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Racial Incidents in Bedford - Stuyvesant Area, Brooklyn, New York, August 21-23, 1966 incidents at Prospect Park West, Bedford Avenue and Park Avenue, and Skillman and Flushing Avenue, all Brooklyn, New York, on August 22, 1966(W) At approximately 7:00 p.m., a Brooklyn Summer Youth Theatre Group of 1151 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, were rehearsing in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York. During a rehearsal break five females and one male, ail Negro,went to a "pizza joint" at 209 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn. In front of the ‘pizza joint" a group of whites made derogatory remarks to the Negroes an2 an aitercation ensued. As a result of this altercation, one female Negro, age 16, a male Negro, age 19, and a white male, age 17, were taken to the Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn. All suffered slight injuries but no arrests were: made and no one has pressed a complaint Ve’) "At 10:40 Le They were arrested @ oth were charged witht venue, Brooklyn, 1. False alarm of fire. - 2. Malicious Mischief (broken windows in area). 3. Disorderly conduct. 4. VAolation of Section 1991, Subdivision 4 (throwing rocks at police and firemen answering the false alarm. NYCPD automobile number 1471, of the 90th Precinct was hit -by a rock resulting in little or no damage ae to police that he had been ta) V4 St Percenters" for one week an itted taking in- structions for two weeks. He five Percenters" as a militant Negro youth organization on the style of the Black Muslim{u -2- yp