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PRESS STATEMENT VINE CITY COUNCIL 560 Magnolia S t reet Atlanta, Georgia October 11, 1966 We, the members of ~ the Vine City Council are outraged at the shocking and inhuman treatment of the 10 y oung peopl e b e ing h e l d in the Atlanta Stockade. The se p e opl e have b e en h e ld sinc e August 18, 1966 on charges rangin g from d is ord e rly conduct to Insurr e ction. Their arrests came as a r e sult of their participation in an anti -war demonstration at the Army Induction Ce nte r. On the 16th of Septemb e r, Att. Howard Moor e filed an app e al in the Fulton County Sup e rior Court and on the 21st of S e ptemb e r, App eal Bond was p o st e d for the 10. Jud ge T .C. Littl e h a s r e fus e d to si g n the r e l eas e p a p e rs f or the 10 young p e opl e . We f e el tha t this is a n outrage and a deni a l p e opl e 's constituional ri ght to APPEAL. of thes e We a r e a lso outrage d t h a t t he Atlanta St oc k a d e af t er t he passage of the 196~- an d 1965 Civil Ri ghts Bills is st :i ll racially s egregat e d. We ar e furth e r outr age d by t he i ~huma ~ tr e atmen t o~ t h e se yo u ng p e opl e by gu a r d s and off icl a s at t he Atl ant a Stoc k ade be caus e of t h e ir politic a l be l ief s , and be c a us e t hey a r e Bl ack . We DEMAND the imme di a t e r e l e as e of the s e 1 0 y oung p eopl e on Bond! We fee l tha t it is ir on ic tha t Bl a ck me n who a r e s o r ig i dly s e gr e ga t ed a nd d e ni e d t h e ir constituti onal ri ghts h e r e at 11 h ome " a r e exp e c t e d t o f i ght in t he Jungl e s of Vi e t Nam , a ll t o pre s e rv e t h e Le s t e r Mad d ox At l an t a ( Ame rican ) sty l e of s egr egation. Si g ned , The Vin e Ci t y Cou ncil �