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Malcolm X — Part 35
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30 uniformed policemen then permit. '
were on hand. =———= meted for ae suction on ar
Police Reinforced lic property. ga——ae
Minutes later, they were re-'| The Wabash Av. District po-
qumbered about 125. juries at Provident Hospital .
They pursued the crowd, | YM 0 ae |
moving ina wide arc of some} Daniel Moran, face cut |
509 yards, back into the park. || from thrown brick; Louis Shel. /
, the crowd assembled | ley, bruised arm; James Brec- |
nsibly, the police 19 | wred wrist. i
try to free a number of parti The 3 ee :
cipants who were being 1 adults and seven
juveniles were afrested
charges rangine from moh
suerins +
The qowd iciaied po
200. Tpey chanted jae 10 disorderly conduct Some
shouted ihsults af the pplict were charged additionally with
mien before being dispersed. ! apgryvated battery dam.
Three Molotow cocktails age fo police property, |
questioned inside.
‘Be
were hurled into 48th St. They bree of the juv
fanded harmlessly although anes during vent icios
they were ignited. filming of arresting police a
Bottles and stones also wert ; the station.
thrown at policemen.
Inside the sation, dem
onstrators refused to stand for
photographs aad would not
discuss ine incident with mews-
Police Lt Robert Harness,
commander of the 2d District.
praised his men. “They kep!
their heads, and withstood a lot
of baiting and pressure,” he
com»mentied.
The area was cleared by
645 pm. and by midnight
the Wabash Av. station had
ity normal complement of men
‘on duty. .
A 13-year-old gitl said she
i
| was told by some of the
group 10 pul up a sign Te-
img the park. She worg a
button) with a picture of Njal-
colm } .
Thel girl complained thag as:
she attempted to post the sign |
“a policeman hit me in the
head.”
The police said they had
planned tw remove the sign.
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