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( ee a ae ee ae aa neem mame am f ™ 2 lain er LAWRENCE ANDREW RAINEY ‘tern as Sheriff of Neshoba County, Mississippi, which he began serving on January 6, 1964. He had prior law enforcement experience as a deputy sheriff from October, 1960, 1 until nea Yen ww OP LTrmrn? «ar tay March, 1963, under former Neshoba County Sheriff ETHEL GLEX "HOP" BAR! __RAINEY resides with his vite se Philadeciphia b7e- Since his tenure as Sheriff of Weshobe County, RAINEY has been the subject of mmerous civil rights complaints, tye that resulted in indictments by a Federal ( Grand Jury at Biloxi, Mississippi, which convened in September and October, 1964. Asp a result of these indictments, RAINEY was arrested on October 3, 1964, for violation of Title 18, Section 242 and Section 371, U. 8S. Code, and was taken before the U, 8, Commissioner at Meridian, Mississippi, and released on $2,000 bond. RAINEY declined to make any s fement at that time. ] LAWRENCE ANDREW RAINEY was elected to ea four-year | |