After the defendants in the shootings were twice acquitted in state and federal trials, a civil trial found that Klansmen, Nazis and members of the Greensboro Police Department were jointly liable for the wrongful death of one of the five CWP members killed.
Instead of appealing the decision, the city of Greensboro decided to to pick up the civil trial award tab — $395,000 — for all of the defendants.
Jim Melvin, Mayor of Greensboro from 1971 to 1981, provides context behind the decision:
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1 accountaibility escaped both some and all of the gpd, leaving?… at connecting*the*dots // Jun 20, 2006 at 4:02 pm
[…] Greensboro Mayor Keith Holliday: “The problem with an apology is it makes it look like all the police department is at fault.” […]
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