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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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NAACP demands investigation into the peculiar death of Talmadge Davis, Jr., arrested by Los Angeles police after a minor traffic accident on March 2. His brother charges murder and robbery by officers; insurance company denies accidental death claim. Witnesses saw Davis walk away initially.
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LOS ANGELES -(ANP)- The Los Angeles Branch of the NAACP demanded an investigation into the "peculiar death" of Talmadge Davis, Jr., who was taken into custody by two police officers after a minor traffic accident last March 2.
Rev. Morris Davis, the dead man's brother, has charged that the victim "was murdered and robbed" by the arresting officers.
The National Life and Accident Insurance Company has refused to pay on Davis' policy terming it "not an accidental death."
A number of witnesses to the traffic accident state that Davis left the scene under his own power and was taken into custody handcuffed by Officers R. R. Kendricks and Kenneth Freeland of the Los Angeles Accident Investigation Detail.
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Los Angeles
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Last March 2
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peculiar death of talmadge davis, jr.; charged as murdered and robbed by arresting officers; national life and accident insurance company refused to pay policy, terming it not an accidental death
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Los Angeles Branch of the NAACP demanded an investigation into the peculiar death of Talmadge Davis, Jr., who was taken into custody by two police officers after a minor traffic accident. Rev. Morris Davis charged that the victim was murdered and robbed by the arresting officers. Witnesses state that Davis left the scene under his own power and was taken into custody handcuffed by Officers R. R. Kendricks and Kenneth Freeland of the Los Angeles Accident Investigation Detail.