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Odessa American in Odessa, Texas

06 Mar 1995

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Odessa American

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Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 06, 1995

Page

5

Bloody Sunday march leaders toasted with city keys in Selma

In Selma, civil rights figures mark the 30th anniversary by receiving keys to the city from former segregationist mayor Joe Smitherman. Leaders including Hosea Williams and John Lewis recall the Edmund Pettus Bridge attack on March 7, 1965, and vow continued fights for voting rights amid court battles over district shapes.

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Baton use declines in LAPD after King beating

LAPD officers used batons far less after the Rodney King beating with just 41 arrests last year, a 92 percent drop from 1990 when batons were used 501 times. Some say fear of firing, lawsuits, or jail keeps officers from drawing the baton. Dennis Zine of the officers union notes many won’t even take it out.

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