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At around 3pm, Deputy Pell says
he arrested the three boys for speeding.
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He held them in jail until 10pm
and then released them.
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They drove off. He says he followed them
as far as the county line...
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...and never saw them again.
:13:16
Why didn't they make a phone call?
:13:18
- Why should they?
- These boys were trained activists.
:13:22
They're taught to check in every hour and,
if arrested, the moment they're released.
:13:26
The hotel is near the jail. They could've
phoned from the lobby. It doesn't follow.
:13:32
Maybe they had a beer.
- Not these boys.
:13:35
The civil rights office in Rossville started
making calls when they didn't check in.
:13:39
The sheriff's office here said
they had no idea where the boys were.
:13:44
First lie.
:13:48
By who?
Sheriff's office or civil rights office?
:13:51
Who would you believe?
:13:53
Mr. Ward, I was a sheriff in a little
Mississippi town just like this.
:13:57
- Yes, I'm aware of that.
- Well, lyin' just don't come into it.
:14:01
We were ten miles from Memphis,
a million miles from the rest of the world.
:14:04
If a sheriff in a town like this says that's
what happened, that's what happened.
:14:10
Let's go eat.
:14:25
We're full up, honey.
Y'all wanna wait a while?
:14:28
- Is the wait worth it?
- We're not full for nothin', sugar.
:14:31
Y'all wanna look at a menu
while you wait?
:14:34
Thank you.
:14:36
Well, what y'all gonna do? Wait or leave?
:14:39
We're gonna wait
cos we wanna be near you.
:14:42
- There are some empty seats down there.
- Uh, Mr. Ward...
:14:46
That's colored down there.
Don't even think about it.
:14:49
- People here are gettin' ready to leave.
- Aren't you hungry, Mr. Anderson?