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I Injured as Hundreds.of Negroes Riot, Tpss Rocl~s at Police, Smash Cars Here Defy Allen, Repulsed by Tear Gas G LCNN I GEOQ.C.l P.. S_T_ . __ . I _ [ _ At least 15 persons - includA< ing four policemen - were injured Tuesday afternoon when hundreds of Negroes rioted near

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'L OV C ST, the Atlanta Stadium after being egged on by members of the a~ Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the wake of the police shooting of a Negro auto theft suspect. Sixty-three persons were arrested before the riot was quelled. SCENE OF TROUBLE The rioters ignored pleas of reason from Mayor Ivan Allen Jr., who braved thrown bricks in his efforts to restore peace, and were halted only when city police fired warning shots in the afr and discharged tear gas about two hours later. As police reinforcements arrived in the neighborhood, centered on Capitol Avenue and 01 mond Street SW, the officers broke out shotguns - which apBy DICK HEBERT peared to incense the crowd. A grim-faced Mayor Ivan WHY THE GUNS? "Why the shotguns? Why the len walked into the middle of shotguns?" the crowd shouted. jeering, angry throng of N ~® es.daY ternoon a if ! 1 l~ I In Middle Of Moh--The Mayo ,.. Staff Photo-Robert Connell ~_!- �tec t you." • p•.~ ·rn;~IS t1=::;-;==--=~~ --mg over peacea~---y. Standing shoulcTer to shoulder in the center of . a chanting crowd of hundreds, Allen said through a portable megaphone: 'LET'S GO' "How about listening to me a minute now? How about letting me speak? I'm going to Constitution r epor ters cov- walk up Capitol Avenue to the ering this story were Dick stadium - and if you want to Hebert, Keeler McCartney, come, let's go." Negroes repeatedly asked the Michael Davis, Bill Shipp and mayor, "Why are there only Charles Moore. white people with shotguns?" and bottles at the officers, hit- The mayor answered, "In the ting some. first place we don't need any The mob started to break up shotguns, and I'm not here with only when the officers began anything. Ain't nobody going to firing shots over their heads get killed and you know that." ROCK CAR and firing tear gas. CARS OVERTURNED After the crowd refused to folAt the peak of the riot, one low him to the steps of Atlanta police car and a civilian's car Stadium and refused to hear were overturned and members him as he stood above them on l}_f the mob tried to overturn two the roof of a police car, the paddy wagons. Police and the Negroes rocked the car and al\lehicles of white people were most turned it over.

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a shields were shattered. back onto the car. · Shortly before midnight Mayor At @ne point, a Negro in a red ' Allen surveyed the scene and sh.irit climbed on top of the car s_aid, " I think the people who ~ith Allen and pointed a finger live here have gone to their mto Allen's face, spitting out the Continued on Page 12, Column 1 words, " Black power! ,, REPEAT CRY The crowd took up the chant as its leader brandished his fists m the air. Allen stood watching rimly. A few minutes later the Capttol _Avenue area was tom by gunfire, exploding tear gas bombs and flying bricks, sticks ?0 d socia bottles. Allen still was m the midst of it, caught in a crossfire. A'S newsmen and police scampered from the rain of bricks and bottles, Allen ducked behind the armored police riot trucks but minutes later was again approaching Negro groups to disperse them. LIFE ENDANGERED Later he scoffed at the idea that he had placed his life in danger. " The only thing you think of A number of Negro y o u th s shouted in answer , " Kill the white bastards, kill the white cops." Some of the youths carried large clubs. others rained rocks Continued on Page 6, Column 1 