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-8- ' a Darron Glass Mrs. Fannie Mae Smith wants to know why were the parents treated like suspects and why did the police have so little interest in investigating the cases. Mrs. Smith is the foster parent of Darron Glass--the only missing child. Observations made by parents above are also commonly shared by -many Atlantans--many of whom welcome the opportunity to repeat their observations and experiences that might hopefully bring an end to a this nightmare. Police Indifference Parents contend that the establishment of the special Task Force was & much delayed reaction. They report that only after five of the children deaths in the face of constant cries for a special investi- gation was a special Task Force set up to handle the cases. They could not understand the obvious limited value that was being placed on investigating such a terrible string of murders of their children. They are now enraged at the sharp contrast that bas appeared with the recent attempted murder of Atlanta lawyer Hirsch Friedman. Within 48 hours after the attempt on this white citizen’s life, a Task Force was established to investigate it. Even the FBI announced within 72 hours after the attempt that they would officially enter the investigating citing that their intervention was because of a possible violation of Friedman’ s civil rights. (see enclosed news clippings.) The questions now on the parents' minds--and certainly valid ones-- 1) Were our dead biack children from Atlanta's ghettos subject to the same equal rights of the law as an influential white male lawyer from Atlanta's affluent Northside? 2) Had the children been white would the establishment of the Task Force taken place much quicker? “I, too, am bewildered and at a loss to understand the difference in treatment in the two cases. Is it because of color? eee Da ee mn Cone] usSsl0g ‘Mr. Reynolds, the case of Atlanta's missing and murdered children is one of the most heinous and bizarre crimes ever committee in the country and indeed the world. Because of it, even the closure of the cases is one of the most talked about subjects in the city of Atlanta. The evidence presented above would provoke the question in the mind of any constitutional lawyer as to the violation of the civil rights of these young black children. Further, it strongly suggests that a person or persons still running free were responsible _ for some of these children's deaths. a . oe BS phe ;