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A United Front of Cairo press release reports actual arrests during the December 5, 1970 peaceful downtown business-district picket in Cairo, Illinois. It names chief of staff James Chairs, Rev. Manker R. Harris and white Front worker Rev. Bernard Bodewes. It alleges police violence, including injuries to Chairs after a deputy shot his car tires. The release supplies no individual discharge dates, charges or complete custody totals. The Black Panther, December19,1970 volV no25, original PDF page 5. Source: https://washingtonareaspark.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/1970-12-19-bpp-.pdf#page=5
The United Front chronology reports a separate January 6, 1971 arrest of James Chairs at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield on a conspiracy-to-murder accusation arising from the December 5 incident. It does not establish when this detention ended. Source: Right On!, April 3, 1971, PDF page 17. https://freedomarchives.org/Documents/Finder/DOC513_scans/BPP_Intercommunal/513.Black%20Panther%20%28New%29%20Intercommunal%20News%20Service.The_Black_Panther_1971.pdf#page=17
