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Description
Two documents describing an incident that occured on December 17, [1950], involving the arrest of two African American Males, Maurice Simpson (19), and Bobby Mims (20), and their subsequent 60-day incarceration. The documents, one issued in a fact-sheet format, the other a plea of support to the Pasadena community, alledge the two young men were beaten before, during, and after the "booking" process. One officer named, Nick Dally, was apparently involved in such practices on prior occasions. Neither sheet has the year of production, but appear to be issued late-February or March of 1951. The actions taken by the Committee, demanding investigations into the incident, etc., were reported in issues of Pasadena Independent of February, 1951, viewed via online database Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Text Title supplied by cataloger Pasadena, California :, Pasadena Committee Against Police Brutality
Type
text
Format
2 sheets (1 page each) ; 33 x 23 cm and 28 x 22 cm
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb51625085
Language
English
Subject
False imprisonment African Americans Police--Complaints against False arrest Police Police brutality African American young men Pasadena (California)
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