Box 19, Folder 7, Document 18

Box 19, Folder 7, Document 18

STATEMENT BY MAYOR IVAN ALLEN, JR.
Thursday, Septernber 8, 1966
5;00 P. M.

Ihave directed City Attorney Henry Bowden and Police
Chief Herbert Jenkins to initiate immediate action against any
and all persone responsible for the disorders which took place

in South Atlanta Tuesday evening.
They are directed to use every facility and legal

to apprehend, arrest and prosecute to the fullest extent of the

authority of the City of Atlanta and the State of Georgia necessary
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law any person involved in the unlawful creation of this incident.
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Let there be no misunderstanding about our intentions

in the apprenhension of these lawbreakers. |