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VOL. 75, NO. 246
500 N BROADWAY, OKLAHOMA CITY, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1966
5e in Oklahoma—10e Elsewhere
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Atlanta Mayor Faul
ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) —
Mayor Ivan Allen jr:
charged Wednesday that
Student Nonviolent Co-or-
dinating Committee mem-
bers were directly respon-
sible for Tuesday night's
rioting that shattered At-
lanta’s image of racial
harmony. |
Allen told a news confer-
ence that the disorders
“were the result of a delib-
erate attempt by certain
members of SNCC to
create an incident of this
kind.”
The silver-haired mayor,
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who climbed on top of a
car and tried to calm the
jeering, angry Negroes
during the disorder, said:
"Tf Stokely Carmichael
(na tional chairman of
SNCC) is looking for a bat-
tleground, he created one
last night, and he’ll be met
in whatever situation he
cares to create.”
Carmichael, along with
other SNCC members, was
in the area before the. riot-
ing began, but he was not
seen there later.
Officers said SNCC rep-
eponiaioees urged the
a he re as
ele Tete 7 a Pee os
le aflets jad shouting
crowd to demonstrate and
denounced police officers
as they chanted “black |
power.”’
Seventy-two. persons
were arrested and 15 in-
jured during the outbreak
— the worst the city has
experienced in modern
times — which broke out
after a white policeman- “
y sion of civil disorder that
shot a Negro wanted on a
car theft charge. ‘
Police arrested 10 per-
sons at the riot scene Wed-
nesday after a crowd gath- |
ered and began passing
lack power.’’ Officers
‘dered the crowd to dis-
ae and those who re-
fused were taken away in
‘aay wagons. Order was
quickly restored.
\ oe spark of violence
ignited by a few reckless
al d (Gere tains individu-
‘ _ touched off an explo-
‘Shat Atlanta’s long
and. ee anding record of
ei mity, ’ the mayor
4 ae ‘what I heard with
y ow ears and saw with
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my own eyes in the middle
of this melee, I feel certain
that hundreds of normally
good citizens were in-
flamed out of their normal
good senses. They were
victimized by those who
sought to incite violence.”
Referring to recent
charges by SNCC members
of police brutality, Allen
said, hitting a clinched fist
on the table for emphasis:
“No one need make
charges to me about police
brutality during this disor-
der. I saw plenty of brutali-_
s SNCC for Rioting
ty, but it was all directed
against the police offi-
cers.”
In a separate news con-
ference Wednesday, Police
Chief Herbert Jenkins said
SNCC officials include “‘ir-
responsible and hoodlum
leaders’? and that its rank
and file consists ‘‘mostly
of criminals, hoodlums
and outlaws of all types.”
Jenkins said the Student
Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee’ is now the
nonstudent violent commit-
tee. And we must and will
deal with it accordingly.”
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