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& gun was at the meet- ~~ o* Malcolm station attendant, was at-Illesder of the Muslims, later ed last August on qaarees protested that police had assaulting two police to force their- way into who, Fairwell charged, a# jm religious meeting... ulted him. A grand jury '- These -matters subsequently cleared Pairwe#l viously been reported, but ‘and the two officers. vgince all three cases are row oe has filed a $125,-" before ‘the courts this is not suit against the city ‘the place to argue the merits fon “damages for personal in- pf the cases. However, one juries and indignities” suf- can select a few from many od bene of what he de- available iflustrations to in- as the negligence dicate the feelings of the Reg” community about te : 4 ull misconduct of the The weekend. that begin d its employes. ith the evening (of Feb. 8 White, 46, of 383 Joseph w the suspension of the (q tue ix Faninan Tah Farc., 15 iavilg County and Teur oificers in the Wore City Court trials on chargescdse and the affest of 1 of driving while intoxicated,}men on charges , stemming resisting arrest, third degreellfrom the Jan. 6 Slash with’ assault, driving without anllpolice at the site of the operator's license and with-||Muslim meeting. Two other ult proper registration in con-|'defendants involved in that Bection with his arrest Jan} incident were arrested 26. earlier, and all 18 are free in! ¢ Four patrolmen involved - arrest were arg Dr. Walter Cooper, “chair. man of the sommunity affairs pending ‘the outcome of of the community affairs ice Bureau investigation [if committee of the White arrest, in which||Branch, National Asso ation White suffered injuries that] | 5; the tonal Associ of Policemen ‘were later’ rein} | Vored People, recalled that stated with reprimands. hi) was one of several people ' White later filed and then two predominantly Negro ‘withdrew charges against areas that week é three of the four policemen}! yy st we-trie involved in his arrest. Accord- weekend was to visit bars ing to his attorney, White} j/_. barbershops and try to ‘withdrew the charges to con-| |7~ ‘centrate _. on his—optdrhin: avisls, ©. ae bring some sanity to people who had become more thas poem Al involved,” Dr. ‘sal Xo. ‘national © circulated in the city’s: do that: tfon groupe to pro-| test rtleged police abuses of; Negroes, several things: | nificant to the entire com; munity emerged. Tha—meeting, was ealled on very short idrew an audience of about ; egro except ‘Tor | sprinkling of whites. The| lense that attracted them was’ i police. Most were peaple tho almost ‘never attend reguiar meetings held by ditional protest groups — Malcom X, although mot a. hedulea speaker, ke et during the question ye and was received enthu ic- ally. * Furthermore, * Integration ,groups, while rejecting the separatism of the. Muslims, indicated at the meeting and dince then that they would stand by the Muslims to help defend the’ civil. rights es shactor Neoraes. sound SYR err 4 “ Feeling Persists -_ Jie many of the acti of the integration groups in e current situation can be terpreted as moves to unter the local impact of Muslims, on the issue ged abuse of authority ce the feeling pers thit as ¢ speaker at the Feb meeting said: “We Black folks first.” Uoe L., a