Greenberg Statement on Ruling Against Investigative Dragnet Arrests

Press Release
April 22, 1969

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  • Press Releases, Volume 6. Greenberg Statement on Ruling Against Investigative Dragnet Arrests, 1969. 203ea370-b992-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/a9992772-fed2-45f9-9c8a-c40812fba0da/greenberg-statement-on-ruling-against-investigative-dragnet-arrests. Accessed May 20, 2025.

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STATEMENT BY JACK GREENBERG OF NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE 

AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. (LDF) APRIL 22, 1969. 

The court today for the first time ruled illegal investigative 

dragnet arrests. This police practice is widespread but 

particularly acute in the South, where police often indiscrimi- 

nately round up placks in seeking a suspect. 

LDF cooperating attorneys are being instructed to 

federal court proceedings where police officials fail 

these illegal arrest practices. 

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SENT TO: ASSOCIATED PRESS 

UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL 

NEW YORK TIMES 

WASHINGTON. POST 

commence 

to halt

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