Marchers Demonstrate On Shooting
Marchers Demonstrate On Shooting<br><br>!AU>& a l^Jroe<br><br>began picketing City HaTTyt s a.m. today nl piulusl uvCr th< police shooting six weeks ag< of an auto theft suspect.<br><br>The sign - carrying picket: identified themselves as .jaejn bers of the local “Direct Ac tion Committee.” A spokesmat fOF them said their demands include:<br><br>1) Appointment of a Negrc judge to “review” the case o: Leroy Juide, 18, of 708 N. Fiftl Ave.<br><br>(Juide is currently awaiting a Municipal Court examination on a charge of resisting arrest. Early on the morning of June 27 the youth was shot by Ann Arbor Patrolman George Miller after the officer stopped a car Juide was driving which had been reported stolen. Juide was ordered out of the car in the 300 block of E. Huron St. but started to run from the scene.<br><br>(Police said the teenager ignored shouted warnings to stop by Uniformed Sgt. Marvin Dann and Officer Miller and continued to run after Sgt. Dann fired a warning shot in the air. After the warnings Patrolman Miller fired a shot which entered Juide’s back, passing through his body. He was released from University Hospital and arraigned on the charge on July 10 when he demanded examination.)<br><br>2) Hiring of more Negro officers by the Ann Arbor Police Department.<br><br>3) A halt to “police harassment” of Negroes in the north side of the city.<br><br>4) The hiring of more Negroes in City Hall, local banks and on the editorial staff of The Ann Arbor News.<br><br>A spokesman for the pickets said it is hoped “500 or more” members of the Direct Action Committee will participate in the demonstration, scheduled to last all day today.<br><br>“If these changes are not made we can promise you there will be ‘sit-ins,’ ‘lay-ins’ and ‘pray-ins’ throughout this city,” the spokesman said.<br><br>Patrolman Miller, whose name appeared on some of the signs the pickets carried this morning, has resigned from the Police Department to accept another position. A police spokesman said the officer had planned to leave the department some time before the Juide shooting. They said there was no connection between the incident and the officer’s resignation.<br><br>The Negro pickets were joined shortly before noon by several white demonstrators. There were no disorders.