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FD-302 (Rev. 1-25-6 0) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIG+ TION Date 4/5/61 4 Mr. WILLIS RANDALL WRENN, 1523 Valley Street, Jackson, - .« Mississippi, was interviewed at the Jackson Resident Agency, «)...- co». WRENN furnished the following signed statement: Sees J fae 2 "ZX, WILLIS RANDALL the following volw and pWHO Da _ fied themselves tome as Special Agents of the: . Federal Bureau of Investigation. ° On 3/29/61: I was . in front of the Municipal Court Building, Jackson Miss. in a large crowd which had gathered there. ~.... . This was at about 4:00 PM. I had come there in = hopes of attending the trial of some students from Tougaloo College who were being tried for going ~.. into a public library in Jackson, I was standing “* across the street from the court building when a °°: number of Jackson police officers came running 9) -:- °° across the street yelling at us to get out. I started to head North across a parking lot and felt a blow across my left wrist and back. —The blow knocked me down on my back and I looked up and saw a uniformed police officer standing over me. He «+ had a billy club in his hand, I do not know if he - was the officer who struck me’, but he was the onl one with a club nearby. I was only struck once; I do not know this officers name and I cannot ...: describe him other than that he was a white man and tall. I got back on my feet and walked off My wrist was hurting me where I had n struck so I went the same day to see comin, 5 an _office on Farish St., Jackson. He ex ‘my rm * -- and wrapped it up. He told me I should hav %-Ray made but I haven't had the X-Ray yet; "I have Read. the abovve' Statement”and it On _4/3/61 __gt _ Jackson, Mississippi _ File # NO 44-1250 | s and . (anc) by Date dictated 4/3/61 This document contains neither recommendations nor con clusions of the FBI. It és the Property of the FBI -and ts loaned to your agency; it and ite contents are not to be distributed : outside your agency, 31