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York Riots
The York Daily Record looks back at the race riots of 1969 and the two unsolved murders they created -- one a young black woman who made a wrong turn into a white neighborhood, the other a white police officer patrolling the streets in an armored van. In 2001, after digging into the story for a year, authorities charged 9 white men in the death of the black woman, including the city's mayor. Authorities later charged two black men in the death of the police officer. Ineptitude and wrongdoing emerged on every level -- "then and now" -- among prosecutors, police officers, judges, and others.
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The Williams Case
Scolforo examines "the suspicious death of black York resident Carl E. Williams Sr. in 1965." The investigative series, which is part of the newspaper's ongoing coverage into events surrounding York City's riots of 1969, reveals that Williams was probably a victim of police brutality. Though official records state that the black man died of a heart attack, interviews with the two now-retired police officers shown a number of discrepancies in their version of what happened. The series sheds light on the exhumation of the body, following the findings, and provides ongoing coverage on the re-examination of the case.
Tags: FOI request; police misconduct; crime; forensic medicine; race riots; blacks; African Americans
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Visions of Vine Street
Visions of Vine street is a one-hour documentary on Cincinnati's deteriorating urban core. WCPO-TV tells the story of "Vine Street, the crumbling centerpiece of a neighborhood called Over the Rhine, ground zero for the April race riots that attracted national media attention."
Tags: race; urban sprawl; quality of life; TAPE; transcript
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Audacity on Trial
"Talking union still amounts to a punishable offense in part of the Old South," reports the Nation. The story looks at the troubles faced by a union of black dockworkers in Charleston, South Carolina. The article describes how workers belonging to the union, a branch of the International Longshoremen's Association Local 1422, have been treated like criminals, clubbed by police, arrested and charged with riot, conspiracy and assault.
Tags: racism; minorities; "right to work" laws; employment; labor; blacks; African-Americans; Danish Nordana Shipping Lines; longshore workers; maritime labor issues; dockworkers
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Playing with Fire: The Untold Story of Woodstock '99
MTVi "traced the roots of the (Woodstock '99) riot back to the planning stages of 1999's biggest concert. Exploring every aspect of the festival -- from its water system to its pay-per-view television coverage -- the series uncovered new evidence that the concert's promoters and local officials failed to heed signs of impending disaster."
Tags: CD ROM; event planning security permits medical services mosh pits EPA hazardous waste site bonfires
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Trouble on Tap
"The story explored the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's decisions to award San Francisco-based Bechtel Group with a $45 million contract to manage the renovation of the city's water system." Bechtel's track record in Bolivia points to cost increases and privatization, and in that case, riots in response to water rate hikes.
Tags: San Francisco Public Utilities Commission; Mayor Willie Brown; FOI request
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Riot Murders of 1969
"During the summer of 1969, York City experienced seven days of race rioting. Two people were killed as a result: a black woman from South Carolina who was visiting relatives and a white rookie policeman. Neither case was ever solved. On the 30th anniversary of the riots, the York Sunday News ran a series of stories including several investigative pieces focusing on the murders. As a result, the country District Attorney reopened the murder investigations."
Tags: race riots; police
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A Story of Refugee Success Ended Tragically in Riots
The Times profiles the life and murder of Malaysian refugee Thanh Lam, who was killed in 1992 during the Los Angeles Riots.
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Jail Cell Justice
An ABC 7 investigation of San Francisco-area jails revealed that they use cell extraction teams. "Cell extraction teams are specially trained groups of jail guards in riot gear, who use force to subdue the most dangerous inmates. Critics call the use of the teams a violation of human rights; law enforcement officials believe they are a necessary tool. ... the stories sparked protests by AIDS rights advocates after we revealed that cell-extraction teams were also handling AIDS patients." County supervisors and local prison rights advocates were unaware that such teams were being used in the San Francisco area.
Tags: TAPE TRANSCRIPT police
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A Story of Refugee Success Ended Tragically in Riots
The Los Angeles Times reports that "Thanh Lam was slain at a stoplight. As his family grieves, many are trying to find his killers...Lam lived through war, survived a perilous sea journey to freedom and endured a year's stay in a Malaysian refugee camp before coming to America. And then, (in June), the 25-year-old man was shot dead, sitting in his pickup truck waiting for a traffic light to change at a corner in Compton..."
Tags: Minority; LA riots; Rodney King