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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 chronology documents an earlier arrest of Rev. Manker R. Harris on June 18, 1970, on two attempted-murder and two unlawful-use-of-weapons counts. This predates his separately documented December picket arrest. 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
