article_snippet: A bench warrant has been issued in Maryland for civil rights icon Walter Fauntroy.
article_snippet: A bench warrant stems from an event to celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama in Maryland in 2009 that civil rights icon Walter Fauntroy was involved in organizing.
article_snippet: Bench warrants are usually issued by judges  for persons deemed to be in contempt of court.
highlights_snippet: Bench warrant issued for Walter Fauntroy, 82, in Maryland .
  