CHARGE 1-722-3 PL, CHARGE 2-722-2 PL, CHARGE 3-2036 PL, CHARGE 4-1530-4 PL, CHARGE 5-ASSAULT 2ND, CHARGE 6-ASSAULT 2ND 4 CTS

FELONY

ONE YEAR SUSPENDED SENTENCE WITHOUT INCIDENT AND A $100 FINE WHICH WAS PAID FOR A MISDEMEANOR OF 3RD DEGREE ASSAULT.

IN 1965, AS A MEMBER OF THE SYRACUSE, NEW YORK CHAPTER OF THE CONGRESS OF RACIAL EQUALITY (CORE), I LED EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION PROTESTS AGAINST THE LOCAL PUBLIC UTILITY, WHICH EMPLOYED 1,600 PEOPLE, OF WHICH ONLY FOUR WERE NEGRO, ALL JANITORS. THE DEMONSTRATIONS OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD INVOLVED HUNDREDS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, AND SCORES OF ARRESTS, INCLUDING MYSELF. AS PART OF A BROAD POLITICAL SETTLEMENT COVERING CASES IN BOTH COUNTY AND CITY COURTS, I AGREED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO A 3RD DEGREE ASSAULT CHARGE CREATED FOR THE PLEA. THIS INCIDENT IS FROM 1965, AND AN OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARGES AS STATED IN #3B CANNOT BE LOCATED AND THEREFORE THIS INFORMATION CANNOT BE COMPLETED.