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...July 10 Judge Christenberry issued an order insisting on police protection for civil rights demonstrators in Bogalusa, La. "I'm not a swinging liberal," Christenberry said last week...
...therefore enraged when town and county cops turned their backs while whites beat and otherwise harassed civil rights marchers in Bogalusa a couple of weeks ago. Christenberry cited Bogalusa's Public Safety Commissioner Arnold Spiers, Police Chief Claxton Knight, and Patrolman Donald Penton for civil contempt of court. Last week, during hearings, the judge was further enraged to see films of Bogalusa demonstrations which showed whites waving Confederate flags everywhere. "Except on the post office, are there any American flags there anywhere?" he asked. When some courtroom spectators laughed, Christenberry went on: "This is a serious business. Every picture...
...hearings, the judge found Spiers, Knight and Penton guilty, but he imposed no penalties immediately. Instead, Christenberry gave Spiers and Knight seven days to create and implement a security plan for Bogalusa's civil rights workers. Failure to do so, he warned, would mean fines of $100 a day for each. Failure to comply will also put Knight and Spiers in the custody of the U.S. Attorney General, who would then have the power to jail them or treat them like parolees. Penton got off with what amounted to a warning...
Doar, who succeeded Burke Marshall this spring as assistant attorney general in charge of the Juntice Department's civil rights division, has been the principal government representative at the racial crises in Selma, Ala, and Bogalusa...
...Mayor Jesse Cutrer and Young, sent a Justice Department mediator to try his hand. McKeithen, who called the Negro refusal to mark time for 30 days "a tragic mistake," mobilized 100 agents of the Wild Life and Fisheries Commission for riot-control training in case reinforcements are needed in Bogalusa...