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1 by Karen Pusey Staff Writer Pitt County has a history of police brutality and State Trooper Billy Day is only a victim of that system, a Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) attorney said Wednesday night. Jerry Paul, member of a pane! discussing recent incidents in Ayden, said the investigation of the Aug. 6 shooting death of black farm laborer Bill Murphy by Day was handled poorly from the beginning. A panel sponsored by the Carolina Union Current Affairs Committee discussed Wedneday recent protest in Ayden stemming from Murphy's death and other incidents of alleged police brutality. The chief issues raised in the discussion included summaries of the Ayden protests, the involvement of SCLC in Pitt County and experiences of UNC students jailed after an Ayden protest a week ago. Vol. 80, No. 69 in by Charles Jeffries Writer A memorial service, including a downtown march, will be held at noon today for James Cates, a Chapel Hill youth who -was stabbed to death at a dance one year ago at UNC. The service, coordinated by the Black Student Movement (BSM), will attempt to focus on the death of Cates and at the same time show public sentiment over the recent developments in Ayden. Cates bled to death behind the Student Union after being involved in a fracas between a group of black Chapel Hill youths and a Durham motorcycle gang on Nov. 21, 1970. Members of the gang were later acquitted of murder r T 1 """"" . . . , - . - - i i '.' j-" Voter registration attorney: Pitt Day was acquitted of criminal charges by a coroner's inquest and investigation by the State Bureau of Investigation (SB!). Many Ayden blacks have said the investigations were not handled correctly. As a continuation of the Ayden protests, Dr. Ralph Abernathy, president of the SCLC, will speak at 8 p.m. today on the Ayden situation at the York Memorial Church in Greenville. in addition to Paul, members of Wednesday night's panel were Chris Coates. third-year law student and organizer of the UNC students who went to Ayden; Din Poiht, a law professor and president of the N.C. Civil Liberties Uninon (NCCLU); Paul Keck, a second-year law student and former student body president of Payetteville State University; Laurie I lines, a senior psychology majorat UNC and one of the students arrested: and Billy Roundtree. vice president of the Pitt County chapter of the NCCLU. Pollit expressed concern of the NCCLU about the authorities' failure to o: charges in a Hillsborough court. Speakers for today's services which will begin at the statue of Silent Sam near Franklin Street will include the Rev. Leon White, a member of the N.C.-Va. Committee for Racial Justice; Sandra Clark, member of the Afro-American Society of Chapel Hill High School; Harvey White, president of the Student Government Association at NCCU in Durham; Cure ton Johnson, sports Information Director at A&T State University and a 1970 graduate of UNC; Bernard Lee, assistant to the Rev. Ralph Abernathy; and Jimmy McRae, chairman of the BSM. After hearing Rev. White speak at the Silent Sam statue, there will be a march ear v -..o s t - all sell ' clean up" the facts -ur Murphy's death. Day's version of the ir.vider. Murphy had been arrested fc drunkenness, put in the patrol . for Day's gun. and had esn -h following struggle for the according to Pollit. Murpr reportedly fell out of the open f door on to the high ay h handcuffed him and" look Kir hospital. Pollit suid the NCC LU County conducted its o'ah invv got a report from Murphy's that Murphy v. as not drunk, jt tv.o witnesses to the -rr-.-t. Although these findings ..re to the SBI. none of the NCCLU were brought out at the , inquest, Pollit said. Pollit added that the governoi of an investigation whuh exoner. of the slaying has not been made to the NCCLU. Paul, chief ?peuker on the o. rr: Da' Vjr ' ;1 Friday, November 19, 1971 toda acrosr campus to the Pit. scene of the stabbing. According to a spokesman for the BSM, members of the group are asked to wear black or other dark colors, while other students are asked to show their support by wearing black armbands which will be available at the start of the services at the statue. Full cooperation has been received from the Chapel Hill Police Department and the campus police in directing traffic for the march. "We hope to attract enough attention so as to bring to the public scrutiny the current trend of events in this state which affect black people, and gain support to halt that trend," said the spokesman. bv Jessica Hancliar Staff Writer Several hundred persons attended a voter registration rally Thursday afternoon at the Chapel Hill Municipal Building where about 250 - double the previous single day's high - registered to vote. The rallv which included three "i p if it ...... ; ... t J UNC student Kathryn Rankin (left) gives the oath as .Mrs. Ken Howard registers to vote. About 250 persons registered to vote at the voter registration rally Thursday at the Chape! Hill Municipal Building. o JTM 14 attorney for the Pitt County United brfcrt Coalition, described the r'nilo-cphy of the SCLC in Pitt County. ""The intention of the movement is to get "The only tool ve have a our bodies." sa;d. "The only way to beat the ' 'tem is to softer. Going to jail is the "by weapon the movement has. "You re here tonight because we ' '': to the -tr.