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hn - he could get a colored fa for men Mob Angered” As Cops Beat Milfon Masse Harlem witnessed one more shameful case of police brutality May 18 and {s awaiting the out- come of justice this week as the Peoples Comnuttee went -to bat for MiltoIeAMassey. © TYamilton terrace was aroused by the terrifying screams of Mas- sey, and hundreds witnessed from their doors and windows two white plainclothes policemen in- flict such a crucl beating upon him that they were moved to shouts of protest and some even threw bot- tles Bom their windows. lassey escaped into number 3 Hfmilton terrace where he room Je his landlord barred the wot the pursuing white cops and @ ed with them, Officer Wallace, aj egro who lives in the neighbor-, hood, drrived in response to two: shots fired by one of the pursuers. : Wallace brought the battered © and bleeding Masesy down in his pajamas and barefooted. When they reached the door, say wit- nesses, Wallace knocked Massey down a flight of stone stairs to the ' street. CHARGED WITII ASSAULT ; Massey who has been in prison for a week awaiting a hearing, , gays he was approached by the! plainclothesmen when he sought | cover in a vestibule during a: storm. He was asked, he says, if, them, When he refused followed him home. It was remembered by many ob- servers that police brutalities in the case were not prosecuted Armstrong by the Grand Jury and that police have esca punishment in other pia —- PEOPLE'S VOICE | May 29, 1943 ~—h [00-5/23,