Closed ranks : the Whitehurst case in post-civil rights Montgomery /

Closed Ranks tells the latter-day story of the Whitehurst Case, a 1975 police shooting in Montgomery, Alabama. In the era of the ""fleeing felon rule, "" African-American victim Bernard Whitehurst Jr. was denied justice by police who planted a gun, courts who ruled against his fa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dickson, Foster (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montgomery, Alabama : NewSouth Books, a division of NewSouth, Inc., [2018]
Temas:
Whitehurst, Bernard, > Jr. > Trials, litigation, etc.
1900-1999
Trials (Police misconduct) > Alabama > Montgomery > History > 20th century.
Tort liability of police > Alabama.
Police misconduct > Law and legislation > Alabama.
Mistaken identity > Alabama.
Race discrimination > Law and legislation > Alabama.
Actions and defenses > Alabama > Montgomery.
Civil rights > Alabama > Montgomery > History.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States > History.
Procès (Abus de la police) > Alabama > Montgomery > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Police > Responsabilité civile > Alabama.
Erreur sur la personne > Alabama.
Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice pénale > États-Unis > Histoire.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Actions and defenses.
Civil rights.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
Mistaken identity.
Police misconduct > Law and legislation.
Race discrimination > Law and legislation.
Tort liability of police.
Trials.
Trials (Police misconduct)
Alabama.
Alabama > Montgomery.
United States.
Trials, litigation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introductory note
  • Post-civil rights Montgomery
  • Who was Bernard Whitehurst Jr.?
  • The death of Bernard Whitehurst Jr.
  • Family complications
  • The immediate political aftermath
  • The closing of the ranks
  • Rabbit trails in the records
  • The fever pitch, early 1977
  • In Emory Folmar's Montgomery
  • An incomplete narrative
  • Epilogue : a changed city?

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