The Annotated John Manchester
Subject: The Annotated John Manchester
Date: 17 May 1999 00:00:00 GMT
Message-ID: <7hptnh$vsa$1@nnrp1.deja.com>
From John Manchester's Shaw trial testimony as previously
posted by Dave Reitzes:
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BY MR. DYMOND:
Q Now, could you tell me why you were investi-
gating the various cars in Clinton at
this time?
A Yes, sir, I was trying to keep out any out-
side agitation, keep it out of this voter
registration drive being conducted.
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[The whole idea of the Voter Education Project, of which the
Clinton registration drive was a part, was to send in
outsiders, usually student volunteers, to help the locals
stand up to the likes of John Manchester and Henry Earl
Palmer. By saying he was trying to keep out ouside agitation,
Manchester is saying he was trying to thwart the entire
registration drive.]
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Q Now, this voter registration drive was actually
a drive for the purpose of getting Negroes
registered to vote, was it not?
A That is right, that is what it was for.
Q Is it not a fact that you were doing every-
thing within your power to keep them from
getting registered?
A No, sir.
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[Does anyone actually believe this?]
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MR. ALCOCK:
What is this, Your Honor, racial preju-
dice in this case?
THE COURT:
Objection sustained. That is completely
irrelevant to the testimony of this
witness and has nothing to do with
this case. I sustain the objection.
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[Gee, someone should have told Joseph Milteer that racial
prejudice had nothing to do with the Kennedy assassination.]
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Jerry Shinley
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Union with regard to my comments on the recent federal court
decision in the Labat and Poret case. This organization might
have had some value a few years back, but it has drifted so far
to the left that it is now almost out of sight."
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