Jury Sees Bloody Cop Uniform, Newspaper Article.

Item

Title
Jury Sees Bloody Cop Uniform, Newspaper Article.
Date
1977-03-04
Creator
Unknown
Description
A newspaper article from The Daily News about items entered into evidence by the prosecution in the Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) trial for the 1973 killing of a state trooper. The slain trooper’s bloodied uniform shirt was submitted into evidence, as well as bullet fragments pulled from the body, and empty shell casings.
Primary Subject
1900-1999
Law
Justice
Black power
Additional Subject
Black Panther Party (BPP)
Prison
Black nationalism
Type
Textual document
Medium
Paper
Format
JPEG
HBCU Identifier
mwchcac.ar.2022.faj.IX.4.49.37
HCAC Identifier
HCAC.JSU.0829
Rights
All rights held by the Margaret Walker Center. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Margaret Walker Center, Jackson State University, 601-979-3935 Attn: Center Director.
Contributing Institution
Jackson State University
Source
Originally published in The Daily News, 4 Mar. 1977, p. JL7.
Collection
The Black Panther Party Archives of Frankye Adams-Johnson

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