No disrepect detected from me- you wanted to know my background and I let you know, though hardly in comprehensive detail. I began as a newspaperman following attending Indiana University's Ernie Pyle School of Journalism on the GI Bill then under the direction of Dr Richard Gray, formerly an editor at LIFE magazine, and Dr. Will Counts, my faculty advisor, who moved me into newspapers- his world- rather than newsmagazine photography.
Neither did I see either of the two events I described, though I have met Shelby County Councilman Buck Welford, who filed the federal case on behalf of the victim's family, and know him to be a pretty sharp ol' boy and effective Memphis lawyer- I wonder if this is gonna end up a John Grisham novel.
I have, however interviewed a couple of Memphis cops and seen the videotape of the second [Dec '03] beating, which has yet to have made the TV or newspapers here. But we shall see....
And there are a few other incidents going on hereabouts that have got the light of publicity on the MPD. And they're reacting like cockroaches.
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