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

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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Main Author: Dickson, Foster (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Montgomery, Alabama : NewSouth Books, a division of NewSouth, Inc., [2018]
Subjects:
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.
Trials, litigation, etc.
History.
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