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2-THE BARB, February 1977
Editor's Notebook
: .. .Eleven months ago
we were shocked by tho
disaperance of Pete
Winokur, the two fires
at his lounge,the
destruction of Cabaret
After Dark by fire and
the subsequent arrest of
the owners for coun
ter fiting.
The rumors con
cerning these event-
s,what happened,who
did it,how etc. have
multiplied with time.
The inditment of
Robbie Llewellyn and
the three other men by
the Fulton County
Grand Jury have'
charged the perveyors
of rumor words but not
the tune .
How many times
have you heard, “Well so
and so knew who did it
all along”or “I know he.
was behind it“,
An inditment is not a
judgement of guilt.No
ode has been judged
guilty of the crime.
Perhaps you have
forgotten that this is the
second arrest that
police have made for the
murder of Mr.
Winokur. The first
person arrested was
released after a
somewhat. less spec-’
tacular arrest.
The people indited
this time may be
guilty .The courts will
make that judgement!
When the people who
nonchalantly tell you
they knew all along
perhaps you should tell
them that their silence
for eleven months
allowed hired killers to
run loose in our com
munity.
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entrapment and plea
bargaining to obtain
information.Their
protection methods may
be worse from the
things they are trying to
protect us from.
The bottom line is
our safety .Not just the
safety of things in our
homes but our lives,If
Robbie Llewellyn is
actualy guilty of hiring
these people to murder
Pete Winokur, burning
Mother’s lounge and
Cabaret After
Dark. How many people
are guilty of remaining
silent?
fUt
The police are not,
perhaps, our best
friends.The Com
missioner of Public
Safety has shown his
concern and support
and other police of
ficials have followed
suit. Eventually the!
policy of non
discrimination will
filter down. If we wait
until we can com
fortably talk to with
every beat cop we meet
before we take the
responsibility of con
tacting
police authorities when
we have hard evidence
of serious criminal
activities that day will
never come.
Police authorities
are concerned that
eleven gay people were
murdered in
1976. Director Eldrin
Bell of the Atlanta
Bureau of Police
telephoned me shortly
after the arrest of
Robbie Llewellyn to
discuss methods of
getting more
cooperation of the gay
community in solving
serious crime problems
within the community.
The police department
is concerned for our
saftey. Unless we co
operate they will rely on
the old methods of
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