeeured -. J.P. tAat tf· t.lae .. fanclaa.t 414 not. ~ IIlia cle.bt 1n one Wle.ll: to tlae 1Dteeper, we woult waell our .laan4e of t.lae matter.

I. Clnelancl, ll1ee1elipp1. AUCUit •• 1964. .lt ltOO tail afternoon 12 ~ workera were arr11tet tor cli.etr1butiD4r 11 terature on tlaepu'blic etreets of Ole-reland without a permit. ~ormal application to 41atrib~t• tAia r I literature had been aa4t a week preTtoue to t.lae arreeta. Trial wae 11t for the followine Uon4&;y. !he followinc aor,ninc the defendant• were releaee4 and cbar&e• clropr••· Oit7 ~ttorDA7 John w. YalantiDI intora.l 1

Gol4etick of the LODC t~t •upon lookinc into tlae matter aore cloeely, tlae Oity deo~4ed to 4rcp tlae ckarc••·

~. Drew, lr!1uieeipp1. -1.16•·u" o, .1.~64. ~ arreet o! one u.larietoplaar H.ener. See bllibit 1, attac.lae4

e. luleTille, ll1aaieeipp1 .lucuet 7, 1964. ~ arreat of K.C.Perr,r. See .ut~it.J attacaecl.

I. Dre~, MiuieliRPi· .lupat 1,, 1964. .I.D arreet of Joe ~t.la, ~!ll8•r TOlunteer . See IZki'bit 0. attac~••·

h Drn, 111nielipp1 Aucad 1~. 196'1-. ~ur ••R taren into wcprc,eotive cuetocl)" b-y tae Drew Police Departaent. !lley were kept in jail cluriq t.lae nicat and releaeecl the tollcnriq aoruinc, .lU&uat 15, 1964. fte t\&11 tetaile ot t.lae proclaaation an4 the oircuaatano•• eurrouncliac tate inciclent are w be touncl in tile Joe Saitll report, :lxllibit 0, attaollecl.

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