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| come —-§TUDENT-NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE <. --- = = STOKELY CARMICHAEL - Rally, Atlanta, Georgia, September 3, 1966 A confidential source advised that the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee sponsored a rally ina predominantly Negro neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 3, 1966. Stokely Carmichael made a short speech at the rally. He attacked the Atlanta Police Department on police brutality matters. According to the source, Carmichael stated Negroes should form vigilante groups to observe police and should any acts of police brutality be observed, a committee should be formed among the Negro element to follow such matters. The source estimated there were about two hundred persons in attendance, many of whom were not in sympathy with the policies of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. — - Racial Disturbance, Atlanta, Georgia, September 6, 196 -The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee - scheduled a rally at Capitol and Ordman Streets, Atlanta, -Georgia, on the afternoon of September 6, 1966, in protest of the arrest and shooting of a Negro male for auto theft _ earlier in the day.-. During the rally several unidentified Negroes talked to the group in a haranguing manner. Members of the group started throwing rocks and bottles at police officers and white spectators, Ivan-Allen, Jr., Mayor of Atlanta, was unsuccessful in quelling the disturbance. Several acts of violence occurred resulting in the arrest of seventy-two people by the Atlanta Police Department; however, specific charges are not known. mo . eta ER me eon a, ie pe ee EE A Ee ye SINT Te