-et-." he told the corded ".-ctir.g room in the Student Union. He vitcd incidents which were poorly u.i w 4 . . u,r i: investigation of Murphy clothes were never to-r.d after the -hooting: hi family had pa for an autopsy which was performed 10 days after the shooting, and the SCLC had to fight for an inquest hiJ; wjs held three weeks later. He then listed some SCLC demand.-, including bail reform, elimination of T.d requirements in some cases, a limit f 5500 bond in misdemeanors, and the rinne of Day. - wesive bonds m Pitt Countv huv e l..!i!nrul I rct dn - . m ijfww jtw -' 111 m-'fLtmmmmm wwwiww.iiM)wwy i . jj jjihwhiw jiiii pii mil' hwpiwiwh!' laiwinnw uihibp "l1 ' ' - - ' "'-"--7 "i-r.r-:" oo '. - y ts " To"-- " X. ) . . -i s I Sit i i t f , j - - A lit I 11 JL ..... . s. .. . " . -'k, . . j. ... .,4 . v., f br tf :.h .-. . , .,' , ... ---. .j" x V The Eagle rolls into town on the top of a UNC student's when the canoe's in water, The Eagle's upside down. (Staff van. The paint job adds a lot to the canoe, but one thing: photo by Cliff Kolovson) reg rock bands, lasted from 4 to 8 p.m. on the Municipal Building parking lot. About 30 people were always in line waiting to register to vote. All those standing in line by 9 p.m. were allowed to register. The total of 250 was more than double the previous single day high of 1 20. The bands, spectators and Several hundred were entertained by Stewart) H J f ory : reen a problem from the beginning. Paul sa:d. Bond for each arrested UNC student was set at $1,000. They were charged with parading without a permit which carries a maximum fine of S50. Currently. Golden Frir.ks. field secretary for SCLC working in Ayden. is under $50,000 bond. Coates. one of the students arrested in Ayden. said the Pitt County Jail was the best example of how the Ayden power structure was reacting to the protests. I got the feeling we were just eeing the relatively minor atrocities of the power structure," Coates said. Keck, who was also arrested, s he would go to jail again. "Ar.v u don't fight for you don't Miss Hmes reb discrimination in the She said the men and , searched, but the w h:te and the white women v keep their books and ciea Mack women were not. f iter to vote registrants were all part of a voter registration rally sponsored by the Campaign for Young Voters, the UNC Student Government, N.C. Veterans for Peace and the Carolina Union Current Affairs Committee. The rally was held not only to register the young voters but also to place them on the list of prospective jurors. The jury list w ill be compiled from all those who had be compiled from all those who had .. T I' 0 ' 4 ' i X3 persons attended the rally, where they local bands (right ). (Staff photos by Scott ATI . BFintality Ore student aske. v r jt io ,.,e r-eor.e w.-.o r.jv e a: rea. r V. . H.iu. t ii rrpu cv M.ii i u . guilty would be entered a tre hearing Dec. Q. If the students are f.sni $-..:: . , 3rr"' be mad? to Superior C He strewed no fines uo-ld h-e p.. d Another question cor.ctrr.cd the da of the next march in Ayden. Pa..! 4.d " next march would involve j -a- . "jail-m." hut people must be prepar. .! be in jail for at least a week That, p problems with raising hr.d m -e. ': hiCUuU UiiiiwU,:tS .. v . .. ' . . specific date. Paul said UNC students are ir.v.ted rally tonight m A den ' -Abernathy. Persons interested m g r should meet at the Lr,crd-' Me.-: House on Highway 5-i at ! d - : . ,. nng seeping bags. Another gr. ...y -ve for Ayden at a no S,;:.:-o. f . w . . . i v . . v . . . . . i . i . Founded February 23, 1893 o registered to Thursday. vote by ( p.m. Three registrars asked the students the routine questions: Do you declare Chapel Hill to be your legal residence' Have you severed all legal ties with our former home? Hath student was asked his age, address, and party at filiation, and then each took the oath required of all who register. Comments from students who came to recister varied from "1 want to be able to serve on the jury" to "I live here, why shouldn't I register" to "I just want to be able to vote." Outside the building, in between band numbers, members of Campaign for Young Voters and the N.C. Veterans for Peace urged anyone over 18 in the crowd to go inside and register. The Veterans circulated petitions for amnesty to those who opposed the Vietnam war. Requests for contributions for those arrested in Pitt County !a-t weekend during the protests against alleged police brutality were also heard during the voter rally. Orange County Democratic Chairman Roger Foushee, Rep. Carl Smith (D-Orange and Chatham Counties) and other area politicians attended the rally and spoke informally to the students. TODAY: Partly cloudy and warm; high in the mid 70s, low in the high 50s; probability of precipitation 30 percent.
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