Mr. Griffin. Do you recall any instruction being given that you were to remain on the garage side of the railings that border the automobile ramp?
Mr. McCullough. I don’t recall any such instructions, because at one point. I was standing against a wall, which would be the side of the ramp away from the garage area, and closer to Commerce Street. But I left that, there again, because I had no vision—there was nothing I could see from that particular point.
Mr. Griffin. Do you recall any instructions being given that people were not to station themselves across the Main Street ramp from the railing to the wall?
Mr. McCullough. I heard no such instructions.
Mr. Griffin. Were you able to observe what efforts were being made on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to check identification of newspaper people?
Mr. McCullough. I myself thought that the security in the garage area on Sunday was fairly strong. In other words, I was asked at least four or five times for credentials. And when I moved to this position here——
Mr. Griffin. The one on the railing?
Mr. McCullough. Indicated by the “X” on the railing—a police officer came over and told me first to get down until I showed him credentials, and then he let me stand. There was some—both Friday night and Saturday there were also occasional checks made. I would say that at least twice on Friday night, and probably twice on Saturday, when I was in and out of the municipal building, that I was asked for press credentials.
Mr. Griffin. Was this as you were entering or leaving the building?
Mr. McCullough. On Friday night it was as we left the elevator to the third floor, which is located at the police offices, the departmental offices. On Saturday we were asked for credentials before we were permitted into the elevators, leading up to that floor. And, again, as we got off the elevator—they were designated by colored patches on their shoulders—there were a number of auxiliary police officers on duty Saturday.