NAACP In Probe Of Jail Slaying

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Source Type

Newspapers

Publisher

The Chicago Defender

Publication Place

Chicago, IL

Publication Date

12/03/1966

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NAACP In Probe Of Jail Slaying- TUSKEGEE, Ala. - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, has called upon state and Federal law enforcement officers, to investigate and bring to justice the killer or killers of, James Earl Motley, 26-year-old, Negro construction worker,, who was beaten to death while, in jail in nearby Wetumpka., In identical telegrams to Alabama Attorney General Richard Flowers; John Doar, chief, of the civil rights division of, the U.S. Department of Justice;, Dillard Howell, FBI regional, director; and Elmore County, Sheriff Lester Holley, the Rev., Kenneth L. Buford urged them, to do everything within their, power "to see to it that the, person or persons who committed this dastardly crime be, immediately brought to justice.", Meanwhile, the Alabama, State NAACP and the Elmore, County (Wetumpka) NAACP, Branch, h e aded by C.W., George, has initiated an investigation into the crime., "This case is a clear evidence of police brutality at its, worst and the NAACP intends, to investigate it to the best, of our ability," Mr. Buford, said., Motley was arrested, accused, of drunkenness, taken from an, automobile in which he was, riding with six companions, and, beaten when he protested and, questioned the authority of the, deputy sheriff to arrest him,, according to witnesses. He was, taken to jail and the next morning his blood-stained body was, turned over to a Negro funeral, home., In the presence of witnesses,, before being taken to jail, be, was beaten by the white deputy, as two state troopers held him.

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