Editing Cab Calloway (section)

=== Legal issues ===
In December 1945, Calloway and his friend Felix H. Payne Jr. were beaten by a police officer, William E. Todd, and arrested in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] after attempting to visit bandleader [[Lionel Hampton]] at the whites-only Pla-Mor Ballroom. They were taken to the hospital for injuries, then charged with intoxication and resisting arrest. When Hampton learned of the incident he refused to continue the concert.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.kansascity.com/latest-news/article295323/CLUBS-CAB-CALLOWAY.html|title=Clubs Cab Calloway|date=December 23, 1945|work=The Kansas City Star}}</ref> Todd said he was informed by the manager, who did not recognize Calloway, that they were attempting to enter. He claimed they refused to leave and struck him. Calloway and Payne denied his claims and maintained they had been sober; the charges were dismissed. In February 1946, six civil rights organizations, including the [[NAACP]], demanded that Todd be fired, but he had already resigned after a pay cut.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kansascitytheater.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/a-case-of-black-and-white-the-night-they-beat-up-cab-calloway-and-gave-kansas-city-a-black-eye/|title=A Case of Black and White: The Night They Beat Up Cab Calloway and Gave Kansas City a Black Eye|last=Trussell|first=Robert|date=February 6, 2012|website=Stage & Scream in Kansas City|language=en|access-date=February 29, 2020}}</ref>

In 1952, Calloway was arrested in [[Leesburg, Virginia]] on his way to the race track in [[Charles Town, West Virginia]]. He was charged with speeding and attempted bribery of a policeman.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=April 3, 1952|title=Cab Calloway Arrested For Speeding|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J0MDAAAAMBAJ&q=can+calloway+arrested+jet&pg=PA59|journal=Jet|page=59}}</ref>