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1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
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? |
| Summary |
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 family, and city officials who wanted to put the controversy behind them. In the forty years since, the Whitehurst Case has lingered as an open wound for his family, who are still waiting for the true story to be told. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Whitehurst, Bernard, Jr. -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Trials (Police misconduct) -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century.
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Trials (Police misconduct) |
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Alabama -- Montgomery. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Tort liability of police -- Alabama.
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Tort liability of police. |
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Alabama. |
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Police misconduct -- Law and legislation -- Alabama.
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Police misconduct -- Law and legislation. |
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Mistaken identity -- Alabama.
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Mistaken identity. |
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Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- Alabama.
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Race discrimination -- Law and legislation. |
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Actions and defenses -- Alabama -- Montgomery.
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Actions and defenses. |
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Civil rights -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History.
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Civil rights. |
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States -- History.
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dickson, Foster. Closed ranks. Montgomery, Alabama : NewSouth Books, a division of NewSouth, Inc., [2018] 9781588383624 (DLC) 2018032812 (OCoLC)1045664602 |
| ISBN |
9781588383631 (electronic book) |
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1588383636 (electronic book) |
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9781588383624 |
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1588383628 |
| Music No. |
EB00773879 Recorded Books |
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