Editing Cleveland Williams (section)

==Police shooting incident==
On the evening of November 29, 1964, during the height of the civil unrest of the [[American Civil Rights Movement]], a car driven by Williams was stopped near Houston, Texas, by highway Patrolman Dale Witten, who stated afterwards Williams was speeding. According to the police report Williams resisted arrest, and the officer's .357 magnum revolver went off during an ensuing struggle, hitting Williams in the stomach and lodging in his right hip. Williams underwent four operations over the subsequent seven months to address injuries to his colon and right kidney. The right kidney ultimately had to be removed in June 1965. Doctors could not extract the bullet, which had broken his right hip joint and caused partial paralysis of some of the hip's muscles, over {{convert|10|feet|meters}} of his [[small intestine]] had to be removed, and [[Nerve injury|nerve damage]] affected his left leg above the knee and caused it to atrophy as a result.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19641130&id=6FUaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iycEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5058,6536612&hl=en | title=Unknown}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 | fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> Hugh Benbow, his manager, and [[Sonny Liston]], former world champion, visited Cleveland Williams in the hospital. After his partial recovery Williams was fined $50 and briefly jailed after pleading no contest to charges arising from the incident. (Patrolman Witten visited Williams to wish him luck the day before his 1966 fight with Muhammad Ali, with both men saying they had "no hard feelings" toward the other).<ref name="AP">{{cite news|title=Williams, Patrolman Meet Again—as Pals|publisher=Associated Press|work=[[The Spokesman-Review]]|date=November 14, 1966|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19661114&id=lw0zAAAAIBAJ&pg=2436,4593167&hl=en}}</ref>