 The officers began shoving them toward the shoulder. Quote, "'We walked from Selma to Montgomery in the middle of the road,' Dr. King said in his steady baritone. The policeman answered in an angry voice, "'You had a permit to do that.' In the next instant, there were more police shoving, this time more violently, and several activists were pushed to the ground. Sellers fell into the mud at the side of the road, and Green and McKissick both shoved aside, stepped back onto the pavement, and were pushed off once again. One patrolman was visibly agitated, and Carmichael began to lunge toward him."