Thank you for visiting SNEWPapers!
Sign up free
The Northwest Enterprise
Seattle, King County, Washington
What is this article about?
Georgia Supreme Court upholds Atlanta police chief's authority to bar Black officers from arresting white persons, affirming dismissal of undertaker G. Herbert Yarn's challenge against racial restrictions on police assignments.
Clipping
OCR Quality
Full Text
ATLANTA-The right of the chief of police to prohibit Atlanta's new Negro policemen from arresting white persons was upheld by the Georgia supreme court. G. Herbert Yarn, an undertaker, attacked the assignment of Negro policemen to areas in which Negroes reside and restrictions placed upon their powers in Fulton superior court. Judge Bond Almand dismissed the complaint and Yarn appealed.
Presiding Justice W. H. Duckworth, in the supreme court opinion, said that the city council of Atlanta gives the chief of police power to assign policemen and he can limit their authority to make arrests or even prohibit them from making arrests, at his discretion.
What sub-type of article is it?
What keywords are associated?
What entities or persons were involved?
Where did it happen?
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Atlanta
Key Persons
Outcome
the georgia supreme court upheld the chief of police's right to prohibit negro policemen from arresting white persons. judge bond almand dismissed the complaint in fulton superior court, and the supreme court opinion was written by presiding justice w. h. duckworth.
Event Details
The Georgia supreme court upheld the right of the chief of police to prohibit Atlanta's new Negro policemen from arresting white persons. G. Herbert Yarn, an undertaker, attacked the assignment of Negro policemen to areas in which Negroes reside and restrictions placed upon their powers in Fulton superior court. Judge Bond Almand dismissed the complaint and Yarn appealed. Presiding Justice W. H. Duckworth, in the supreme court opinion, said that the city council of Atlanta gives the chief of police power to assign policemen and he can limit their authority to make arrests or even prohibit them from making arrests, at his discretion.