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Melvin Belli — Part 7
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TO : Mr. Wick DATE: 2-25-66
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NL = “ MARCH, 1966
. . PANEL DISCUSSION:
Pa fe “CRISISIN LAW ENFORCEMENT
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includes a'panel discussion on alléged
iduals. -'Taking part are shyster lawyer
american Civil
stin; disgraced ex-Agent, Willi
Keighton of Chicago; the notorious literar
University's Fred Inbau and Joseph{Lohmafi of the University of California School of
riminology. rere PUMP Ais Nod staat ah Ay Teh Pith. £0, babe
As expected, all but Inyau and Lohman bitterly attack law enforcement with
~mphasis on their own particular complaints. Some of the strongest references emanate
from ex-Agent: Turner, who criticizes. . law enforcement in general and the FBI in
-articular on such points as alleged illegal arrests, wire tapping, overemphasis on
statistical accomplishments, abuse of civil liberties, invasion of privacy and polygraph use.
Melvin Rell; subversive pervert, Baya
Civil Liberties Union Exécuti
The ''Playboy"' spokesman ridicules the upswing in crimes and attempts
“9 establish the point that the Director and others who abhor "coddling of criminals" are
at war with those who support civil liberties. One main point of discussion revolves about
the interrogation of suspects with and without an attorney. >.
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some eyes of points discussed are as follows:
7 i \Inbau and Ohman feel recent Supreme Court decisions re individual rights
have crippled law enforcement. The rest of the panel vehemently argue to the
contrary,mentioning McNabb, Mallory, Gideon and Escobedo decisions. Methods
of interrogation are discussed with the same split of opinion as previously indicated.
Pemberton rambles loudly and at length about civil liberties.
; Rustin feels Negroes are victimized and tricked into confessing to crimes
they:did not commit, Also,that vagrancy laws and the bail bond system discriminate
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po: wa et ‘ . ° te
| . OR” Pemberton steongly criticizes the '"stop-and-frisk" stStutase intbalts
“ “vigorously supports, these where reasonable suspicions exist._ —_
In discussing "'no-knock-and-enter" laws, Turner mentions (page 54) an
* FBI motel raid where Agents allegedly shot: an innocent man in the face when he -
gy _tid not open the door fast enough. He apparen y refers to an incident on 2-12-53
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