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: 7 * i . ; _and an FBI agent. Alford assaulted one of the Negroes participating in tae march. _ (8} May 19, 1965, Vargil Corkern, Klansman, two sons of " Wircil Corbern, and other white persons went to Cassidy Park, a public recreation area maintained by the City of Bogalusa, for the purpose of interfering with the enjoyment of the park by Negroes and white CORE workers wha were present at the park and using the facilities for the first time on & non-segregated basis. The Corkern group entered the park and dispersed the Negro citizens with clubs, belts, and other weapons. — , (9) Negro members of the Bogalusa Voters League, unable to exercise their civil rights and also unable to ebtain from police " officials adequate protection fron the Klan, filed suit June 25, Civ.Ac. No.15,727 1965, in the case of Hicks v. Kniche fin canis Court. The complaint asks for an injunction requiring officers of the City of Bogalusa to open the public parks and to onerete such parks without racial -discrimination, and also requiring law enforcement officers of the 4 * City, Parish, and State to protect the Negro plaintiffs and other Negroes from physical assaults, beatings, harassment, and intimi~ dation at the hands of white citizens. July 10, 1965, this Court issued | an injunction in Hicks v. Knight enjoining certain city and parish law enforcement officers from failing to use all reasonable means to pro- tect the Negro plaintiffs and others sinilarly situated from physical assaults and beatings and from harassment and intimidation preventing or discouraging the exercise of their xvights to picket, assemble peaceably, and advocate equal civil rights for Negroes, The prelimi- nary injunction is still in full force and effect. Even after this Court issued its order July 10, 1965, the defendant Kiansmen con~ | tinued to interfere with Negro citizens exercising civil rights and . -~ % ~