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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1968
Page
3
A coalition of civil rights activists charged the Los Angeles Police Department with a criminal conspiracy to disrupt and destroy Black and Brown communities. At a noisy City Council hearing, seven demands were presented seeking police reforms and an immediate investigation into alleged conspiracies.
The Watts Summer Festival chairman blamed police handling of a Sunday night incident for a deadly riot. He asserted no community action justified the massacre and criticized the arrest of a woman, urged reducing officer presence, and denied coordinated attacks or use of automatic weapons by Black residents.
About 50 protesters from the Peace and Freedom Party gathered outside Los Angeles Police headquarters chanting slogans against police violence. They carried signs urging freeing Huey Newton and disarming the police after a fatal gunfight left three Black Panthers dead and two officers wounded. Police Chief Tom Reddin declined to meet to discuss the case, citing an ongoing court process for a fourth suspect.
Nearly two dozen Brown Berets picketed the Hall of Justice to protest alleged court bias against the poor and minorities. They condemned overcrowded jail conditions with prisoners sleeping on dirty floors infested by cockroaches and claimed harassment by sheriff's deputies.
Rev. James H. Mims cites two Watts factions, both with grievances, behind Sunday night and Monday morning unrest at Will Rogers Park. He praises Chief Reddin's response, faults militant crowds, and urges police dialogue without cameras to resolve tensions.
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