Legal Opinion
Chinn v. Johnson
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided January 10, 1969No. Civ. A. No. 3977PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.
On July 16, 1966, a civil rights march took place in Canton, Mississippi. The asserted purpose of the march was to protest the use of tear gas by Canton police during an earlier march, the refusal of Canton businessmen to hire Negroes, and to encourage Negroes more actively to participate in local government.
Approximately 50 persons participated in the march. It proceeded along a sidewalk in an orderly fashion to the downtown area. The marchers, in pairs, carried no signs or banners and did no singing or clapping. They were told by the Canton Chief of Police, Dan…
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