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  • Deputy chief ordered 'unarrest' of NAACP president

    04/15/2006 7:14:04 AM PDT · by RedBloodedAmerican · 20 replies · 1,764+ views
    http://www.news-journalonline.com ^ | April 15, 2006 | LYDA LONGA
    DAYTONA BEACH -- When NAACP president Cynthia Slater was arrested at Black College Reunion by sheriff's deputies earlier this month, a top ranking officer of the Daytona Beach Police Department tried to come to her rescue. Lexie Williams, deputy police chief, ordered a sheriff's sergeant to "unarrest" Slater, but the sergeant refused, according to a sheriff's report obtained Friday by The News-Journal. The report details Williams' apparent anger when Slater, a popular activist, was handcuffed on State Road A1A on April 1. Deputies said she interfered with a traffic stop. She was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest without...