Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-08
STATEMENT BY CITY HEADS
Charges Of NAACP
Ruled Locking Proof

I
fications as to each charge,
constitute the subject-matter
Of the hearing:
ID That the Chief of Po-
lice. Robert v. Murray did fail
and refuse to implement police
regulations regarding use Of
undue force in making arrests.
90 That Chief Of Police,
Robert v. Murray. did permit
and suffer the Police Depart
ment to protect those charged
with the illegal enforcement of
the law and did permit and
suffer the Police Department to
badger and intimidate wit
nesses against police officers.
90 That the Chief of Police.
Robert v. Murray, did, by his
silence and refusal to act. con-
done an insult by a high police
Official to the head of a civic
organization seeking to CO.
operate with the department.
% That the Chief of Police.
Robert v. Murray. did have
knowledge of, and did condone
by his silence, the standard
practice of the Police Depart
ment of charging victims of
police brutality with resisting
arrest andIor assault on police
officers.
S. That the chief Of police,
Robert v. Murray. has in the
matter of recruitment. pro-
motions and assignment of per-
sonnet embraced certain dis
criminatory practices based
solely on the consideration of
race and color.
8. That the chief of police,
Robert v. Murray, did suffer
and permit his Office to preju-
dice the prosecution of charges
against q member of the Met
ropolitan Police Department,
District Of Columbia.
% That the Chief of Police,
Robert v. Murray. has demon
strated by the conduct Of his
ONCE, by utterances and omis-
sions, his inadequacy to meet
the requirements of a Chief OF
Police in a federally controlled
city which should be a model
to the nation.
Amended Twice
Notwithstanding the agree
ment concerning the time limit
for the filing Of additional spe-
cifications in support of the
foregoing charges, the NAACP
was permitted in the course of
the hearings to twice amend
the specifications so as to in
clude additional items not here
tofore filed. Indeed, one such
amendment concerned an in
cident which occurred during
the course of the hearings.
Upon consideration of all the !
evidence presented, of the nu-
merous exhibits introduced by |
the complainant and by Chief |
Murray, and of the arguments |
Of counsel for the respective
parties, the Commissioners
have concluded:
Charges Not Sustained
The complainant has failed |
to sustain by the evidence pre- !
sented any of the charges and /
specifications. In fact no
evidence whatever was sub
mitted by complainant in
support of some of the speci-
fications. On the other hand,
the evidence submitted by Chief
Murray completely answered
the charges and specifications,
including those on which COM
plainant had presented no
evidence. Viewing the evidence
as whole, the Commissioners
are of the opinion that the
complainant has failed to adj
duce any evidence upon which
reasonable men could conclude
that Chief of Police Robert v.
Murray should be removed
from office.
On the contrary, finding no
evidence of racial discrimina-
ton or of police brutality, the
Board of Commissioners wishes
to reassert its confidence in
the competence of Chief of Po-
lice Robert V. Murray and the
Metropolitan Police Depart
ment.
ROBERT E. MCLAUGHLIN,
DAVID D. KARRICK.
A. c. YELLING, Colonel, |
USA.