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— wen STATES DEPARTMENT iQ eries FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION § Charlotte, North Carolina ‘ In Reply, Please Refer to August 28, 1969 : File Ne. : TONY BERNARD ALFORD, ALSO KNOWN AS TONY ALFRED RACIAL MATTERS — BLACK PANTHER PARTY The “Charlotte Observer" in its issue of May 29, 1969, a newspaper of general circulation, Charlotte, North Carolina, in an article concerning a raid at 316 South Turner Avenue which described the place as the residence for the local group seeking affiliation with the Black Panvher Party (BPP) meets, quoted one TONY ALFRED as saying that he asked an officer for a warrant and "he just told me ‘shut up nigger’ and pointed the shotgun at me", The articie continued on to quote ALFORD in other statements indicating membership in the group known as the potential BPP. of names and potentiai members of the potential PPP which he had received from a source. Included in this list was the name TONY BERNARD On June 6, 1969, a complaint and motion for temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction was filed in U. S. District Court, Charlotte, North Carolina, by GEORGE S. DALY, Attorney for American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The Plaintiffs in the suit allege harassment by representatives of the Charlotte, North Carolina, Police Departrent; Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Police Department; State Bureau of Investigation; Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division, U. 8S. Treasury Department and the FBI. THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS NEITHER RECOMMENDATIONS NOR CONCLUSIONS OF THE FBI. IT IS TRE PROPERTY OF THE FBI AND IS LOANED TO YOUR AGENCY; IT AND ITS CONTENTS ARE NOT TO BE DISTRIBUTED OUTSIDE YOUR AGENCY.