LDF and Baltimore NAACP to File Complaint Against Police Commissioner on Unlawful Entries, Searches, etc. (Telegram)

Press Release
January 7, 1965

LDF and Baltimore NAACP to File Complaint Against Police Commissioner on Unlawful Entries, Searches, etc. (Telegram) preview

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  • Press Releases, Volume 2. LDF and Baltimore NAACP to File Complaint Against Police Commissioner on Unlawful Entries, Searches, etc. (Telegram), 1965. 52cd8d8a-b592-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/2d223373-a55b-449a-b0e8-66cb30c9a782/ldf-and-baltimore-naacp-to-file-complaint-against-police-commissioner-on-unlawful-entries-searches-etc-telegram. Accessed October 09, 2025.

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INAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & ED. FUND 
10 Columbus Circle Suite 2030 N.Y. 

Send the following message, subject to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby agreed to 

January 7, 1965 
(Send the following to the attached list) 

Attorneys of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, in cooperation with the 
Baltimore branch of the NAACP will file a complaint Friday (AM) Jan. 8th 
against Baltimore police commissioner Bernard Schmidt in Federal District 
Court asking that a temporary restraining order and a preliminary in- 
junction be granted enjoining Baltimore police from making unlawful entries 
and searches of homes without warrants and from harrassing, threatening 
or intimidating persons who protest or resist unlawful entries and 
searches. 

Joining New York based Legal Defense Fund attorneys Jack Greenberg 
and James Nabrit, III are Attorneys Jaunita Jackson Mitchell and Tucker R, 
Dearing of Baltimore, For Further information contact Mrs, Mitchell at 
(Area Code) 301 - LA 3-1142. 

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Would appreciate crediting the LEGAL DEFENSE FUND with this 
action. Be 

Jesse DeVore, Jr., Director 
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