Greenberg Statement on Ruling Against Investigative Dragnet Arrests
Press Release
April 22, 1969
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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