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Date: October 13, 1950

Decade: 1950s

Creator: Associated Press

Description: Describes that a police officer named Doyle Mitchum admitted to the murder of a young Black boy named Willie B. Carlisle and conveys that the harshest punishment he could face was one year in prison and a $1,000 fine

Language: English

Subject: Civil Rights, Murder, Police Brutality

Location Depicted: Florence, AL, Lauderdale Co., AL

Digital Publisher: The Florence Times

Rights Information: Associated Press (printed in Florence Times)

Citation: Associated Press. “Former Policeman Pleads Guilty in Civil Rights Case.”The Florence Times,October 13, 1950.

Source Format: Newspaper

Type: Text

Format: PDF

Tags: Brutality, CivilRights, Conviction, Murder, Officer, Police, Trial