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~ -.. Griffin -Daily Hews , Fritjay, Sept o 8, 1966 BE The Riot In Atlanta • A er1ca Bee § n ernally The ordinary trouble-makers and the professional agitators stirred up the riot in Atlanta this week. May~r Ivan Allen, Jr., and the city's Police Department ~ept It from spreading and becoming even worse than it was. Several thii\gs stand out: -One was the courage of Mayor Allen. He calmly insisted upon law and order. He acted at the 3:ctual sce~e of crisis not from the remoteness of an office at City Hall. His cool head and great determination were examples for all to follow. The incident could easily have spread beyond control had it not been for Mayor All~n. The Griffin Daily News admires his calmness under fire, his physical as well as moral courage. · -Another was the restraint of the policemen. Taunted and insulted, they resisted the normal impluse to strike out violently, which would have been exactly what the agitators wanted them to do. -A third is that known hate peddlers cold-bloodedly whipped up the demonstration in a professionally trained manner. They rode up and down the streets and used loudspeakers to encQurage individuals to gather into what became a mob. Some method must be found -to prevent the abuse of civil rights by such exhorters as these who prey upon suspicions and emotions. They exploit what they call their "black brothers." They are guilty of Soc ins:iting to riot and should be punished for that crime. -Also, all people must respect law and order. This Is there begins with the individual citizen and the individual police- where it I man. The policeman, for example, has no right to insult for a Cbr: lieve tha.1 a citizen when he issues a traffic ticket. Nor has the citizen all right, P ress International the right to insult the officer as one d id and got away with Thursday, Sept. 8, it in Atlanta some few days ago. Take it from there and The Bible extend it from the traffic ticket to the felonious crimes. that harm: of 1966 with 114 to If policemen are to enforce the law as it is their obliga- it, or yOUI tion to do, the ordinary law-abiding citizens must accord wrong. It: is between its last them the tools with which to work. After all, a police thlng t hat new phase. officer represents all the great body of law-abiding people to your Ch rnlng stars are who make up a peaceful and orderly society. If an officer your inHt piter, Mars and of the law abuses his position-which is rare indeed, right. Mos these days-recourse may be had in an orderly manner not mentio1 g star is Saturn. as the use but not bv lawless riots. ates Sen. Robert evaluated t - Fin ally, we have a severe problem which must be The troul rn on thls day in solved. Numerous long range proposals have been made, t hat we th y 1n history: and a good many put in practice. Short term, we have a we can get first permanent crisis which now amounts to riot, r ebellion, insurrection a Christian, f what is now the and in some instances open revolution against duly conof what Wt nited States was stituted governmental authority. America can not tolerate our Chrlstl1 t. Augustine, Fla. this. Mayor Allen and his administration handled the gite Crimean War uation there quite well. O ther mayors and officials have ,t,.. ..,...,,= ~ u • • 'pb P atio . A merica cannot co111tU1ue c r- manac iFor riffin struclt ' ltIJ ei-re1s t1ia.m �