Meeting Voices Clash Over Police Actions After Brawl
About 120 people at Mount Zion Baptist Church heard civilians challenge police accounts of arrests after the May 20 Brown Derby/L and H Lounge incident and the June 10 Rompot Street event. Residents urged state or federal investigations to clarify what happened.
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Rompot Street
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Brown Derby
Cleo Suter
Carl Ledford
Fifth Ave. SE
Gareth Clift
Floyd Bergen
Cedar Rapids
Community meeting reports police conduct clashes
Ledoro opidsnew Lea was found guilty on June 9 of interference with official acts and fined $35. The case is on appeal. Danny Morgan, 21, of 712 Ninth Ave. SE, was arrested at the L and H Lounge. His mother spoke about police treatment at headquarters and a mistaken custody report. A dispute at 2306 Rompot St SE involved Pam Norris and officer Orvaldes Casteel. A $30,000 lawsuit was filed by Casteel against Donald Lnenicka. The gathering urged a defense fund amid calls for outside investigations and civil rights inquiries.
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Anthony Scolaro
Danny Morgan
Ninth Ave. SE
Saulting
Casteel
Donald Lnenicka
Rompot St. SE
Lawrence H. Smith
Third Ave. SE
Smith
Steven Stuart
First Ave. NE
Stuart
Mercy Hospital
Arnold D. Deeds
Fourth St. NW
Lorene Deeds
Phillip Smith
Fourth Ave
Lunda Construction Co
Interstate 380
King aide Davis dies at 63 in New Orleans
The Rev. Abraham Lincoln Davis, who helped form the SCLC with Martin Luther King Jr. in 1957 and later became New Orleans' first Black city councilman, died Saturday at age 63. He served as vice president of the SCLC when King led the group. Davis lost a recent bid for re-election.
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New Orleans
Abraham Lincoln Davis
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
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Davis
Trial dates set for two men in Cedar Rapids court
U S District Court in Cedar Rapids scheduled July 24 for Joseph Overly aged 19, charged with theft of 2291 dollars from First Trust and Savings Bank on March 27, and James Blevins aged 42, indicted on two counts of false bank loan statements and one forged check across state lines.
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U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Joseph Overly
Blakely Blvd
First Trust and Savings Bank
First Ave. NE
James Blevins
Bowling St. SW
Blevins
Linn County
Man charged in six car crash near downtown intersection
Clifford Charles Vanda 31 of 128 27th Street Dr SE faces drunken driving and driving on the wrong side charges after a six vehicle crash at First Ave East and 19th St. No injuries reported. The incident caused an estimated $8,000 in property damage as Vanda attempted to flee on foot.
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27Th Street
First Avenue
19Th Street
Yanda
Richard P. Smith
D Ave. NE
Richard Danowsky
19Th St
John R. Orendac
Blairs Ferry Road
Dennis J. O’brien
First Ave
Marion
Jerry P. Williams
Spyglass Hill
Orendal
O’brien
Williams
Vanda
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Underwood Ave
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