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I dig into this civil rights cold case in “A Death Ruled ‘Justifiable’: The Killing of #JohnWesleyWilder,” my contribution to “Still Paying the Price: #Reparations in Real Terms,” a new #podcast series from #LWCStudios. I reported, produced and wrote the episode, which was made in partnership with the nonprofit newsroom #TypeInvestigations and with support from the #FundForInvestigativeJournalism. https://benlog.net/2023/07/24/podcast-a-death-ruled-justifiable-the-killing-of-john-wesley-wilder 7/7
#history #BlackHistory #PoliceBrutality #Ruston #Louisiana #ColdCase
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In 1965, #police officer Edward Alton Nugent killed #JohnWesleyWilder in #Ruston, #Louisiana. That much is not in dispute. But what happened that night is still an open question. 1/
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Stay tuned for “A Death Ruled ‘Justifiable’: The Killing of #JohnWesleyWilder,” my contribution to “Still Paying the Price: #Reparations in Real Terms,” a new #podcast series from #LWCStudios, which drops tomorrow night. A tiny snippet of it is at 1:13 in the trailer.
https://still-paying-the-price.simplecast.com/episodes/introducing-still-paying-the-price@histodons
#PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #Ruston #Louisiana #RacistKillings #history #BlackHistory -
I didn't donate blood in #NYC but I did give a talk on Tuesday at the #NewmarkJSchool’s #UncoveringJusticeStories workshop--on the #PoliceKillings of Army Cpl #RomanDucksworth, Jr. in #Talorsville, #Mississippi in 1962 and #JohnWesleyWilder in #Ruston, #Louisiana in 1965.
New reporting on the Wilder case coming soon. Links to my reporting on Ducksworth at NPR and Frontline here: https://linktr.ee/bengreenberg