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ries. The Moslems claimed flernan had fired shots at the ‘year-old girl, doors had been cked down, windows had been roken, a barrage of soda bottles had been showered upon the offi- cers, and afi army of police had been rushed into the neighbor- hood, _ : In addition, the Moslems put "up a picket line which marched ‘silegtly in front of the 114th Precinct at Astoria, to the amaze- ment of the police, who were shocked at the speed with. which the Moslems had tossed up a picket line. ; Maleolm X, who had flown In om Boston after the disturb- ce, Tipped the “gestapo tactics white police who patrol the black belts” and compared pol in ghettos te “occupation for ° in occupied territory.” He said, ‘Where else and under what circumstance could you find situations where police can freely invade private homes, bust up furniture, break down doors, threaten to beat pregnant women, and even try to shoot a 13-year- old girl... but right here in American Negro neighborhoods where the ‘occupying army’ is in the disguise of police officers.” .Ministe:s Malcolm X_ insisted that police fired shots into a hall- way of his home and declared te shots endangered lives of Mda- lem women and children. He said the shots were fired through a door.