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Gazette-Telegraph 5/21/86

Wheelchair-bound protesters arrested

CINCINNATI (AP) — Police arrested at least 17 chanting, wheelchair-bound protesters who blocked a hotel entrance or chained themselves together in a doorway at the Cincinnati transit agency’s building Wednesday.

Police said those arrested included George Florom of Colorado Springs; Joe Corle of Denver, Ernest Taylor and George Roberts of Hartford, Conn.; Rick James of Salt Lake City; and Glenn Horton, Jim Parker and Frank Lazano, all from El Paso, Texas.

It was the third consecutive day of protests by a nationwide group called American Disabled for Accessible Public Transportation (ADAPT), which has staged similar protests elsewhere to demand equal access to public transit.

Police said the 17 protesters who had been arrested were charged with disorderly conduct. They were taken in vans to the Hamilton County Justice Center, where they refused to post bonds.

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