THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1986 section B

PHOTO by the Cincinnati Enquirer's Michael E. Keating: From inside a van you see a man with long braids, a headband and a trimmed beard (Mike Auberger) sitting in a motorized wheelchair. He is wearing an ADAPT "no steps" logo shirt with a band across his chest. His expression is calm, almost removed from the situation. On either side and behind him police officers stand as a lift raises him up to van level. Through the window of the front door you can see a crowd standing by.
Caption reads: Michael Auberger, Denver, Colo., is loaded into a police van Wednesday after being arrested for trespassing at Queen City Metro headquarters, where handicapped activists are protesting the lack of access to city buses.

[Headline] Disabled protesters won’t post bail
BY DAVID WELLS
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Eleven disabled men remain in the Hamilton County Justice Center Wednesday, unwilling to post bonds set by the court after they were arrested downtown Wednesday, during a protest over lack of public transportation for the handicapped.

Municipal Judge David Albanese ordered five other protesters released against their will, saying their medical conditions could not be adequately treated in the jail.

All 16 protesters pleaded not guilty.

"This is the first time in the history of our movement that the disabled haw been locked up in jail overnight for making their protests,” said the Rev. Wade Blank, a founder of ADAPT (American Disabled for Accessible Public Transportation), to which all the protesters belong.

The protesters plan to stay in jail because "bonds just play the
game they want us to play," said William Bolte, one of those arrested. "We aren't just going to pay a bond and go away."

The ADAPT members came to Cincinnati this week from all over the United States to demonstrate before a convention of the American Public Transit Association being held at the Westin Hotel.

ADAPT wants the transit association to pass a resolution in support of full accessibility to public ...[the rest is missing.]

Boxed Text: Rights violations charged
By Tony Puch, The Cincinnati Enquirer

The Cincinnati Human Relations Commission is considering an investigation into allegations against Westin Hotel of violating the civil rights of some handicapped citizens.

Robert Harris, the commission's community representative for the disabled, said he had received four "solid" complaints and four to six possible complaints about the Westin's policies toward the handicapped while the ...
(Pease see WESTIN, back page, this section)
[We are missing second part of this story]

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ADAPT - American Disabled for Accessible Public Transportation, APTA - American Public Transit Association, Bill Bolte, full accessibility, headquarters, Human Rights Commission, jail, Judge Albanese, lift-equipped, Mike Auberger, resolution, too disabled, vans, Wade Blank

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