Racism in the New York police force / C. Vernon Mason and Alton H. Maddox ; interviewed by Don Foster.

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Racism in the New York police force / C. Vernon Mason and Alton H. Maddox ; interviewed by Don Foster.
PRA Archive #: 
WZ0226
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Two attorneys discuss their case, which involves a young Black woman in Orange County, N.Y., who was assaulted and tortured. Tawana Broadley, 15, was raped, sodomized, and had KKK written in feces. It is likely that police were involved in the assault. The police did not assist in the investigation, and a racist attorney was assigned to the case. They are making a plea to Congress to intervene to stop this sort of racist activity.|RACISM IN THE NEW YORK POLICE FORCE / C. Vernon Mason and Alton H. Maddox| interviewed by Don Foster. - Two attorneys discuss their case, which involves a young Black woman in Orange County, N.Y., who was assaulted and tortured. Tawana Broadley, 15, was raped, sodomized, and had KKK written in feces. It is likely that police were involved in the assault. The police did not assist in the investigation, and a racist attorney was assigned to the case. They are making a plea to Congress to intervene to stop this sort of racist activity. RECORDED: Feb. 1988.

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Feb. 1988.
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Item duration: 
1 reel (32 min.) : 7 1/2 ips., mono.|32:00
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Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1988.
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