At 1:50 p.m. today, Monday, 4
November, on the eve of the national
election, two of
Charlottesville's finest exhibited another
example of that apparently
inescapable small town "cop-ism"
which confronts us almost daily.
The incident occurred at the intersection
of Garrett and Ware Streets,
in a predominantly Negro neighborhood,
when Charlottesville Police
patrol wagon number 64 pulled to a
screeching halt and the officer in
the passenger seat jumped out and
viciously ripped a campaign poster
soliciting votes for Dick Gregory
for president from the telephone
pole to which it had been tacked.
The officer then got back into the
car, and the officer who was operating
the car drove it unhesitatingly
past the next telephone pole which
bore a poster with a picture of the
very white, very establishment face
of Congressman Marsh.
You're welcome in Selma,
George.
Richard A. LaFleur
Grad. 1
